Clinical Trials Pharmacy Technician: Sponsorship Available

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Job Summary

Are you a Pharmacy Technician registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council looking for a new challenge?

Or maybe you are a pre-registration Pharmacy Technician due to qualify and register in the next few months who would like to embark on a career in hospital pharmacy?

Do you want to develop yourself and our service to meet the needs of patients using your skills to improve current and future patient care?

If so, we’d love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

We are looking to recruit to Clinical Trials Pharmacy Technician posts.

The main purpose of the post is to perform routine pharmaceutical duties with a high level of accuracy to support the provision of the Clinical Trials service across the Trust.

We are looking for responsible, progressive, pro-active, hard-working individuals with strong communication and problem solving skills and a positive attitude to work and willingness to learn. Applicants must be self-motivated and organised.

You will have to have a good attention to detail, be able to work effectively alone and as part of a team and contribute to the process of service development and innovation by your own initiative and enthusiasm. You will be required to work to the strict guidance of ICH GCP, the European Clinical Trials Directive, Trust and Departmental SOPs.

This role will be based at the Leicester Royal Infirmary; however the successful candidate may on occasion be required to work at other sites.

Prior working in hospital, clinical trials and an aseptic unit is desirable but not essential; we are keen to receive applications from pharmacy technicians working in any sector. Successful candidates will be given full training and development in these areas in order to fulfil specialist duties for this post.

About us

Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).

We have four primary goals:

  • high-quality care for all,
  • being a great place to work,
  • partnerships for impact, and
  • research and education excellence

And we will embed health equality in all we do – taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.

Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:

  • we are compassionate,
  • we are proud,
  • we are inclusive, and
  • we are one team

This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.

Job description

Job responsibilities

  • To deputise for the Clinical Trial Co-ordinator at each site as necessary to co-ordinate clinical trialservices and assist the dispensary team leaders and duty technicians with clinical trial dispensing and checking as required.
  • To ensure the flow and appropriate prioritisation of clinical trial work through the department to optimise efficiency and maintain turn around target times to ensure the provision of a promptand responsive clinical trial service.
  • To assist with the maintenance of Pharmacy study files to ensure all members of Pharmacy staff can dispense, check and counsel patients on their investigational medicinal products (IMPs)safely and efficiently.
  • To ensure where appropriate for clinical trial stock that transactions are entered accurately on to the pharmacy computer system at the time of issue in order to minimise stock discrepancies andout of stock situations.
  • To participate in weekend, late duty and bank holiday work in accordance with departmental rotas.

Person Specification

Qualification and Training

Essential

  • NVQ level 3 and BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent
  • Be registered as a practising Pharmacy Technician with the GPhC (or awaiting registration)

Experience

Essential

  • Requirements of good dispensing practice
  • Good organisational skills

Communication

Essential

  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Team worker/ability to work alone

Analytical and Judgement skill

Essential

  • Ability to make decisions, use initiative and solve problems

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Closing Date: 26 September 2024

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