Band 5 Senior Clinical Trials Pharmacy Technician

NHS AfC: Band 5 Senior Clinical Trials Pharmacy Technician - Permanent

(applicants who do not meet essential criteria should still apply as post can be offered as a Band 4 to Band 5 progression position)

Hello,

My name is Lina and I am Clinical Trials Pharmacy Technician Team Manager for the Clinical Trials team in Oxford. I am extremely privileged to manage and support our fantastic technical team of Technicians, Practitioners, Assistants and Apprentices as we provide support services to our clinical trial research teams on all of our trust sites throughout Oxfordshire.

The Clinical Trials Pharmacy consists of Pharmacists, Technicians, Practitioners, Assistants and Apprentices. We receive support from rotational staff such as student technicians and pharmacists. We work closely with research teams across the trust and external representatives.

If you are interested in an informal discussion about the Pharmacy Technician role offered within our team, I would be very happy to chat with you about this. You are more than welcome to call on the numbers below or even better, we can make an appointment for me to show you around and answer your questions. Looking forward to hearing from you!

The majority of correspondence will be via the e-recruitment system; therefore, you should check your emails regularly including junk mail folders in web-based email products.

Main duties of the job

As a Senior Clinical Trials Pharmacy Technician in our team, you will have an extremely varied role - you will be involved in maintaining the supply chain of Clinical Trial medications to research nurses who deliver treatment to patients, maintaining financial records, completing drug accountability activities, closing down and archiving of completed studies, as well as facilitating meetings from sponsors.

A successful candidate should possess:

• Relevant Pharmacy Technician qualification and registration with GPHC (B4 and B5)
• Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician accreditation (B5 only)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Your core role in Clinical Trials Pharmacy would be to:

1. Obtain and maintain Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training, apply principles of GCP in the management of clinical trials and work within the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trial) Regulations 2004 and EU directive relating to Clinical Trials.
2. Communicate with Investigators, Research Nurses, Trust R&D, Sponsors, Clinical Research Associates and Pharmacy staff during the set-up and running of a clinical trial.
3. Ensure clinical trial protocols and SOPs are followed during dispensing of clinical trial investigational medicinal products and other drugs included in the protocol.
4. Order and receive clinical trial drugs, process receipt paperwork and acknowledge receipt on IVRS (Electronic Medication Supply) systems.
5. Check stock levels and expiry dates of clinical trial drugs and keep balance logs up to date.
6. Assist with the packing down and re-labelling of clinical trial drugs if required.
7. Assist with the preparation for monitoring meetings, audits and inspections.
8. Maintain Clinical Trial files ensuring items can easily be located and are presentable.
9. Process returned clinical trial drugs and ensure the paperwork is kept in order.
10. Participate in the statutory temperature monitoring of clinical trial stocks.
11. Assist with the destruction of clinical trial medication.
12. Assist with the closedown and archiving of clinical trial files.
13. Represent the Clinical Trials Team to update the dispensary staff at meetings.
14. Liaise with Research Nurses to update them on trial progress, stock levels etc.
15. Assist in the collection of data as requested by the Senior Clinical Trial Technician or Clinical Trial Pharmacists.
16. Assist in maintaining financial records, including the generation of invoices, checking payments etc.
17. Assist with general administration such as organising set up meetings etc. and be a point of contact within the Clinical Trials Pharmacy Team.
18. Maintain clinical trial filing systems and drug accountability documentation for clinical trials.
19. Use the computer system and other information technology in all areas of Pharmacy.

Additionally, you would be involved in supporting Clinical Trial Aseptic Unit to:

1. Participate in the day-to-day running of the CTASU in line with the rota system.
2. Participate in safe systems of work and documentation of these.
3. 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.
4. Maintain personal expertise, skills and necessary knowledge of the technical aspects of aseptic and non-aseptic dispensing.
5. Ensure products are prepared according to standard operating procedures (SOPs).
6. Assemble drugs and consumables required for preparation of aseptic products, accurately recording batch numbers and expiry dates.
7. Be responsible for the accurate completion of product worksheets and labels, assigning batch numbers to aseptically prepared products.
8. Accurately and safely label aseptically prepared products.
9. Facilitate the quality assurance of products and notify the Senior Aseptic Technician of any incidents and procedural deficiencies.
10. Be responsible for ensuring finished products are packed prior to distribution to ensure the prompt and safe delivery.
11. Ensure finished products are transported in the appropriate environment taking into account any physical & legal requirements.
12. Be responsible for unpacking and receipt of deliveries.
13. Undertake regular expiry date checking to identify expired or short dated stock.
14. Be responsible for monitoring drug stock and consumable levels and replenishing.
15. Ensure that all equipment within CTASU is in good working order and serviced regularly.
16. Participate in the clean room/isolator cleaning rota.
17. Assist in environmental and physical monitoring of the CTASU.
18. Be involved in the maintenance of departmental records including staff training, environmental monitoring, cleaning, maintenance logs and worksheets, where applicable to be involved in the delivery of drugs to clinical areas.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent and registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Accredited Checking Technician or commitment to undertake course.

Desirable

• A1 Assessor's qualification or equivalent.

Experience

Essential

• At least 2 years' experience as a Pharmacy Technician either in hospital or community.
• Previous experience of training/supervision of other/junior staff.

Desirable

• Previous NHS experience.
• Clinical Trials experience.
• Previous aseptic experience including ability to work at an isolator fully gloved and gowned.

Behavioural Skills

Essential

• Professional approach and experience of team working.
• Enthusiastic and responsible attitude towards work.
• Good organisational skills and prioritisation of work.

Desirable

• Awareness of legislation and standards relating to Good Clinical Practice.
• Able to acknowledge, appreciate and conform to change that occurs.

Technical Skills

Essential

• Computer literate with experience of working with the Microsoft Office package.
• Demonstrate an ongoing commitment to CPD and PDP as per GPhC requirements.
• Basic all-round knowledge of Pharmacy department and its services.

Desirable

• Understands the changing roles of the Pharmacy Technician and what GPhC registration involves.
• Able to take responsibility for self-development and CPD.

Personal skills

Essential

• Ability to show attention to detail.
• Able to work alone and use own initiative.
• Good interpersonal skills with all levels of staff.

Desirable

• A role model that demonstrates a professional attitude at all times.
• Experience of working on own initiative.
• Ability to interact with all team members and demonstrate good communication skills at all times inside and outside of the department.

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Churchill Hospital
Old Rd
Oxford
OX3 7LE

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