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University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust has a large portfolio of Clinical Trials involving medicinal products and pharmacy has a key role in ensuring that clinical trial medications are handled safely and in line with UK legislation.
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated Pharmacist to join the Pharmacy trials team based at the Heartlands, Good Hope, and Solihull Hospital sites, with the option to work cross-site at the QE site.
The Trust hosts a growing number of commercial and non-commercial Cancer Clinical Trials. Following recent new investment in pharmacy facilities, we will also be introducing advanced therapy trials to our portfolio on the Heartlands site this year. It is an exciting time to be joining the team!
If you're passionate about helping deliver exciting new and novel treatment options for our cancer patients and ready for the challenge, we are looking forward to your application.
You will work within the multidisciplinary research and clinical teams to help deliver and further develop how we offer these innovative new treatments to our patients.
There will be opportunities to progress your knowledge and skills within the role both clinically and operationally through various nationally recognised training, including applying any prescribing qualifications you may have.
A requirement to participate in evening working, weekends and bank holidays on a rotational basis will be required.
Main duties, tasks & skills required
You will be a key member of the pharmacy trials team as well as our cancer research and clinical teams - the role is based at our Birmingham Heartlands Hospital dedicated research facility which delivers our cancer trials portfolio to patients across all 3 sites.
You will:
- Be embedded as a member of the cancer multidisciplinary research team, reviewing trial protocols to assess local capacity and capability through effective communication and negotiation with the pharmacy clinical and aseptic technical teams, the wider multidisciplinary research and clinical teams, R&D, trial sponsors and clinical research organisations.
- Ensure the smooth set up and delivery of these trials to ensure that medications being used are appropriately prescribed, handled and monitored in a safe and timely manner in accordance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and local practice.
- Be required to supervise and have oversight of other staff within the trials team, wider pharmacy and nursing teams delivering these trials.
As a trust, we are also supportive of non-medical prescribers using their knowledge and skills in Clinical Trials and are looking to encourage the development of this role further in trials pharmacy.
You will be expected to have some knowledge and experience within the oncology/haematology and Aseptics specialities. Experience of working within Clinical Trials is not a formal requirement as full training will be provided in the area.
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. 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 working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Job description
*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
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.
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.
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.
UK Professional Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
