Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest and leading organisations in the country for clinical trial activity involving medicinal products. Pharmacy has a key role in ensuring that clinical trial medications are handled safely and in line with UK legislation.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and well-motivated Pharmacist to join the Pharmacy team. This post will be an integrated post working within the clinical team and the clinical trials team for cancer services. With the increase in advanced therapies within clinical trials and cancer services, this post will provide support and advice to both teams and enable smooth transition for these medicines from clinical trials into standard patient care.

You will co-manage the clinical trials team within cancer services to ensure compliance with UK legislative practices and Trust/departmental SOPs relating to clinical trials. You will be expected to contribute to audit of services both clinical and clinical trials related and act on the outcomes of these audits to change practice to improve services where appropriate. You will contribute to promoting cost-effective prescribing strategies and financially monitor drug usage within a specified area providing reports on this when necessary.

You will be expected to provide highly specialist advice and recommendations to other healthcare staff via telephone, e-mail and face-to-face.

Secondment /Part time hours may be considered

Main duties of the job

• Interview Date Tuesday, 10 September 2024
• 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy

As well as in-house training within the Pharmacy Clinical Trials unit, you will be required to attend an initial Good Clinical Practice (GCP) course and subsequent refreshers. You and will be based at the Clinical Trials Unit at the Northern Centre for Cancer Care (Freeman Hospital). However, you may be required to work at one of the other Pharmacy Clinical Trials units within the Trust which include the main Pharmacy Department (Freeman site), The Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI) and Campus for Ageing and Vitality (old General Hospital). You will report to the Senior lead Clinical Trials Pharmacist and the Senior Lead Clinical Pharmacist - Cancer Services. You will be accountable to the Senior lead Clinical Trials Pharmacist (Trust-wide).

It is essential that you either hold an independent prescriber qualification or are committed to undertaking this qualification when required to do so.

About us

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of �1 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 2 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Job description

Job responsibilities

• To manage and provide the Pharmacy Clinical Trial Service for the Freeman Hospital (FH) and its elements including the Northern Centre for Cancer Care (NCCC), ensuring compliance with the EU Clinical Trials Directive and Trust Research Governance Policies. To organise and develop clinical pharmacy services in cancer services incorporating advanced therapies both within the clinical trial and standard of care setting.
• To ensure that the training of a wide variety of pharmacy and other staff on how to handle information on Investigational Medicinal Products (IMPs) is carried out in accordance with Trust guidelines and National Legislation / Guidance.
• To audit compliance with the Medicines Management Committee, Formulary and Hospital Trust recommendations across identified areas within the Trust.
• To conduct and dispense medicines, professionally, effectively and promptly.
• To participate in Trust wide meetings regarding management and organisation of the Pharmacy Clinical Trials Service within the Trust.
• To undertake and agreed prescribing role within an appropriately agreed clinical area.
• To participate in HRA pharmacy technical reviews where appropriate.
• To perform the professional role of a Registered Pharmacist, including advice, supervision and co-operation with colleagues, particularly in relation to support/cover for absent colleagues.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential

• Registered Pharmacist MPharm degree + post graduate pre-registration training
• Clinical Diploma (or equivalent higher qualification)
• Independent Prescriber qualification or commitment to enter into the next intake for obtaining the qualification

Desirable

• Management training course
• Clinical Masters

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Extensive post registration experience in hospital pharmacy, some at a senior level
• Demonstrate a developing clinical role
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD)
• Understanding of Clinical Trials legislation
• Understanding of National Clinical Trials policy and practice
• Knowledge of clinical research and its role in pharmacy and medicine
• Well-developed clinical pharmacy knowledge across all aspects of drug use
• Demonstrate knowledge of CT procedures
• Demonstrable awareness of developments in Hospital Pharmacy

Desirable

• Demonstrate they have undertaken a staff management role
• Demonstrable involvement in Clinical Trials Support
• Demonstrate they have been involved in the area of clinical audit
• Demonstrable awareness of legislation affecting Pharmacy (directly & indirectly)
• Awareness of Trust policies & procedures which impinge on role
• Specialist knowledge of the cancer services clinical area or directorate

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Demonstrate ability to communicate, oral and written, specialist clinical information
• One to one communication
• Influencing and negotiating skills
• Basic computer skills

Desirable

• Ability to empathise
• Evidence of lecturing to professional audiences
• Microsoft Office

Employer details

Employer name

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

317 Trustwide

NE7 7DN

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317-2024-29-027