Role Summary
To manage the set-up, maintenance and close down of a portfolio of Clinical Trials of Investigational Medicinal Products (CTIMPs).
To ensure effective operation and day to day running of active Clinical Trials within the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust to ensure regulatory compliance and management of supplies to ensure suitable treatment is available for all trial participants.
To ensure the Clinical Trials Pharmacy Team (CTPT) and its staff operate to standards of excellence in customer care and with a strong patient focus.
To ensure that the department is complying with the requirement of the Home Office license for Schedule 1 controlled drugs and completed the annual renewal process.
To identify and monitor the needs of service users and CTPT, and effectively plan and implement changes and improvements to the CTPT.
To support the training of medical, nursing and pharmacy staff in all aspects of handling drugs in clinical trials, including the preparation of injectable products in clinical areas as required by the clinical trial protocols.
To participate in safe systems of work and documentation of these and to undertake safe and accurate preparation of a wide range of aseptic products on a daily basis, (including Cytotoxics, epidurals, antibiotics, injectables, novel agents and monoclonal antibodies).
About the Role
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More detail about the role
Are you looking for a new and exciting challenge in your pharmacy career?
This is an exciting opportunity to join the pharmacy clinical trials team at the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust at a time of innovation and service development. The post holder will be an essential member of the Clinical Trials Pharmacy Team (CTPT) delivering a high quality, flexible clinical trial service whilst also providing expertise and leadership in the aseptic preparation of Investigational Medicinal Products (IMPs). You will play an active role in ensuring adherence to standards and regulations in both Aseptic and Clinical Trial services.
You will have excellent communication skills, be self-motivated and committed to providing the highest quality of research and care for patients recruited to clinical trials. You will need an ability to develop effective working relationships and to prioritise your own work. You will be required to be flexible, reliable and able to work on your own and within the team to support our growing research environment.
We are at the forefront of clinical research at national and international level. Participation in clinical research demonstrates the Trust’s commitment to improving the quality of care we offer and to making our contribution to wider health improvement. The Trust has recently been selected to host a NIHR Patient Recruitment Centre, one of five new sites selected across England. The centres will provide dedicated space, purpose-designed facilities and medical expertise to deliver clinical research within NHS hospital sites, with the aim of increasing the number of studies being run across England. The initiative will increase the NHS’s capacity to deliver vital research for patients, while decreasing the time it takes to set-up late-phase commercial trials within the NHS - improving the UK’s competitiveness in the global market and providing opportunities for patients to benefit from early access to innovation.
Our pharmacy clinical trials team covers activity across all specialities including oncology and haematology and also the NIHR Exeter Clinical Research Facility. In addition to this post the team comprises of the clinical trial pharmacy manager, 4 clinical trials technicians, a senior assistant technical officer and lead clinical trials pharmacist. We are committed to providing and supporting education and personal development opportunities for this post.
Please note that you will be notified via email regarding the result of your application.
Weekly Working Hours: 37.5 per week.
Interview date: Thursday 9th March 2023
For further information please contact: Ceri Davies (Chief Technician - Clinical Trials) or Shirley Todd (Clinical Trials Pharmacist) on 01392 402444.
Preference will be given to staff with ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
About Us
Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).
Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.
Our values are at the heart of everything we do, click here to find out more
It has never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you will help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.
Benefits
Looking after you is important to us.
We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.
If you are starting out in the NHS, you’ll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.
You will benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.
We will work together to maintain a culture that develops and supports you and your team.
This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we will help you get there.
Salary is not the only financial benefit
You will have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:
- National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
- Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
- Car lease schemes.
- The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
- Cycle to work scheme
These are just a few of the benefits available – if the role is something you are interested in, we would love to hear from you.
