Senior Pharmacy Technician Clinical Trials

Job description

Job responsibilities

As per the Job Description attached:

The successful applicant will primarily focus on:

• Management of existing studies
• Managing Amendments as part of the amendments team
• Early Stage Studies Feasibility
• Site Qualification support to the Sponsors
• Studies Set up
• Studies Initiation
• Studies closing and Archiving

Person Specification

Previous Experience

Essential

• Previous evaluated experience of delivering induction and competency-based training
• Previous evaluated experience of supervising staff and workload at site level on a day-to-day basis
• Previous evaluated experience of participation in project and audit work

Desirable

• Demonstrated experience of ability to appraise staff and set performance objectives
• GCP audit experience
• Work experience (post qualification) in hospital pharmacy
• Previous experience in the set up and delivery of Clinical Trials
• Previous experience of dealing with Clinical Trial amendments

Skills/Knowledge/Ability

Essential

• Demonstrated ability to accurately account and record patient medicines as part of reconciliation
• Demonstrated ability to write and review SOPs
• Demonstrated ability to plan, deliver, and organise competency based training assessment
• Demonstrated effective customer service skills.

Education/Qualifications

Essential

• QCF Pharmacy services Level 3 (NVQ level 3) plus an accredited underpinning knowledge (BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent) or equivalent Pharmacy Technicians whom are qualified via other GPhC approved routes
• Registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Working towards/completion of the Accreditation Checking Pharmacy Technician Scheme (ACPT)

Desirable

• Clinical Trials specific training and qualifications
• GCP training

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Clinical Trials Office Inpatient Pharmacy Guys Hospital

Great Maze Pond

London

SE1 9RT

Employer's website

https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx (Opens in a new tab)