Pharmacy Clinical Trials Assistant

Northern Care Alliance Nhs Foundation Trust; Bryn; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust seeks a Pharmacy Clinical Trials Assistant to join the team at Fairfield General Hospital and Royal Oldham Hospital. Band 3 role, offering opportunities to work across multiple sites with support from the clinical trials team.

No prior trial experience required, but an interest in clinical research is essential. You will handle hospital pharmacy dispensing, assist with monitoring visits, manage trial stock and IMPs, and contribute to data audits

Qualifications

• Hospital pharmacy experience is essential.
• Dispensing experience is essential.
• GCSE Maths and English at grade 4-9 or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Dispense prescriptions within a hospital setting.
• Facilitate monitoring visits by external sponsors.
• Manage clinical trial stock including returns, expired stock and destruction of IMPs.
• Monitor temperatures of IMPs and manage excursions.
• Respond promptly to deliveries across three sites in the North East Sector.

Skills

Hospital pharmacy experience

Dispensing experience

Computer literacy

Good communication skills

Methodical working

Time management

Motivated and organized

Education

NVQ2 in Pharmacy Services

GCSE Maths & English (4-9)

Job description

Job summary

Pharmacy Clinical Trials Assistant
Fairfield General Hospital and Royal Oldham Hospital
Band 3
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a proactive and enthusiastic individual to join the Clinical Trials Team at Royal Oldham Hospital and Fairfield General Hospital in a Pharmacy Clinical Trials Assistant role.
You will be provided with support from members of the clinical trials team within the role and are expected to be an active member of the team and also work on your own initiative. An interest in clinical trials and research is required but previous experience within a related role is not essential.

Main duties of the job

Experience of dispensing prescriptions within a hospital pharmacy setting and in the process of or already completed an NVQ2 in Pharmacy Services or equivalent is essential.
Within the role, you will facilitate monitoring visits by external clinical trial sponsors and ensure quality of pharmacy site files are maintained in preparation for monitoring visits.
Deal with clinical trial stock, in regard to patient returns, expired stock and destruction of investigational medicinal products (IMPs) appropriately, following clinical trial procedures.
You will be responsible for temperature monitoring of IMPs across sites and ensuring any excursions are managed appropriately and efficiently.
You will need to respond promptly to receive deliveries across the three sites of the North East Sector of the Northern Care Alliance.
To help improve the clinical trials service, you will be involved in audit data collection and reporting.
An important aspect of the role will be to train dispensary-based staff on the background and procedures for dispensing clinical trial prescription.
You will need to be meticulous in recording and updating clinical trial related data.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Learn more about us in our Candidate Information Pack (opens in existing window)

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified or in the process of obtaining NVQ2 in Pharmacy Services or equivalent
• GCSE in Maths and English at grade 4-9 or equivalent

Experience

Essential

• Hospital pharmacy experience
• Dispensing experience

Desirable

• Clinical trials experience

Skills

Essential

• Able to work in a team
• Computer literacy
• Good communication skills
• Methodical accurate working
• Good time management
• Motivated and organised

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.
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