We are excited to offer this opportunity to develop your skills as the Lead Pharmacist for the expanding clinical trials service. You will work closely with our Clinical Research Network Wessex award-winning team and specialist pharmacists to set-up and support clinical trials at the Trust.

HHFT has a portfolio of over 100 trials, with increasing research opportunities for patients and staff. We currently support trials in Oncology, Cardiology, Microbiology and Paediatrics.

If you are passionate and interested in making a positive contribution to the evidence base for the future care of patients, we want to hear from you.

What we look for:

• An accomplished communicator, with skills in team working and self-direction
• A clinical pharmacist committed to providing the highest quality of research and care for patients
• A team leader with experience of service improvement

What we offer:

• Supportive and friendly teams, both within Pharmacy and the Trust
• Opportunities for training and development, both personal and professional
• Collaborative working within and outside of the Trust

Your life outside HHFT is important. We are happy to consider applications with flexible working patterns that cater to individual requirements. We would also consider supporting development from Band 7 to 8a and increasing the hours. All these can be discussed at interview

Main duties of the job

To lead, develop, deliver, and evaluate the Clinical Trial Pharmacy Service provided to the Research Department, with responsibility for business planning and staff management in line with pharmacy service level agreements and objectives set by the Clinical Director, Technical Services Manager and Research Manager.

To manage people, to ensure the effective operation of the Services provided to the Research Department

The post holder has joint responsibility with the other Speciality Pharmacists within the Section for the overall leadership of the Section of the Pharmacy Service

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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Day to day management of the clinical trials service, monitoring key quality and performance indicators and service pressures, recommending, and implementing actions to address them.

Ensuring necessary/appropriate medications are available for assessment and treatment needs of the speciality.

Reporting on workforce requirements for meeting service demand.

Senior Pharmacist, line managing designated pharmacy staff. Responsible for staff supervision, annual appraisal, managing attendance and performance, identifying, and facilitating staff training needs.

Support the Business Unit through regular monthly reports and face to face interaction involvement in the BU as a senior health professional in a variety of roles/functions, by agreement with the business manager

To ensure that systems are in place for the effective and fair recruitment and selection of staff in line with Trust policy

• To ensure that effective two-way communication takes place at all levels within the service, developing and maintaining systems and approaches to staff communication and involvementPlease see job description document for further details.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• MPharm or equivalent
• Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent

Desirable

• Education supervisor/Train the Trainer or equivalent
• Management training
• ICHGCP in Clinical Trials

Registration

Essential

• Registered with GPhC

Experience

Essential

• Research/Clinical Trials experience
• NHS management experience
• Work as part of a multi disciplinary team, negotiating constructively & successfully with team members

Desirable

• Delivered training/education at Post-grad level
• Project management

Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Basingstoke

Basingstoke

RG24 9NA

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