Principal Pharmacist for Research and Clinical Trials

We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.

Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.

We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.

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All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.

Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.

This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed

Job overview

Cwm Taf Morgannwg are looking for an experienced Pharmacist to lead, manage and develop the Pharmacy clinical trials service. You will ensure an efficient, effective and safe service is provided for those particpating in the clinical trials and provide pharmaceutical advice and support to healthcare professionals in relation to appropriate clinical trials.

This is a rare opportunity for an experienced Pharmacist to join an innovative and progressive team. You will have significant experience as a GPhC registered pharmacist across clinical and operational areas of pharmacy practice, along with service evaluation and audit expeirence.

• Lead and manage the clinical trials service provided from Pharmacy to all users across CTMUHB, and work as part of multi-disciplinary research team with clinicians, research teams, Research & Innovation (R&I) office and Pharmacy colleagues
• Lead the Clinical Trials Pharmacy Team; this includes managing and co-ordinating a team of pharmacy technicians and assistants including recruitment, appraisal, discipline and personal development.
• Manage and monitor the budgetary impact of clinical trials within the pharmacy department by ensuring income and expenditure is identified, secured and monitored.
• In liaison with the UHB Education Training Lead Pharmacist participate in the training, supervision and development of pharmacy staff, and other healthcare staff, involved with providing pharmaceutical services to clinical trial patients.
• Participate in the clinical trial training and supervision of general Pharmacy staff.
• Lead on ensuring pharmacy staff receive and maintain appropriate clinical trials training, national and local standards respectively, such as the development of training packages.
• Supervise and educate other staff within and outside of the pharmacy clinical trials team to ensure trial are being conducted safely and timely to protect the interest of patients.

Working for our organisation

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

• To lead on the Pharmacy governance aspects of clinical trials in line with international (ICH-GCP, GMP) and national legislations [UK Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations].
• Actively lead and contribute as a member of the pharmacy department leadership team and research department to ensure continuous communication to maintain high standards of trial medicines use within Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTMUHB).
• Develop and deliver the UHB’s research portfolio, lead the stimulation and coordination of pharmacy practice research activity across the department, ensuring support, governance, and quality.
• Manage the pharmacy clinical trial service budget, including contribution to the development of guidelines and policies relating to pharmacy research across CTMUHB.

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.

Person specification

CPD

• Evidence of CPD

• Extensive experience post-qualification

Knowledge and Experience

• Pharmacy Degree
• Postgraduate qualification in Pharmacy or equivalent
• Significant experience as a General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) Registered Pharmacist.
• Knowledge of medicine regulation and national guidelines.
• Evidence of Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
• Broad experience within both clinical and operational areas of pharmacy practice.
• Experience of managing errors and project risk assessment.
• Education and Training experience.
• Clinical audit or service evaluation experience
• Broad experience within both clinical and operational areas of pharmacy practice.
• Team player who can also work autonomously.
• Proficient at problem solving and critical thinking. Advanced IT skills including MS Word, Excel PowerPoint. Outstanding interpersonal and negotiation skills.
• Excellent attention to detail
• Excellent communicator, with ability to work under pressure.
• Advanced IT skills including MS Word, Excel PowerPoint.
• Outstanding interpersonal and negotiation skills.

• Desirable Good Clinical Practice certification.
• Post graduate qualification Clinical Trials/research or management.
• Membership of regional/national/ international specialist interest group e.g. RPS/ UKCPA/BOPA.
• Knowledge of Aseptic Technical service. Knowledge of regulatory requirements to co-ordinate research projects.
• Knowledge of electronic prescribing system such as ARIA, Sunrise EPMA
• Knowledge of clinical trial regulation
• Budget Management experience
• Experience of conducting research project or published work
• Previous experience of working in clinical trials.
• Experience of mentoring, management, and leadership

If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.