Job summary
The Highly Specialist Oncology Clinical Trials Pharmacist provides expert leadership and oversight of pharmacy services for oncology and haematology clinical trials (OHCT) at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT). Working jointly with the Early Phase Lead Clinical Trials Pharmacist, the post holder ensures compliance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP), manages pharmaceutical aspects of trials, evaluates cost-effectiveness, and supports the safe and efficient delivery of investigational medicines. The role also contributes to research governance, service development, and staff training.
Main duties of the job
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Leadership & Service Management: Lead pharmacy support for oncology and haematology clinical trials, including trial setup, approval, and delivery.
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Compliance & Governance: Ensure adherence to GCP, GMP, and relevant UK/EU legislation for investigational medicinal products.
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Clinical Practice: Provide expert pharmaceutical care to trial patients, offering specialist advice to clinicians, investigators, and research staff.
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Training & Development: Deliver and evaluate training for pharmacy and research staff involved in clinical trials.
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Financial & Resource Management: Assess cost implications and oversee invoicing, contracts, and resource allocation for trials.
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Quality & Evaluation: Monitor performance, lead audits, prepare reports, and support regulatory inspections.
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Research & Innovation: Contribute to clinical research, audit, and the development of new protocols, guidelines, and best practices.
About us
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.
We have around 25,300 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see Job Description for full list of main responsibilities.
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Provide joint leadership for oncology and haematology clinical trial pharmacy services at GSTT.
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Manage setup, approval, and delivery of new and ongoing clinical trials.
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Ensure safe, efficient, and cost-effective dispensing and record-keeping for investigational products.
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Monitor service quality, undertake audits, and prepare reports on performance and compliance.
- Liaise with research and development teams, investigators, and sponsors to evaluate trial feasibility and financial viability
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Train and supervise pharmacy and OHCT staff, maintaining high professional standards and accountability.
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Contribute to national initiatives and represent GSTT at professional and research forums.
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Promote research, innovation, and the integration of evidence-based practice into clinical trials.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see Job Description for full list of main responsibilities.
-
Provide joint leadership for oncology and haematology clinical trial pharmacy services at GSTT.
-
Manage setup, approval, and delivery of new and ongoing clinical trials.
-
Ensure safe, efficient, and cost-effective dispensing and record-keeping for investigational products.
-
Monitor service quality, undertake audits, and prepare reports on performance and compliance.
- Liaise with research and development teams, investigators, and sponsors to evaluate trial feasibility and financial viability
-
Train and supervise pharmacy and OHCT staff, maintaining high professional standards and accountability.
-
Contribute to national initiatives and represent GSTT at professional and research forums.
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Promote research, innovation, and the integration of evidence-based practice into clinical trials.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Education
Essential
- UK-MPharm degree or equivalent
- Current GPhC registration
Previous Experience
Essential
- Experience of providing pharmaceutical input into clinical trials services
- Demonstrate attendance at relevant ICH/GCP training
- Demonstrate an understanding of the clinical trial process, with regard to the setting up and the documentation required to meet legislative requirements
- Demonstrate knowledge of Clinical Trials legislation
- Dispensing and checking experience in dispensary and aseptic/technical services
- Previous experience in delivering training and education at post graduate level
- Experience of multidisciplinary health services research
- Experience in management of pharmacy staff in a dispensing or technical services department
- Demonstrable use of clinical audit to improve practice
Desirable
- Knowledge of clinical audit and it's role in pharmacy and medicine
- Demonstration of active participation in multi-disciplinary health care research
Skills/Knowledge/Ability
Essential
- Meets set targets
- Ability to influence senior pharmacy and medical staff, the multidisciplinary team and management
- The ability to identify and prioritise clinical work
- Understanding of national and local priorities
- The ability to identify and manage risks
- Can work autonomously
- Demonstrates expert clinical knowledge and skills
- Demonstrates advanced level of clinical reasoning and judgement
- Enhances the quality of patient care
- Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the Clinical Governance Agenda/Identifies own training needs
Desirable
- Identifies a vision for the delivery of pharmaceutical services
- Identifies and implements best practice
- Can demonstrate innovation
- Demonstrated ability to influence practice at a directorate level
- Ability to identify and prioritise clinical pharmacy services
- Demonstration of the ability to reconcile national priorities with local realities
- The ability to evaluate service quality
- Manages difficult and ambiguous problems
Person Specification
Qualifications/Education
Essential
- UK-MPharm degree or equivalent
- Current GPhC registration
Previous Experience
Essential
- Experience of providing pharmaceutical input into clinical trials services
- Demonstrate attendance at relevant ICH/GCP training
- Demonstrate an understanding of the clinical trial process, with regard to the setting up and the documentation required to meet legislative requirements
- Demonstrate knowledge of Clinical Trials legislation
- Dispensing and checking experience in dispensary and aseptic/technical services
- Previous experience in delivering training and education at post graduate level
- Experience of multidisciplinary health services research
- Experience in management of pharmacy staff in a dispensing or technical services department
- Demonstrable use of clinical audit to improve practice
Desirable
- Knowledge of clinical audit and it's role in pharmacy and medicine
- Demonstration of active participation in multi-disciplinary health care research
Skills/Knowledge/Ability
Essential
- Meets set targets
- Ability to influence senior pharmacy and medical staff, the multidisciplinary team and management
- The ability to identify and prioritise clinical work
- Understanding of national and local priorities
- The ability to identify and manage risks
- Can work autonomously
- Demonstrates expert clinical knowledge and skills
- Demonstrates advanced level of clinical reasoning and judgement
- Enhances the quality of patient care
- Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the Clinical Governance Agenda/Identifies own training needs
Desirable
- Identifies a vision for the delivery of pharmaceutical services
- Identifies and implements best practice
- Can demonstrate innovation
- Demonstrated ability to influence practice at a directorate level
- Ability to identify and prioritise clinical pharmacy services
- Demonstration of the ability to reconcile national priorities with local realities
- The ability to evaluate service quality
- Manages difficult and ambiguous problems
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).
