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Pharmacy Technician Clinical Trials | Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 20 March 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £25,147 - £27,596 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 April 2024 |
| Location: | Nottingham, NG5 1PB |
| Company: | Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 5950719/164-5950719 |
Summary
The importance of clinical research in the NHS is embedded in NUH Trust Objectives and long term strategy. The Trust Research and Innovation department recognise the vital role pharmacy has to play in the management of good quality clinical research.
As a registered pharmacy technician you will be part of the dedicated pharmacy clinical trials team delivering a high quality and responsive service to patients, clinical staff and sponsors who use our services on the City campus. There are currently about 150 studies of Investigational Medicinal Products (IMPs) which are either recruiting patients or in set up ready to begin recruitment. You will be supporting the lead technicians in the delivery of clinical trials services for all studies open to recruitment on the City campus. This will include the dispensing of IMPs, accurate completion of accountability documentation, maintenance of pharmacy files and all aspects of IMP management.
Please refer to the job description and person specification attached to the advert for the full details of the vacancy.
To carry out pharmaceutical technical duties in the provision of pharmacy services in trials of Investigational Medicinal Products, ensuring compliance with standards of clinical trial management as outlined in NUH Trust Clinical Trials Policy, Guidelines for the Safe and Secure Handling of Medicines, relevant and applicable EU and UK legislation and the Research Governance Framework for Health and Social Care 2005.
You will need to be an enthusiastic and adaptable team player, with good written and verbal communication skills, and pay close attention to detail because this is essential for this role. You will be liaising closely with other members of the pharmacy clinical trials team and you will also be in contact with Trust and University of Nottingham research staff and representatives from pharmaceutical companies who sponsor clinical research conducted within the Trust.
The post holder will be based at City Campus and will be expected to rotate between campuses, as required by the needs of the service.
NUH recognises the vital role pharmacy has in the management of robust clinical research and NUH Research and Innovation department supports some of our posts to ensure we can deliver a safe, efficient and responsive clinical trials service.
You will have a close working relationship with all members of the pharmacy trials team of pharmacists, technicians and assistants and have regular contact with clinical research staff and Pharmaceutical companies
• To support the development of clinical and technical services provided by the pharmacy clinical trials team.
• To provide technical support for the interpretation, dispensing and checking of clinical trials prescriptions (after completion of training and validation in accuracy checking).
• To support the planning and efficient processing of clinical trial prescriptions, prioritising according to urgency as required
• To assist in the appropriate, accurate and legible completion of Investigational Medicinal Products (IMPs) and Non Investigational Medicinal Products (NIMPs) accountability documentation.
• To assist in stock control and related issues for all medicines (including IMPs, NIMPs and medicines which become available under expanded access programmes) and any other materials required by the clinical trials service to maintain operation. This will include ordering and receipt, monitoring of stock levels and expiry dates and ensuring appropriate storage conditions.
• To assist in the upkeep of dedicated clinical trials storage areas, including temperature control and monitoring.
• To manage telephone and face to face enquiries from a wide range of staff groups and service users, resolving where possible and referring appropriate queries to relevant members of the trials team.
• To assist with training and act as a role model to other members of technical and support staff providing the clinical trials service.
• To deputise for Lead Technicians - Clinical Trials by acting as the lead in the operational management of the trials dispensary, where appropriate and when required. This includes co-ordinating the work in the trials dispensary and close liaison with the cytotoxic aseptic unit and trials technician within the unit to ensure timely delivery of trial IMPs for aseptic preparation.
• To support the Lead Technicians and Trials Pharmacists in the maintenance of ongoing trials; duties to include arranging sponsor visits, overseeing sponsor representatives during visits and acting on sponsor requests in liaison with the Lead Technicians.
• To maintain regular personal practice skills in dispensing, counselling patients on their medication, accuracy checking and the pharmacy computer system in the dispensary satellites. This will include the dispensing and safe handling of controlled drugs and cytotoxic medicines.
• Hours to be worked over 7 days, as per local shifted rota, and to participate in Weekend and Bank Holiday working rota.
• To be adaptable to move from one work area to another at short notice in response to demands on the service.
• To participate as an appraisee in the departmental Personal Development Review (PDR) and work to achieve agreed set objectives
This advert closes on Tuesday 2 Apr 2024