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Main area
Pharmacy Clinical Trials
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
287-CEF-284-24
Employer
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Liverpool University Hospital
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£28,407 - £34,581 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
08/08/2024 23:59

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Clinical Trials Technician - Aseptics

Band 5

Job overview

Come and join our friendly pharmacy clinical trials team.

The team provide pharmacy support for the expanding Research and Development work of the trust, with a large portfolio of studies.

We are involved in trials from many clinical specialties and are heavily involved in supporting the NIHR Royal Liverpool Clinical Research Facility in the conduct of first in human studies.  .

We work with external trial sponsors such as pharmaceutical companies, universities and local research units to ensure the correct and safe management of clinical trial medication.

You will be involved in the set up and management of upcoming studies with a focus on trials that involve aseptically dispensed investigational medicinal products. You will support the aseptic units across LUHFT sites with the design and production worksheets, labels and other trial specific documents.

You will support the preparation of aseptic investigational medicinal products for trials at the Royal site.

You will also assist in the maintenance of trial drugs, dispensing, labelling and checking of trials, recording drug accountability and temperature monitoring of any areas storing clinical trial medication.

You will also meet with external trial representatives during their monitoring visits to discuss the conduct of the trials at site.

Full training in our in-house procedures and policies will be given.

You must be a qualified Pharmacy Technician registered with the GPhC with experience in aseptics.  

Main duties of the job

You will be based at the Royal Liverpool Hospital site with the pharmacy trials team.  You will work one day a week in the Royal Aseptic Unit supporting the aseptic workload.

Trials responsibilities will include

  • Dispensing aseptic clinical trial prescriptions
  • Writing and checking of individual trial procedures
  • Producing aseptic worksheets and labels for trial products
  • Receipt and management of storage of investigational medicinal products
  • Support Clinical Research Facility when required
  • Support cross site if required
  • Weekend and late rotas in the main dispensary

Full details in job description

Working for our organisation

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

To hear more about our achievements click here https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

    1. To facilitate the delivery of a safe and effective clinical trials service, with a focus on aseptically prepared products  for the trust, in line with the available resources.

     

    1. To be responsible for and participate in the delivery and maintenance on a day to day basis, of the dispensing and checking of trials in line with resources and service demands.

     

    1. To work closely with the Clinical Trials Pharmacist’s to develop and support clinical trial provision across the Trust. 
    2. To work one day a week in the Aseptic Unit at the Royal.

 

Please refer to the detailed Job Description attached 

Person specification

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Excellent verbal communication skills/ Excellent written communication skills
  • Ability to future plan
  • Ability to understand role and service priorities
  • Ability to work accurately and under pressure
  • Ability and willingness to adapt to change
Desirable criteria
  • Aseptic skills still current

Other

Essential criteria
  • Attention to detail
Desirable criteria
  • Willingness to attend Leeds clinical trials course

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • B/TEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences (or equivalent)
Desirable criteria
  • Registered as a practising Pharmacy Technician with the RPSGB

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable post qualification experience in hospital pharmacy
  • 12 months post registration experience in clinical trials
  • Experience with a range of clinical trials
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of training staff
  • Experience of Audit

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Rebecca Tangney
Job title
Lead Clinical Trials Pharmacist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0151 706 2883
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