Pharmacy Assistant Clinical Trials

Job Overview

Join Our Pharmacy Clinical Trials Team

5 month secondment opportunity

We are looking for an organised and motivated individual to provide essential administrative and operational support within our Clinical Trials Pharmacy team.

In This Role, You Will

• Provide full administrative support to the clinical trials pharmacy staff
• Carry out a range of general pharmacy duties under the supervision of a pharmacist or pharmacy technician
• Act as a key point of contact for Sponsors and healthcare professionals involved in clinical trials supported by the Pharmacy Department at the Royal United Hospitals Bath
• Liaise with colleagues across multiple professional groups, both within the hospital and externally
• Attend online national and international clinical trial meetings as required
  
  

You may also be asked to support additional tasks or work in other areas of the department depending on service needs.

If you’re enthusiastic, organised, and interested in supporting innovative clinical research, we’d love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

• To adhere to ICH – Good Clinical Research Practice Guidelines.
• To provide a complete administrative/clerical support for the pharmacy clinical trials team
• To maintain clinical trial protocols and all other relevant documents
• To manage and re-direct incoming correspondence, using initiative where appropriate.
• To liaise with other RUH clinical trial departments and Clinical Research Organisations to arrange suitable times for sponsor visits.
• To support the technician to ensure that site files and pharmacy logs are ready for inspection by sponsors.
• To support technician where necessary in ordering and managing clinical trial investigational medicinal products
• To support technician with regular expiry date checks of clinical trial investigational medicinal products and dealing with emergency stock issues.

To unpack, check against original order and store correctly clinical trial investigational medicinal products received, completing any required documentation.

To report any discrepancies found to the clinical trials technician and clinical trials pharmacist.

To ensure clinical trials stock is located in the correct designated area

To support the technician in maintaining the audit trail of the clinical trial drugs by collecting and storing prescriptions

Deputise for the Clinical Trials Technician when required.

Working for our organisation

At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are proud to be in the top 20 best hospitals to work for in the country.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

A detailed job description and main responsibilities have been encompassed in the attached job description

Person specification

Specific skills

Essential criteria

• Demonstrates experience of familiarity with Microsoft Office
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Demonstrates experience of attention to detail
• Demonstrates experience of workload prioritisation
  
  

Qualifications And Training

Essential criteria

• Good level of general education, including English and Maths
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Demonstrates awareness of Good Clinical Practice
• Demonstrates evidence of working in healthcare environment
  
  

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

• Job Description Clinical Trials Pharmacy Assistant (PDF, 255.6KB)
• Person Specification Pharmacy Assistant Clinical Trials (PDF, 64.7KB)
• Join the RUH (PDF, 1.1MB)
  
  

Further details / informal visits contact

Name Dr Ioana Fodor Job title Senior Specialty Manager Pharmacy Clinical Trials Email address ioana.fodor@nhs.net