Clinical Trials Pharmacy Assistant

Job summary

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the crucial role clinical trials play in the development of cutting-edge treatments and their impact on patient care. We are a small but actively expanding Pharmacy clinical trials team. We need an enthusiastic and motivated person with excellent organisational skills to support us to manage and develop our pharmacy clinical trials service.

Main duties of the job

You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team that includes the Research and Development department, Pharmacy colleagues, representatives of international pharmaceutical companies, charities and universities who sponsor clinical research conducted within the Trust. Your role will be important in helping provide a dedicated pharmacy clinical trials service through management of all administration which comes through the department, involvement with all aspects of investigational medicinal products management, assisting in the set-up of new studies and liaising with colleagues in a wide variety of specialities. You will also be required to perform a variety of general pharmacy duties following training on each of these.

To be successful you must have excellent prioritisation and organisational skills, be reliable, flexible and able to work on your own initiative as well as providing support to the clinical trials pharmacy team when required.

About us

At the RUH we're proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone's contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks - celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We've even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more aboutliving and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about ourextensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we're providing healthcare fit for the future withthe landmark Dyson Cancer Centreand ourpassion for research.