An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and well‑motivated Pharmacy Assistant Technical Officer to join the Tees Valley Research Alliance (TVRA) dedicated pharmacy clinical trials team at University Hospitals Tees.
You will be based in the main pharmacy at the North Tees University Hospital but cross‑site working between South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust may be expected. You will provide support to the TVRA pharmacy clinical trials team and will work under the management of pharmacy operational managers.
Pharmacy play a vital role in clinical research to safeguard participants, healthcare professionals and the Trust by ensuring that clinical trial material and Investigational Medicinal Products (IMPs) are appropriate for use and are procured, handled, stored and used safely and correctly.
You will have a varied role which will include dispensing of clinical trials prescriptions, ordering, receipt and accountability of clinical trial stock, monitoring of storage areas and administrative work. You will be required to communicate with a wide range of professionals via telephone, email and face‑to‑face.
Main duties of the job
* Undertake clinical trial prescription and requisition dispensing, following all legal requirements and departmental procedures; refer to pharmacist for clarification of ambiguous prescribing.
* Ensure appropriate handling of clinical trial medication in line with sponsor instructions and GCP. Participate in the ordering, receipt, supply, maintenance, destruction and return (where applicable) of medications used within clinical trials.
* Participate in the stock management programme within pharmacy clinical trials; undertake regular stock and expiry date checks, informing the lead technician or other appropriate staff of any discrepancies.
* Liaise effectively with all sponsors, relevant parties and stakeholders regarding the initiation, maintenance, closure and archiving of all clinical trials.
* Any related duties that may be required to maintain an effective pharmaceutical clinical trials service.
* To ensure your work complies with organisational policies relating to health and safety including for example COSSH assessment, waste disposal, risk assessment, manual handling, mandatory training etc. and to ensure that the pharmacy service maintains appropriate health and safety procedures and records.
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust is an ambitious organisation with a focus on excellent patient care. Our teams operate across two acute hospital sites, a community hospital in Peterlee and a number of other community‑based hubs employing 5,500 staff who provide integrated hospital and community based services.
We have an income of around £360m and serve a population of c.400,000 living within Hartlepool, Stockton‑on‑Tees, East Durham and surrounding areas including Sedgefield, Easington and Peterlee and wider population for our NHS England commissioned services on bowel, breast and cervical cancer.
Patient safety is our absolute, number one priority and is reflected in everything we do. We expect every colleague, clinical or non‑clinical, to always put our patients first.
Staff members enjoy significant benefits such as access to unique NHS discount services (including retail, insurance and travel) and we pride ourselves on our commitment to the health and wellbeing of our colleagues.
Our vision is to be a consistently high performing and financially sustainable Trust. We are well on the way to achieving this and by joining us now, you can contribute to our continued journey.
We are looking for people to join us at NTHFT who are aligned with our values: Collaborative Aspirational, Respectful, Empathetic.
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