Job summary
- Main area
- Division B - Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 180-B-244206
- Employer
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Addenbrookes Hospital-Division B
- Town
- Cambridge
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 p.a. pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/08/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 29/08/2024
Employer heading
Senior Pharmacy Technician, Pharmacy Clinical Trials Services
Band 6
Job overview
Are you a motivated pharmacy technician experienced in set-up and/or management of clinical trials? Would you like to develop your career in a leading UK Trust for research activity? If yes, then we would love to hear from you!
We have an exciting opportunity to join our friendly and enthusiastic non-oncology team. You will play a key role in the entire pharmacy clinical trial process and support operational aspects to ensure we provide a safe, effective, timely and high-quality service. We host a wide variety of trials, including a growing Advanced Therapies portfolio, and have excellent relationships with our supportive R&D colleagues and clinical teams. The successful post holder will be an excellent communicator, well organised, able to multi-task and have great attention to detail. You will be expected to work effectively both independently and as part of a team. The pharmacy department has a strong focus on staff well-being and training to help develop your career.
Main duties of the job
Setting up all aspects of a wide variety of clinical trials, including ensuring that:
Trial medications are correct, safe and in accordance with the study protocol and Good Clinical Practice
Required records are kept throughout the study
Pharmacy are remunerated appropriately
You would also undertake training of new team members and rotational staff and work closely with R&D, study teams and sponsors.
Would you like more information? Do you have a question? Please do get in touch to discuss further.
Working for our organisation
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 12000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
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Closing date is midnight on 5 August 2024
Interviews are due to be held on 29 August 2024
Why choose Cambridge University Hospitals?
• Our values and reputation for outstanding care
• Opportunities to experience a range of specialities
• Career and development opportunities
• Preceptorship and mentoring programmes delivered by a dedicated clinical education support team
• Research experience and opportunities
• Lovely location and quality of life
• Excellent schools/colleges and transport links (road, rail and air)
Benefits to you
We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse, day nurseries and access to a great transport system with easy access to airports and rail travel.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ3 Pharmacy Services, BTEC Pharmaceutical Science or CGLI/Apothecaries Hall pre 1985 certificates
- Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Good Clinical Practice certification, including Investigational Medicinal Products module
Desirable criteria
- Accredited as an Educational Supervisor for the ACPT scheme
- Attendance at Train the Trainer course or equivalent
- Member of Association of Pharmacy Technicians (APTUK) or Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)
- Project management qualification
- Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician
Experience
Essential criteria
- Recent post-registration experience in hospital pharmacy
- Post-registration experience in clinical trials
- Experience in the management of clinical trials, including dispensing processes, within a hospital environment
- Experience of working with Medicines Governance principles in the hospital setting including Controlled Drug legislation.
- Experience of staff training and supervision.
- Experience of writing guidelines or equivalent.
- Experience in liaising with a range of stakeholders from varied disciplines, e.g., clinicians, nursing staff, R&D, study teams, specialist pharmacists, finance team.
- Experience of risk management.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of writing professional reports.
- Evidence of having conducted and implemented the outcomes of an audit.
- Experience of utilising electronic prescribing.
- Experience of financial management.
- Experience of accuracy checking
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of good dispensing practices
- Knowledge of clinical trial structures
- Knowledge of Good Clinical Practice and its application
- Knowledge of current UK medicines legislation, including controlled drug regulations, NPSA and MHRA related alerts, especially in relation to clinical trials
- Thorough knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) to create documents and spread sheets and extract information.
- Knowledge of electronic prescribing IT systems.
Desirable criteria
- Technical knowledge of clinical trial operation and management
- Up to date knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practice and its application
- Working knowledge of Good Distribution Practices
- Familiar with the use of a range of visual aids for teaching & able to give oral presentations appropriate to the level of the audience, including students.
- Knowledge of error reduction strategies and experience of error monitoring and reduction schemes
- Working knowledge and experience of medicines procurement, NHS purchasing and supply contracts.
- Knowledge of financial management of clinical trials within the commercial and non-commercial sector
- A working understanding of High Cost Drug management processes, PAS schemes and commissioning principles.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate complex information effectively and overcome barriers to understanding
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, demonstrating good attention to detail.
- Ability to work as part of a team and to lead others
- Ability to prioritise own workload and initiate and oversee a number of projects/tasks at any one time.
- Proven ability to create and maintain effective relationships with all grades of staff including those from a clinical, medical and technical background.
- Proven ability to have successfully liaised with staff from different areas in pharmacy department for the benefit of patients.
- Demonstrate strong data handling and analysis skills.
- Ability to organise project work and work unsupervised on own initiative
- Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines/targets, including reprioritisation of tasks when necessary.
- Ability to manage change
Desirable criteria
- Ability to influence and negotiate.
- Ability to review and adapt plans as circumstances dictate. .
- Ability to train different staff groups
Additional Requirements
Essential criteria
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Safe, Kind, Excellent.
- Highly motivated and resourceful and proactive approach.
- Adaptable.
- Accepts responsibility and accountability for own work.
- Recognises the limits of own authority within the role.
- Seeks and uses professional support appropriately.
- Able to maintain high standards of diplomacy and understands the principle of confidentiality.
- Accepts responsibility and accountability for own work and can define the responsibilities of others.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mark Bolton
- Job title
- Lead Pharmacy Technician
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01223 217045
- Additional information
Alternative contacts:
Robyn Staples, Lead Pharmacist Clinical Trials (Non-oncology) [email protected] (on leave until 29th July)
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