Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for a pharmacist to join our Research and Development and Pharmacy department as the lead pharmacists for the Pharmacy Clinical Trial team. This is an exciting time within the Trust with many active promotions to increase and improve research activities. LNWH research and development department was the second largest recruiter in North West London in 2020/21 and has secured more than 8,000 participants into research studies. This includes playing a leading role in delivering Covid-19 vaccine trials and urgent public health studies during the pandemic. The Trust hasresearch activities across all three hospital sites. There also has a Clinical Research Facility (CRF) at Northwick Park site.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work closely with the Trust Research and Development (R&D) departments, Pharmacy and senior clinicians in managing and developing the clinical trial services across three sites. The post holder will lead the Pharmacy team to develop governance policies and operation procedures to support feasibility, set up, running of clinical trials as well as maintaining compliance with local quality management systems and documentation.
In addition, the post holder will also be actively working with pharmacy department to develop Pharmacy clinical services and practice research development within Pharmacy. and the R&D department to understand future plans for clinical trials and the impact on capacity of the various elements of the clinical trials service.
About us
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job description
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in pharmacy
- GPhC Registered as a pharmacist
- ICH-GCP certification (for clinical trials pharmacy)
- Post graduate qualification in a relevant field or subject
Desirable
- Clinical Pharmacy at MSc level
- Business or management related qualification or MBA
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Substantive hospital experience
- Recent experience in providing a clinical trials service in a hospital pharmacy department
- Proven experience in education and training, appraisal and objective setting
- Good understanding of the principles associated with A Guide to Good Manufacturing Practice, The Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations, EU Clinical Trial Regulations
- Working knowledge NHS organisation and strategies/developments
- Proven experience in successful change management
Desirable
- General clinical pharmacy practice
- Experience in conducting external regulatory inspection
- Current knowledge in Oncology therapeutics
- Knowledge of Technical/Aseptic services
- Experience in providing or supporting a pharmaceutical service to Oncology/ Haematology departments
- Proficiency in Electronic Prescribing System
- Proven experience in business planning
- Proven experience in Policy development
Skills, Abilities and Attributes
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to manage time, people and resources to deliver outcomes
- Enthusiasm/positive attitude
- Self-motivated
- Good team worker
- Good team worker
- Identifies and manages risk
- Flexible
Desirable
- Ability to develop good working relationships within a multi-disciplinary environment
- Ability to manage change
- Evaluation skills
- Experience using R&D systems, including but not limited to EDGE
- Experience of using Chemocare
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in pharmacy
- GPhC Registered as a pharmacist
- ICH-GCP certification (for clinical trials pharmacy)
- Post graduate qualification in a relevant field or subject
Desirable
- Clinical Pharmacy at MSc level
- Business or management related qualification or MBA
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Substantive hospital experience
- Recent experience in providing a clinical trials service in a hospital pharmacy department
- Proven experience in education and training, appraisal and objective setting
- Good understanding of the principles associated with A Guide to Good Manufacturing Practice, The Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations, EU Clinical Trial Regulations
- Working knowledge NHS organisation and strategies/developments
- Proven experience in successful change management
Desirable
- General clinical pharmacy practice
- Experience in conducting external regulatory inspection
- Current knowledge in Oncology therapeutics
- Knowledge of Technical/Aseptic services
- Experience in providing or supporting a pharmaceutical service to Oncology/ Haematology departments
- Proficiency in Electronic Prescribing System
- Proven experience in business planning
- Proven experience in Policy development
Skills, Abilities and Attributes
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to manage time, people and resources to deliver outcomes
- Enthusiasm/positive attitude
- Self-motivated
- Good team worker
- Good team worker
- Identifies and manages risk
- Flexible
Desirable
- Ability to develop good working relationships within a multi-disciplinary environment
- Ability to manage change
- Evaluation skills
- Experience using R&D systems, including but not limited to EDGE
- Experience of using Chemocare
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
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).
