[ref. a7507400] Specialist Pharmacist - Clinical Trials

Job overview

Location: Sutton (Expected to provide cross-site coverage if needed)

A fantastic opportunity has emerged for a passionate, highly motivated, and dynamic Specialist Pharmacist clinical trial, to join the pharmacy clinical trials team at the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust for 12 months fixed term contract .

You will be part of a team consisting of Pharmacists, Technicians and Assistants, who are always striving for excellence in all aspects of our work. We are working collaboratively as part of a Multi-Disciplinary Team to ensure we always deliver outstanding care to our patients.

Our team continues to support the research strategy of taking personalized cancer treatment to the next level,with approximately 380 active IMP studies and increasingly complex new clinical trials across all specialties, including gene therapies and cellular therapies studies.

• To maintain and support the Clinical Trials service in accordance with current UK Clinical Trial Regulations, the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) regulation 2004 (EU Clinical Trial Directive) and all updates, together with ICH GCP guidelines and departmental procedures, ensuring provision of a high-quality service to patients and staff at the Royal Marsden.
• To be responsible for managing and coordinating all aspects of Clinical Trials Pharmacy Dispensary/ Day Units/ Wards at Sutton and Chelsea as required, to ensure that the supply of Investigational Medicinal Products (IMPs) is undertaken in accordance with current legislation and best practice guidelines, ensuring appropriate handling of IMP in order to safeguard patients, staff and the Trust.
• To provide highly specialised pharmaceutical and clinical advice to all trial medicines, including phase 1 to phase 4 and Advance Therapy Investigational Medicinal Products (ATIMP) across all specialisms, to senior medical and nursing staff.
• To work closely with the research team and provide high specialist advise in prescribing and management of adverse events of IMP in line with the clinical trial protocol.
• To lead on pharmaceutical and clinical issues relating to trial medicines management within the Dispensary/ Day Units/ Wards at Sutton and Chelsea as required ensuring adherence to national guidelines and medicines legislation.

Working for our organisation

We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification:

• Responsible for ensuring that all pharmacy aspects of Clinical Trials are carried out to the highest practicable standards of ICH Good Clinical Practice Guidelines and statutory national guidance.
• This post will be responsible for leading and managing the Clinical Trials services ensuring all Clinical Trial patients receive the best, personalised, safe care on time.
• Ensure the appropriate handling of trial medication in order to safeguard patients, staff and the Trust.
• To proactively develop the pharmacy service setting in line with trust agreed priorities and regional and national objectives, identifying opportunities for the development of pharmacy services to match identified service and care needs. Promote the on-going Trust initiative to continually improve the Clinical Trials services and patient experience.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

• GPhC registration
• MSc/Diploma Pharmacy Practice or equivalent qualification/experience
• Good Clinical Practice Training and knowledge

• Non-medical prescriber

Experience

• Significant experience post-registration hospital pharmacy experience
• Clinical Trials experience
• Aseptics experience

• Oncology or Haemato-Oncology Pharmacy experience
• Clinical audit experience

Skills Abilities/knowledge

• Evidence of effective interpersonal skills for team working with particular ability to liaise with multidisciplinary team members
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
• Ability to demonstrate self-motivation, problem solving skills and ability to work without supervision
• Good leadership qualities: Able to take initiative, responsibility and to delegate effectively
• Ability to make decisions, organise and prioritise
• Ability to work under pressure whilst maintaining attention to detail and accuracy
• Evidence of understanding the NHS Plan
• Ability to pioneer, initiate and implement change
• Evidence of training other members of staff
• Evidence of commitment to customer care initiatives
• Experience of investigating incidents and managing risk
• Computer Literacy (e.g.: Microsoft Word and Outlook

• Published Research

The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.

All applicants will be contacted by email to the address supplied on your application. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly and to ensure that email filters are set to allow our emails.

Flu Vaccination – What We Expect of our Staff

At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.

The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the upmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.