Job summary
Employer heading
Senior Pharmacy Technician Clinical Trials- COVID+Infectious Diseases
NHS AfC: Band 5
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Clinical Trials (Adult) Pharmacy Team. The department manages Clinical Trials from early stage Phase I studies to Post license Phase IV studies; handling a range of molecules from Advanced Therapies to traditional formulations. The successful applicant will be working alongside a range of experienced leading researchers who run studies from our various research platforms.
The post holder will be acting as a Lead Set Up specialist for new studies and managing existing studies in line with GCP principles.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will primarily focus on:
• Early Stage Studies Feasibility
• Site Qualification support to the Sponsors
• Studies Set up
• Studies Initiation
• Management of existing studies
• Managing Amendments
• Studies closing and Archiving
Working for our organisation
The department has advanced capabilities and several years of experience in managing Clinical Trials from multinational Pharmaceutical
companies and non-commercial organisations. The Trust has a large portfolio of sponsored studies where Clinical Trials Pharmacy act as a
Sponsor Pharmacy.
Our team are experienced in managing complex studies involving advanced therapies. The Trust, as part of its bigger organisational structure,
provides an array of world class training for researchers and support departments. Our researchers collaborate and work along side with our
academic and industrial partners.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As per the Job Description attached:
The successful applicant will primarily focus on:
• Early Stage Studies Feasibility
• Site Qualification support to the Sponsors
• Studies Set Up • Studies Initiation
• Management of existing studies
• Managing Amendments
• Studies closing and Archiving
Person specification
Knowledge/Qualifcations
Essential criteria
- QCF Pharmacy services Level 3 (NVQ level 3) plus an accredited underpinning knowledge (BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent) or Equivalent Pharmacy Technicians whom are qualified via other GPhC approved routes
- Registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician Scheme (ACPT)
Desirable criteria
- Clinical Trials specific training, experience and qualifications
- GCP training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous evaluated experience of delivering induction and competency-based training
- Previous evaluated experience of supervising staff and workload on a day-to-day basis
- Previous evaluated experience of participation in project and audit work
- Previous NHS dispensary-based experience
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrated experience of ability to appraise staff and set performance objectives
- GCP audit experience
- Previous engagement with Clinical Trials
- Previous experience in the set up and delivery of Clinical Trials
Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate ability to accurately check and release medicines that was already clinically screened (prescription) by a pharmacist
- Demonstrated ability to accurately account and record patient medicines as part of reconciliation
- Demonstrated ability to write and review SOPs
- Demonstrate ability to comply with working hours and job contract
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrated ability to manage performance
- EPIC EPMA system competency
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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
- Charlotte Gibbs
- Job title
- Principal Pharmacy Technician
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02071888315
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