Band 7 Clinical Trials Pharmacist Chelsea
Location: Chelsea (Expected to provide cross-site coverage if needed)
A fantastic opportunity has emerged for a passionate, highly motivated, and dynamic pharmacist to join the pharmacy clinical trials team at the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust.
This is an exciting time to join the Royal Marsden Hospital Clinical Trials Department. Our service is built around providing a high-quality service to our patients and staff of the Trust.
The Royal Marsden is a world-leading cancer centre with two hospitals: one in Chelsea, London, and another in Sutton, Surrey. We also have a satellite Medical Day Care Unit located on the grounds of Kingston Hospital, Surrey.
This position will be based in Sutton but will require working at our Chelsea site when necessary, to ensure consistent coverage and maintain the quality and speed of service during absences and annual leave.
Applicants should have previous experience in clinical trials, and a background in oncology or haemato-oncology would be advantageous.
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.
- To contribute to the provision of the pharmacy clinical trials service to the Dispensaries (Chelsea & Sutton), Medical day Unit, West Wing Clinical Research Centre (WWCRC), Oak ward and day case areas of the Drug Development Unit and the Clinical Trial Dispensary across both sites.
- To assist the Clinical Trials Team with any day-to day clinical, dispensing, ward and research day units’ queries.
- To provide clinical trials advice while covering the research clinics and attending MDT.
- To support research clinic prescribing
- Provide clinical trial support and advice to other areas within pharmacy e.g. aseptic service, clinical services and to the research teams.
- To support the clinical trial team with clinical trial set-up of new studies, revision of amendments for ongoing studies already open at the trust, to provide continued support for the running and maintenance of current trial activity.
- To contribute to the provision of the pharmacy clinical trials service to the individual clinical units, R&D and the Trust.
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. 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.
At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Chris TONG Job title: Lead Pharmacist Clinical Research and Development Email address:
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