Job summary
Pharmacy Clinical Trials (Health Science) Associate Practitioner - Band 4 - Permanent
Hello! My name is Sam and I am a Specialist Senior Clinical Trials Pharmacy Technician for the Clinical Trials Pharmacy team in Oxford and I'm very excited to share this exciting career opportunity with you.
As a Specialist Senior Team Manager I am privileged to manage and support our fantastic technical team of Pharmacy Technicians, Assistants and Practitioners as we provide support services to clinical trial research teams on all our Trust sites throughout Oxfordshire.
The Clinical Trials Pharmacy consists of Pharmacists, Technicians, Assistants and Practitioners. We work closely with research teams across the trust and external representatives.
If you are interested in an informal discussion about the Pharmacy Clinical Trials (Health Science) Associate Practitioner role offered within our team then I would be very pleased to chat with you. You are more than welcome to call on the numbers below or even better, we can make an appointment for me to show you around and answer your questions. I look forward to hearing from you.
The majority of correspondence will be via the e-recruitment system; therefore you should check your emails regularly including junk mail folders in web-based email products.
Main duties of the job
As a Pharmacy Clinical Trials (Health Science) Associate Practitioner in our team, you will have an extremely varied role.
You will act as the Lead Practitioner for individual clinical trials, being the main point of contact for the clinical trials once open to recruitment. You will be involved in maintaining the supply chain of Clinical Trial medications to research nurses who deliver treatment to patients, maintaining financial records, completing drug accountability activities, closing down and archiving of completed studies, as well as facilitating meetings from sponsors.
A successful candidate should possess
- NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Service Skills OR BTEC Level 2 Certificate in the Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Support and
- have extensive experience of the day-to-day management and handling of IMPs.
Applicants without these essential qualifications will not be considered. Please note that we do not accept AI-generated applications.
Please make sure that you read the job description and person specification attached, and that your statement in support reflects this as your application will be judged against these criteria.
About us
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please view OUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Core Role - Clinical Trials
1. Be the main point of contact for individual clinical trials once they are open to recruitment.2. Communicate effectively with Investigators, Research Nurses, Trust Research & Development,Sponsors, Clinical Research Associates and Pharmacy staff during the running of a clinical trial.3. Communicate effectively with research patients, who may at times be upset, to support therunning of the trial and provide an expert service.4. Assist with the preparation for monitoring visits, audits and inspections, and complete anynecessary work prior to these. Escalate any concerns to senior team in a timely manner.5. Maintain clinical trial files, ensuring items can easily be located and are presentable.6. Be responsible for generating invoices for allocated studies and assist with invoices for otherstudies as needed.7. Complete GCP checklists for allocated studies on a regular basis as indicated by objectives andprocedures and assist in the completion of GCP check lists for other studies.8. Maintain Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training.9. Apply principles of GCP in the management of clinical trials and work within theMedicines for Human Use (Clinical Trial) Regulations 2004 and EU directive relating toclinical trials.10. Follow clinical trial protocols and SOPs during dispensing of clinical trial IMPsand other drugs included in the protocol.11. Process and complete Clinical Trials Amendments, ensuring Pharmacy Green Lightapproval is issued in accordance with R&D Monthly lists.12. Close down allocated clinical trials within the timeframes indicated by objectives andprocedures and assist in the close down of other studies.13. Be competent to: Order, receipt, undertake stock acknowledgement, pack-down, label,undertake returns and destruction of clinical trial IMPs and othermedicines. Dispense and check doses for patients in clinical trials. Undertake expiry date and stock level checks and maintain stock levels. Temperature monitor clinical trial stocks and manage an excursion.14. Assist in the collection of data as requested by the Senior Clinical Trial Techniciansor Clinical Trial Pharmacists.15. Follow SOPs for own area of work. Propose changes or comment on changes to SOPs asrequired.16. Represent the Clinical Trials Team to update the dispensary staff at meetings.17. Develop knowledge and skills for the safe use of equipment in the department; such asWaysafe cabinet, Ultra-deep freezers and take responsibility for its safe use by others.18. Safely handle hazardous materials: chemotherapy, genetically modified IMPs, other AdvancedTherapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs), dry ice, etc. according to departmental and Trust SOPs.
Clinical Trial Aseptic Unit (CTASU):
1. Maintain expertise, skills and necessary knowledge of the technical aspects of asepticdispensing to undertake the safe and accurate completion of product worksheets and labels,assembly of components for dose preparation, preparation of a wide range of aseptic products.2. Use high levels of precision and accuracy to manipulate components in a gloved isolator toprepare doses accurately and safely for patients.3. Participate in the clean room/isolator cleaning rota.4. Assist in environmental and physical monitoring of the CTASU.5. Support the maintenance and accurate recording of departmental records and results includingstaff training, environmental monitoring, cleaning, maintenance logs and worksheets.
Person Specification
Shortlisting Criteria
Essential
- Experience
- Qualifications
- Skills
- Knowledge
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Cross site: Churchill Hospital / John Radcliffe Hospital
Oxford
OX3 7LE
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)