Job overview

Band 8a Specialist Pharmacist, Clinical Trials Sutton Fixed Term role
Location: Sutton (Expected to provide cross-site coverage if needed)

A fantastic opportunity has emerged for a passionate, highly motivated, and dynamic Specialist Pharmacist clinical trial,  to join the pharmacy clinical trials team at the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust for 12 months fixed term contract .
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.
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.
Our team continues to support the research strategy of taking personalized cancer treatment to the next level,with approximately 380 active IMP studies and increasingly complex new clinical trials across all specialties, including gene therapies and cellular therapies studies.

Main duties of the job

•  To maintain and support the Clinical Trials service in accordance with current UK Clinical Trial Regulations, the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) regulation 2004 (EU Clinical Trial Directive) and all updates, together with ICH GCP guidelines and departmental procedures, ensuring provision of a high-quality service to patients and staff at the Royal Marsden.
• To be responsible for managing and coordinating all aspects of Clinical Trials Pharmacy Dispensary/ Day Units/ Wards at Sutton and Chelsea as required, to ensure that the supply of Investigational Medicinal Products (IMPs) is undertaken in accordance with current legislation and best practice guidelines, ensuring appropriate handling of IMP in order to safeguard patients, staff and the Trust.
• To provide highly specialised pharmaceutical and clinical advice to all trial medicines, including phase 1 to phase 4 and Advance Therapy Investigational Medicinal Products (ATIMP) across all specialisms, to senior medical and nursing staff.
• To work closely with the research team and provide high specialist advise in prescribing and management of adverse events of IMP in line with the clinical trial protocol.
• To lead on pharmaceutical and clinical issues relating to trial medicines management within the Dispensary/ Day Units/ Wards at Sutton and Chelsea as required ensuring adherence to national guidelines and medicines legislation.

Working for our organisation

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.