Lead Pharmacist Oncology & Red Cell Clinical Trials | Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 29 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £64,156 - £71,148 pa inclusive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 August 2025 |
| Location: | London, W2 1NY |
| Company: | IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7383417/290-WCCS-2084 |
Summary
You will clinically review proposed Oncology & Red Cell Haematology clinical trials to ensure they are clinically appropriate, financially responsible and can be safely run at the Trust; where issues arise in the review you will work with Consultants, specialist pharmacists, research teams and Sponsors to resolve these.
You will be the clinical pharmacy lead on all pharmaceutical aspects of Oncology & Red Cell clinical trials and help ensure the provision of a high quality Pharmacy service to patients on these clinical trials, in conjunction with the Pharmacy Clinical Trials team and other specialist and operational areas of Pharmacy.
You will provide a clinical screening service for clinical trials and support clinics in Oncology & Red Cell Haematology, liaising with prescribers, nurses and clinical research teams. You will assist with trials of advanced therapies (ATMPs) in Oncology & Red Cell Haematology and work with the Oncology & Haematology ward pharmacists to ensure in-patients on clinical trials have their care optimised according to the clinical trial protocol.
You will support the Head of Pharmacy Clinical Trials & ATMPs to manage the Pharmacy Clinical Trials team and service and will act as key liaison for one of the three main sites.
• You will advise and assist the Oncology and Red Cell Haematology research teams, Sponsors and the Joint Research Office in the setting up and running of the trials, including clinical, pharmaceutical, financial, GCP and GMP issues. You may set-up and lead on some clinical trials and provide specialist advice and support to the pharmacy technicians and rest of the Pharmacy Clinical Trials team.
• You will either have or complete BOPA Passport within the first 12 months in role to support screening of SACT clinical trial prescriptions and will have a strong background in clinical pharmacy services and across all aspects of Pharmacy, to enable you to provide advice and support to other aspects of the service.
• You will contribute to the maintenance and development of the clinical trial service to ensure the smooth running of the clinical trials across the Trust.
• You will actively look to develop and participate in clinical trial reporting, audit and innovative projects in-house and nationally.
• You may line manage pharmacy staff and contribute to the training and development of all grades of pharmacy and other research staff.
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
This advert closes on Tuesday 12 Aug 2025