Job overview
Hi I'm Christine, Accountable Pharmacist for the Clinical Trials Aseptic Services Unit. We are looking for a passionate and dynamic Aseptic Services Manager to join our Pharmacy Clinical Trials Aseptic Services Team for our unique and well-established facility. The role is dedicated to clinical trials and you will work as part of the wider Pharmacy Clinical Trials Team. In your new role, you will have the opportunity to use your knowledge and experience of working in aseptics in UK and build on this to deliver a range of aseptically dispensed clinical trial medicines.
If this role is of interest, then please get in touch for an informal chat and/or visit.
Main duties of the job
1. To lead and manage the day to day service provided by CTAS, and ensure that aseptic preparation of medicines is run in accordance with current guidance and best practice.
2. To participate in identifying and implementing initiatives as appropriate to reduce the financial costs and the environmental impact of CTAS service.
3. To have a good working knowledge of Quality Assurance of Aseptic Preparation Services handbook requirements and the yellow cover guidance documents from SPS. To work with the Accountable Pharmacist and Deputy to review the impact of changes to these standards and implementing change where required.
4. To have good working knowledge of the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulation (EU Directive /EC), Human Medicines (EU Exit) Regulations and the International Conference on Harmonisation GCP Guideline (ICH GCP), as applicable to the dispensing of Investigational Medicinal Products for clinical trials or other products.
5. To ensure the preventative maintenance and environmental monitoring program is undertaken as per SOPs, paperwork is received and reviewed and that deviations are managed to ensure compliance with the standards.
6. To be responsible for the ongoing recruitment of staff, induction and management, and collaborate with the training team to ensure an effective and competent workforce.
7. To ensure the CTAS and its staff operate to standards of excellence in customer care and with a strong patient focus
See attached JD for full details.
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please view
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