Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity to develop your skills as a Specialist Pharmacy Technician for our expanding clinical trials service, working closely with our Clinical Research Network Wessex award-winning team. Clinical trials can be highly rewarding, offering insights to medical advances in treatment and professional development.
HHFT has a portfolio of over 100 trials, including commercial clinical trials. We currently support trials in Oncology, Cardiology, Microbiology, Rheumatology, Gastroenterology & Paediatrics.
We want to hear from you if you are passionate about making a positive contribution to the evidence base for the future care of patients.
What we look for:
o A Pharmacy Technician who values attention to detail & is computer literate
o Someone committed to providing the highest quality of research and care for patients
o A capable communicator, with skills in team working and self-direction
What we offer:
o Supportive and friendly teams, within Pharmacy and the Trust
o Opportunities for training and development, personal and professional
o Collaborative working within and outside of the Trust, with Clinical Trials Networks region and nationwide
Your life outside HHFT is important. We are happy to consider applications with flexible working patterns that cater to individual requirements and would consider supporting development for a candidate who may not meet all the essential criteria of the person specification. All these can be discussed at interview.
Main duties of the job
- To support the Speciality Pharmacists (Research & Development, R&D) to develop, deliver and evaluate the Pharmacy Research & Development service within the Pharmacy Business Unit and Trust wide with respect to Medicines Management, in line with pharmacy service level agreements and objectives set by the Lead Pharmacist (R&D).
- To ensure that the highest standards of clinical care are continuously delivered.
About us
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Tackling Climate Change:Hampshire Hospitals aims to embed sustainability and net zero carbon principles into the delivery of care across all its services. To find out more, searchHHFT Climate Actionor contactclimateaction@hhft.nhs.uk.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To work with the Research and Pharmacy Teams, and customers to ensure effective planning, scheduling, delivery and monitoring of service access, activity, and quality targets. To identify reasons for deviations and support the Research & Development Pharmacists with service development and implementation of potential solutions.
- To support the setting of quality standards within the service, including GCP and GMP where appropriate and clinical audit.
- To dispense and check dispensed prescriptions for in and outpatients, and supply goods to the Trust and outside units, ensuring that medicines are issued in a timely manner to meet the customers needs in accordance with the study protocol, departmental and Trust guidelines.
- To receive returns of investigational medicinal products, ensuring all documentation is completed in accordance with the study protocol.
- To put into practice all pharmacy policies and standard operating procedures (SOPs) and, if suitable, suggest changes or modifications to improve the pharmaceutical service offered.
- To actively participate in risk management within the clinical trials service, specifically using information from audits and inspections as well as incidents and complaints to learn and improve.
- To participate in business unit service level meetings.
- To assist new or less experienced colleagues of all levels to learn routine tasks within the pharmacy and R&D service to a standard set out in relevant SOPs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To work with the Research and Pharmacy Teams, and customers to ensure effective planning, scheduling, delivery and monitoring of service access, activity, and quality targets. To identify reasons for deviations and support the Research & Development Pharmacists with service development and implementation of potential solutions.
- To support the setting of quality standards within the service, including GCP and GMP where appropriate and clinical audit.
- To dispense and check dispensed prescriptions for in and outpatients, and supply goods to the Trust and outside units, ensuring that medicines are issued in a timely manner to meet the customers needs in accordance with the study protocol, departmental and Trust guidelines.
- To receive returns of investigational medicinal products, ensuring all documentation is completed in accordance with the study protocol.
- To put into practice all pharmacy policies and standard operating procedures (SOPs) and, if suitable, suggest changes or modifications to improve the pharmaceutical service offered.
- To actively participate in risk management within the clinical trials service, specifically using information from audits and inspections as well as incidents and complaints to learn and improve.
- To participate in business unit service level meetings.
- To assist new or less experienced colleagues of all levels to learn routine tasks within the pharmacy and R&D service to a standard set out in relevant SOPs.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ3 Pharmaceutical science or equivalent
- Registration with GPhC as Pharmacy Technician
- Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician qualification
Desirable
- ICH-GCP training
- Current NVQ or NVQ1 assessor
Experience
Essential
Desirable
- Experience in Research & Clinical Trials
Skills
Essential
- Computer literate
- Evidence of team work
- Written communication skills
- Organization
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ3 Pharmaceutical science or equivalent
- Registration with GPhC as Pharmacy Technician
- Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician qualification
Desirable
- ICH-GCP training
- Current NVQ or NVQ1 assessor
Experience
Essential
Desirable
- Experience in Research & Clinical Trials
Skills
Essential
- Computer literate
- Evidence of team work
- Written communication skills
- Organization
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).
