Job summary
- Main area
- pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Weekend working on rotation)
- Job ref
- 156-6381757
- Employer
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- RCHT
- Town
- TRURO
- Salary
- £22,816 - £24,336 Pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Pharmacy Assistant Clinical Trials
Band 3
Job overview
The Pharmacy Clinical Trials Team at the Royal Cornwall Hospital are excited to be recruiting a specialised dispenser as a key role in our departmental strategy to focus on patient care and experience and expand our clinical trials work. This is an exciting development opportunity for the right person who will have a Level 2 qualification in Pharmacy Services or equivalent.
Main duties of the job
Clinical Trials
To perform dispensing duties for clinical trial drugs in accordance with specific protocol procedures
To select trial packs and complete patient label directions following protocol.
To complete patients accountability and running log for all trial patients
To perform housekeeping duties including temperature monitoring, expiry date checks, and the archiving of trial data (under supervision)
To perform all activities in accordance with training and departmental standard operating procedures
Dispensary and Controlled drugs
To dispense for in-patients, out-patients and patient discharge
To ensure accuracy of work during all stages of the dispensing process.
To ensure records and controls are correctly maintained using the pharmacy computer system and paper records and by following the Pharmacy Archive procedure
To relabel patients own drugs for reuse after assessment of suitability in the dispensary.
To perform reception duties including dealing with patient and NHS staff enquiries either face to face or by telephone.
To perform all activities in accordance with training and departmental standard operating procedure
To perform controlled drug audits
Supermarket
To assist in the Top Up and stock supplies to wards, clinical departments and community clinics when needed.
To perform all activities in accordance with training and departmental standard operating procedures
Working for our organisation
Sustainability is integral to the Trust achieving the NHS Net Zero target. All staff are therefore actively encouraged and supported to implement new ways of working within their field of expertise.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side.
To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:
- Identity Checks
- Professional registration and qualification checks
- Employment history and reference checks
- Work health assessments
- Criminal record check standards
- Right to work checks
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Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us at interview about any flexible working arrangements you would prefer or require. While we may not be able to fully accommodate all requests, such requests will not be referenced during the interview scoring process, and we will fully consider and try to accommodate them for successful applicants.
We reserve the right to close this advert early, or when the allocated number of applications has been reached. Please submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ 2 or equivalent in pharmacy services
- Good general education
- GCSE Grade 4 (C) or above in Maths and English
Desirable criteria
- GCP accreditation
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in a pharmacy environment
Desirable criteria
- Supervisory experience
Practical and intellectual skill
Essential criteria
- Good all round communication skills both verbal and written
- Able to demonstrate good levels of accuracy in all areas of work
- Good Computer Skills
Desirable criteria
- Supervisory experience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties 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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Johanna Skewes
- Job title
- Lead Pharmacist Clinical Trials
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01872 253326
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