Come join our friendly pharmacy trials team here at University Hospitals Birmingham, covering Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull (HGS) sites

The team provide pharmacy support for the expanding Research and Development work of the trust, we have a large portfolio of studies requiring the input of the pharmacy department. This year we will also see the expansion to adding advanced therapy trials to the HGS portfolio

You will be involved in the set up and management of upcoming studies. You will assist in the maintenance of trial drugs, dispensing, labelling, drug accounting and investigating any discrepancies and temperature monitoring of any areas storing clinical trial medication

There is no requirement to have experience working within clinical trials as full training will be provided but you must have good organisational and communication skills and be able to show you are highly self-motivated and flexible

A requirement to participate in evening, weekends and bank holidays working on a rotational basis will be necessary

You will have

-Nationally recognised Pharmacy Technician qualification and be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council. Candidates who will be completing their qualification and registration soon will also be considered

-Accredited accuracy checking qualification or willing to work towards this qualification

-Flexible approach with good time management skills

For further information please contact

Lubna Khan email: lubna.khan@uhb.nhs.uk Tel: 0121 424 1516

Main duties of the job

Attend and contribute to clinical trial feasibility and risk assessment.

* Attend and contribute to Pharmacy initiation meetings as requested, for new drug trials set up in the Trust.

* Assist with the setup of Pharmacy study files for new drug trials starting within the Trust.

* Receive, store, dispense, record and carry out return accountability for each individual trial following procedures within the Pharmacy study file.

* Ensure documentation for each trial is completed correctly, amendments implemented and documentation is filed appropriately in a timely manner to ensure each trial file is well maintained.

* Liaise with research staff within the Trust, including medical, nursing, and R and D staff to ensure drug trials are run safely and efficiently.

* Support the Pharmacists with training and development.

* Create and update trial SOPs.

* Meet with Clinical Research Associates of company sponsored studies for monitoring visits and follow up identified actions.

* Temperature monitoring and reporting of temperature excursions in a timely manner.

* Incident review and CAPA implementation.

* Audit of trials and trials services.

* Support for MHRA inspection.

* Keep the clinical trials database up to date.

* Arrange regular invoicing for trials to Sponsors as requested using EDGE

* Undertake specialised training and development in order to meet the skill needs of the job.

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

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• *NVQ Level 3 Diploma (QCF) in Pharmacy Service Skills and Level 3 Diploma (QCF) in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent as defined by the General Pharmaceutical Council of Great Britain
• *Dispensing Accuracy Accreditation, West Midlands scheme or equivalent, or working towards.
• Registered as a Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)

Desirable

• *Accredited Checking Technician West Midlands scheme or equivalent, or working towards.

Experience

Essential

• *Experience of working in a hospital setting
• *Practical experience of aseptic work
• *Working knowledge of a broad range of medicines and their safety issues
• *Experience of working within a pharmacy team
• *Demonstrates an understanding of the legal responsibilities of the profession.
• *Demonstrates the ability to be able to handle safely and competently

Desirable

• *Providing specialist technical advice to others i.e. manufacturing methods
• *Contribution to technical education of less experienced staff, students or assistants
• *Training experience
• *Supervisory experience
• *Audit experience

Additional Criteria

Essential

• * Good Communication skills -- verbal and written / electronic.
• * Good Customer Care skills
• * Good team worker
• * Interpersonal skills
• * Good organisational skills
• * IT and keyboard skills including e-mail.
• * Demonstrates time management skills.
• * Demonstrates ability to prioritise workload.
• * Demonstrates ability to work to set procedures.
• * Medication Counselling skills
• * Demonstrates ability to recognise professional and personal limitations referring to appropriate person.
• * Ability to work under pressure.
• * Demonstrates ability to undertake a variety of tasks.
• * Demonstrates ability to guide and support other staff.
• * Demonstrates ability to make judgement on requests for urgent items
• * Demonstrates ability to plan own work and help others.
• * Demonstrates initiative.
• * Accurate numeracy skills
• * Motivational skills
• * Evidence of Dispensing Accuracy Assessment -- successfully completed.
• * Evidence of Continual Professional Development (CPD).
• * Evidence of registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• * Committed to abide by the Trust Vision and Values.

Desirable

• * Demonstrate ability to write and develop procedures.
• * Understands finance systems, e.g. generating invoices and credit notes

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Heartlands Hospital

Bordesley Green E

Birmingham

West Midlands

B9 5SS

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