Job summary
Are you interested in being part of team investigating new treatments to better patient care?
Are you passionate about offering patients the opportunity to access novel therapies with potential to change their lives?
We are seeking an enthusiastic pharmacist for this a newly created post to join our innovative and expanding trials team playing a crucial role in the delivery of cutting-edge cell and gene therapy trials.
The Pharmacy trials team is well-established and provides services across all four of our hospital sites. The role will be responsible for overseeing our Advanced Therapy Investigational Medicinal Product (ATIMP) portfolio and streamlining our processes for trial set up and delivery of this subset of novel trials. You will be well supported by the rest of the trials and research teams along with other multidisciplinary trust ATMP leads to deliver the best in care.
Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this. Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible and hybrid working where we can. We offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
Main duties of the job
You will:
- oversee on all aspects of ATMP clinical trial pharmacy service, including set-up, management, and governance
- Oversee complex cell and gene therapy handling, storage, and preparation processes
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and our third-party providers to ensure compliance with standards and trial protocols
- Provide expert guidance on ATMP-specific requirements and regulatory frameworks
- Support the development of SOPs and training programs for ATIMP handling
- work on national pharmacy ATIMP working groups to enable the NHS workforce to deliver ATIMP trials
Please refer to the job description for further details or please get in touch.
Previous experience working in clinical trials is not essential although oncology/haematology experience will be essential. The role is an exciting opportunity for anyone interested in the development of new therapies and you will have opportunity to work as part a wider multi-disciplinary team.
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Degree in Pharmacy and post graduate pre-registration training
- *Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- *Postgraduate Diploma or MSc in Pharmacy Practice, or equivalent
Desirable
- *Non-medical prescribing
- *Any trial related training
- *GCP training
- *Formal aseptic training or qualification
- *Management training
Experience
Essential
- *Post registration hospital pharmacy experience within the cancer setting
- *Demonstrable pharmacy service to secondary and/or primary care users
- *Demonstrate a developing clinical role
- *Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD)
- *Has worked effectively alone and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- *Has worked flexibly and effectively on many small projects or tasks concurrently
- *Has managed and implemented service developments
- *Has used basic critical appraisal skills in routine work
- *Aseptic Services experience
- *Knowledge of GMP processes
Desirable
- *Understanding of Clinical Trials legislation
- *Understanding of National Clinical Trials policy and practice
- *Knowledge of clinical research and its role in pharmacy and medicine.
- *Demonstrate they have undertaken a staff management role
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Remains calm and personally effective in all situations and able to change communication style to suit the audience
- *Able to identify and prioritise tasks and organise and plan own work to meet deadlines along with prioritising work for others
- *Able to critically appraise and evaluate information
- *Good presentation skills
- *Good communication skills (written and verbal)
- *Good leadership skills
- *Good mentorship skills
- *Contributes to the team
- *Have the ability to influence and negotiate effectively
- *Ability to cope with frequent interruptions where the job holder has to change from one activity to another at the response of a third party
- *Enthusiastic about pharmacy and pharmacy trial services in particular
- *Able to work positively and calmly under pressure
- *Able to appreciate the roles of others in the team
- *Able to contribute to research and development in clinical practice and integrates research evidence into practice
- *Demonstrates competence to maintain own CPD portfolio and identifies and meets own training needs
- *Willingness to travel across all sites within the Trust as required by the job role.
- *Commitment to own Continuing Professional Development
- *Professional demeanour
- *Enthusiastic
- *Approachable
- *Adaptable
- *Appropriately assertive
- *Team player
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Degree in Pharmacy and post graduate pre-registration training
- *Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- *Postgraduate Diploma or MSc in Pharmacy Practice, or equivalent
Desirable
- *Non-medical prescribing
- *Any trial related training
- *GCP training
- *Formal aseptic training or qualification
- *Management training
Experience
Essential
- *Post registration hospital pharmacy experience within the cancer setting
- *Demonstrable pharmacy service to secondary and/or primary care users
- *Demonstrate a developing clinical role
- *Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD)
- *Has worked effectively alone and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- *Has worked flexibly and effectively on many small projects or tasks concurrently
- *Has managed and implemented service developments
- *Has used basic critical appraisal skills in routine work
- *Aseptic Services experience
- *Knowledge of GMP processes
Desirable
- *Understanding of Clinical Trials legislation
- *Understanding of National Clinical Trials policy and practice
- *Knowledge of clinical research and its role in pharmacy and medicine.
- *Demonstrate they have undertaken a staff management role
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Remains calm and personally effective in all situations and able to change communication style to suit the audience
- *Able to identify and prioritise tasks and organise and plan own work to meet deadlines along with prioritising work for others
- *Able to critically appraise and evaluate information
- *Good presentation skills
- *Good communication skills (written and verbal)
- *Good leadership skills
- *Good mentorship skills
- *Contributes to the team
- *Have the ability to influence and negotiate effectively
- *Ability to cope with frequent interruptions where the job holder has to change from one activity to another at the response of a third party
- *Enthusiastic about pharmacy and pharmacy trial services in particular
- *Able to work positively and calmly under pressure
- *Able to appreciate the roles of others in the team
- *Able to contribute to research and development in clinical practice and integrates research evidence into practice
- *Demonstrates competence to maintain own CPD portfolio and identifies and meets own training needs
- *Willingness to travel across all sites within the Trust as required by the job role.
- *Commitment to own Continuing Professional Development
- *Professional demeanour
- *Enthusiastic
- *Approachable
- *Adaptable
- *Appropriately assertive
- *Team player
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
