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Job summary

Main area
Pharmacy
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
7 months (Fixed term / Secondment until 20th June 2025)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
432-HR1542-24
Employer
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Ipswich Hospital
Town
Ipswich
Salary
£46,148 - £52,809 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
11/11/2024 23:59

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East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust logo

Senior Pharmacist – Clinical Trials

NHS AfC: Band 7

We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.

Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits

Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole.  The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

 

Job overview

Have you got the enthusiasm and passion to take up the challenge of this vital Pharmacy position?

About our Pharmacy Service

An opportunity has arisen for the right candidate to contribute to our team as clinical trials pharmacist at Ipswich Hospital.

You will be based at Ipswich Hospital, provide leadership and project management for clinical trials service within Pharmacy as well as working clinically at ward level.

Being a key member of the multidisciplinary team you will be expected to fully integrate within the clinical and technical environment providing leadership for both patient services and clinical trials.

Weekend working and on-call will be required for this role

This post is to cover a secondment until 20th June 2025. Internal applicants currently employed by ESNEFT will be offered on a secondment basis only. This will need to be discussed with your line manager.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for assisting the Pharmacy department in ensuring the effective management of pharmaceutical aspects of Clinical Trials and Research within East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT). 

You will liaise closely with the Research and Development (R&D) Department and Lead Clinicians across the Trust, and support the Comprehensive Local Research Network (CLRN). 

You will be expected to provide clinical input to Technical and Clinical Pharmacy Services.

Support will also be provided to ensure that you achieve any additional training deemed necessary to work in Clinical Trials Research

Working for our organisation

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Previous hospital pharmacy experience
  • Demonstrated experience of multi-disciplinary working
Desirable criteria
  • Previous budgetary management experience
  • Previous experience working in a licensed MIA(IMP) facility
  • Previous experience of managing clinical trials
  • Experience of technical as well as clinical aspects of pharmacy
  • Previous experience in delivering training and education
  • Previous experience in pharmaceutical research and development

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • GPhC Registered
  • Masters Degree plus proven pre-registration training (or equivalent)
Desirable criteria
  • Certificated training in Good Clinical Practice (GCP), or willing to undertake training within three months of appointment
  • Relevant Post-graduate Qualifications

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Computer Literacy
  • Medicines Management
  • Good all-round clinical knowledge relating to clinical pharmacy practice
Desirable criteria
  • Wide clinical knowledge of issues affecting Antimicrobial Stewardship
  • Good clinical knowledge of the Medication Safety agenda
  • Good understanding of the clinical audit process

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Lok Hin Lui
Job title
Deputy Head of Pharmacy Quality Assurance
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01206 745959

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
Colchester General Hospital
Telephone
07789651269
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