Clinical Trials Pharmacy Technician
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity to develop your skills as a Specialist Pharmacy Technician for our expanding clinical trials service, working closely with our Clinical Research Network Wessex award-winning team. Clinical trials can be highly rewarding, offering insights to medical advances in treatment and professional development.
HHFT has a portfolio of over 100 trials, including commercial clinical trials. We currently support trials in Oncology, Cardiology, Microbiology, Rheumatology, Gastroenterology & Paediatrics.
We want to hear from you if you are passionate about making a positive contribution to the evidence base for the future care of patients.
What we look for:
- A Pharmacy Technician who values attention to detail & is computer literate
- Someone committed to providing the highest quality of research and care for patients
- A capable communicator, with skills in team working and self-direction
What we offer:
- Supportive and friendly teams, within Pharmacy and the Trust
- Opportunities for training and development, personal and professional
- Collaborative working within and outside of the Trust, with Clinical Trials Networks region and nationwide
All these can be discussed at interview.
Main duties of the job- To support the Speciality Pharmacists (Research & Development, R&D) to develop, deliver and evaluate the Pharmacy Research & Development service within the Pharmacy Business Unit and Trust wide with respect to Medicines Management, in line with pharmacy service level agreements and objectives set by the Lead Pharmacist (R&D).
- To ensure that the highest standards of clinical care are continuously delivered.
Working for our organisation
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital.Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Tackling Climate Change: Hampshire Hospitals aims to embed sustainability and net zero carbon principles into the delivery of care across all its services. To find out more, search HHFT Climate Action or [email protected].
Detailed job description and main responsibilities- To work with the Research and Pharmacy Teams, and customers to ensure effective planning, scheduling, delivery and monitoring of service access, activity, and quality targets. To identify reasons for deviations and support the Research & Development Pharmacists with service development and implementation of potential solutions.
- To support the setting of quality standards within the service, including GCP and GMP where appropriate and clinical audit.
- To dispense and check dispensed prescriptions for in and outpatients, and supply goods to the Trust and outside units, ensuring that medicines are issued in a timely manner to meet the customer’s needs in accordance with the study protocol, departmental and Trust guidelines.
- To receive returns of investigational medicinal products, ensuring all documentation is completed in accordance with the study protocol.
- To put into practice all pharmacy policies and standard operating procedures (SOPs) and, if suitable, suggest changes or modifications to improve the pharmaceutical service offered.
- To actively participate in risk management within the clinical trials service, specifically using information from audits and inspections as well as incidents and complaints to learn and improve.
- To participate in business unit service level meetings.
- To assist new or less experienced colleagues of all levels to learn routine tasks within the pharmacy and R&D service to a standard set out in relevant SOPs.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- NVQ3 Pharmaceutical science or equivalent
- Registration with GPhC as Pharmacy Technician
- Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician qualification
- ICH-GCP training
- Current NVQ or NVQ1 assessor
Experience
Essential criteria- NHS Pharmacy experience
- Experience in Research & Clinical Trials
Skills
Essential criteria- Computer literate
- Evidence of team work
- Written communication skills
Our commitment to you:
We are committed to equality and diversity in both the provision of our services and how we recruit and manage our staff. Applications are encouraged from everyone with the necessary attributes for the job, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity.
Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.
The paperwork:
- HHFT is committed to putting the safety and care of our patients first – as well as helping us to protect you and your colleagues. Therefore, we would recommend that you are vaccinated against COVID-19 and that you understand that we are treating COVID-19 positive patients within our services.
- Shortlisted candidates will be contacted at least 5 working days before the scheduled interview date. Applications will be submitted directly into our preferred third party recruitment system (Trac). All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs via email - please ensure to check your junk/spam folders.
- All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.
- In compliance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, all applicants must be able to communicate fluently in English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed as part of the selection process.
- This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. If you intend to apply you are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.