Bank - Band 7 Pharmacist

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS trust in London is seeking a dedicated Pharmacy professional to join their Clinical Trials team. The role involves leading clinical pharmacy services, ensuring safe medication practices, and supporting various clinical trials. Candidates must have a Pharmacy degree and experience in a clinical trials environment. Strong knowledge of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) is essential. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to transformative healthcare initiatives.

Qualifications

• Pharmacy or Pharmacy Related Degree required.
• Professional registration is mandatory.
• Sufficient experience in clinical trials necessary.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and deliver clinical pharmacy service provision.
• Ensure core clinical pharmacy activities are undertaken.
• Manage pharmacy aspects related to parental nutrition.
• Work with multidisciplinary team to ensure safe use of medicines.
• Support junior pharmacists and manage day-to-day operations.

Skills

Experience in clinical trials

Knowledge of GCP

Education

Pharmacy or Pharmacy Related Degree

Professional Registration

Job description

Join our mission to tackle UK and global health challenges with an aim to transform the future of healthcare by joining our dynamic Pharmacy Clinical Trials team at Imperial!

If you are a dedicated Pharmacy professional with experience of working in a clinical trials environment, and have a knowledge of GCP, wewant to hear from you.

Our team works across a broad range of commercial, academic, and Imperial-sponsored trials, screening and delivering a variety of specialised therapies to patients. With circa 300 active trials managed by passionate professionals, you'll find an exciting landscape with the emerging development of personalised and precision medicines.

Be a part of our team, a close-knit group spanning the Charing Cross Hospital, Hammersmith Hospital, St Marys Hospital, Queen Charlottes & Chelsea Hospital and the Western Eye Hospital. Act as liaison to one of our dispensaries, ensuring clinical trials are prepared safely and efficaciously and contributing to our legacy of excellence. Through our association with Imperial College London, the Imperial Clinical Research Facility (ICRF), CRUK Imperial Centre, and various other research units, we have a global reputation for breaking new grounds in clinical and biomedical research.

We are currently recruiting staff in a number of different roles and have opportunities for pharmacy assistants, technicians and pharmacists do please get in touch to discuss how our opportunities can match your ambitions!

Main duties of the job

• Main hospital site will be Hillingdon Hospital and to lead, develop and deliver clinical pharmacy service provision for the critical care and surgical speciality.
• To partake in specialised clinical pharmacy duties ensuring core clinical pharmacy activities are undertaken.
• To lead on pharmacy aspects associated with parental nutrition
• Working with other pharmacy staff and the multidisciplinary team to deliver safe, effective and economic use of medicines.
• Leadership, management and directorate/service support roles.
• To line manage and support more junior pharmacists in the listed directorates including support for day to day pharmacy operations for the site.
• To take full part in clinical/dispensary rota and bank holidays duties.

About us

Overview of your organisation

Join Imperial College Healthcare and become part of a community of 12,000 staff working with a wide range of partners to offer better heath, for life.

Formed in 2007, we are one of the largest NHS trusts in the country providing acute and specialist care to over a million patients each year in central and north London and beyond.

With a global reputation for ground-breaking research and innovation as well as excellence in education,we offer huge expertise acrossa wide range of clinical specialities.

Alongside our five hospitals Charing Cross, Hammersmith, Queen Charlottes & Chelsea, St Marys and the Western Eye we have a growing number of community and digital services, reflecting our commitment to developing more integrated care with our partners. We also provide private healthcare at all of our hospitals (in dedicated facilities).

Together with Imperial College London and two other NHS trusts, we form one of six academic health science centres in the UK focused on translating research into better patient care. We also host one of 20 National Institute for Health Research biomedical research centres in partnership with Imperial College London.

Our mission is to be a key partner in our local health system and to drive health and healthcare innovation, delivering outstanding care, education and research with local, national and worldwide impact.

Job responsibilities

Band:Ranging from6 -upwards

Working Hours:9-5

Expected length of the assignment:3 months with potential to extend

Start Date:ASAP

Location:HH/CXH/SMH

Skills required:sufficient experience and knowledge of GCP and clinical trials. To work in the pharmacy department with the pharmacy and Trust R&D clinical trials team, to provide hands on support with the day to day management of the clinical trials workload

A little detail on the role:

Join our mission to tackle UK and global health challenges with an aim to transform the future of healthcare by joining our dynamic Pharmacy Clinical Trials team at Imperial!

If you are a dedicated Pharmacy professional with experience of working in a clinical trials environment, and have a knowledge of GCP, wewant to hear from you.

Our team works across a broad range of commercial, academic, and Imperial-sponsored trials, screening and delivering a variety of specialised therapies to patients. With circa 300 active trials managed by passionate professionals, you'll find an exciting landscape with the emerging development of personalised and precision medicines.

Be a part of our team, a close-knit group spanning the Charing Cross Hospital, Hammersmith Hospital, St Marys Hospital, Queen Charlottes & Chelsea Hospital and the Western Eye Hospital. Act as liaison to one of our dispensaries, ensuring clinical trials are prepared safely and efficaciously and contributing to our legacy of excellence. Through our association with Imperial College London, the Imperial Clinical Research Facility (ICRF), CRUK Imperial Centre, and various other research units, we have a global reputation for breaking new grounds in clinical and biomedical research.

We are currently recruiting staff in a number of different roles and have opportunities for pharmacy assistants, technicians and pharmacists do please get in touch to discuss how our opportunities can match your ambitions!

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Pharmacy or Pharmacy Related Degree
• Professional Registration

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.