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Job summary

Main area
Pharmacy Clinical Trials
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract
Permanent: cross site
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
287-DSS-397-24-A
Employer
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Liverpool Hospital
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£24,071 - £25,674 per annum (annex 21 training positions will be considered)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
30/09/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Senior Pharmacy Assistant - Clinical Trials

NHS AfC: Band 3

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 cross site. We have a large portfolio of drug studies requiring the input of the pharmacy department.

We are involved in trials which cover many clinical specialties including ophthalmology, cardiology, gastroenterology, diabetes and dermatology.

We 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 assist in the maintenance of trial drugs, dispensing and labelling clinical trial drugs, recording drug accountability and investigating any discrepancies and temperature monitoring of any areas storing clinical trial medication at both the Aintree and Royal Liverpool Hospital sites.

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

You will be trained in the main dispensary  and be included on the late and weekend rotas.

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

 

Note: If the successful does not have the necessary qualifications (i.e. relevant dispensing qualification NVQ 2 or equivalent) then an annex 21 training position will be considered.

Main duties of the job

In this role, you will assist in the pharmacy to support the clinical trials activity of the Trust for studies involving medicines and working in accordance with current legislation, GCP and Trust SOPs.

You will work as part of the Clinical Trials & Pharmacy team in providing an efficient, effective and safe clinical trials service in accordance with departmental and Trust standards and procedures.

You will assist in the provision and development of the clinical trials service to LUHFT  and dispense Clinical Trial prescriptions accurately in accordance with departmental and Trust standards in accordance with Good Clinical Practice and Clinical Trial regulations

Please see attached 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

You will work as part of the Clinical Trials & Pharmacy team in providing an efficient, effective and safe clinical trials service in accordance with departmental and Trust standards and procedures.

You will work at both the Royal Liverpool and Aintree sites.

Your responsibilities will include

  • Dispensing of clinical trials prescriptions, including all required accountability and completion of paperwork
  • Receipt of deliveries of clinical trial materials
  • management of storage of investigational medicinal products
  • Attendance of monitoring visits and following up of actions
  • management of generic trials email in box

Please see attached Job Description for full details of role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Relevant dispensing qualification NVQ 2 or equivalent
  • GCSE Grade A-C in Mathematics and English

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable experience rtail/hospital pharmaceutical work

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • VDU use
  • Stock Control systems
  • Computerised dispensing system
  • Computerised dispensing system

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Methodical approach
  • Team worker
  • Flexible
  • Honesty/Integrity
  • Good communicator
  • Commitment to CPD
  • Professional attitude

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

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
Chloe Hall
Job title
Deputy Lead Clinical Trials Pharmacist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0151 706 2883
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