Clinical Trials Pharmacist

NHS; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

Advanced Pharmacist, Clinical Trials - Fixed term contract until 3rd April 2026

Velindre Cancer Services seeks a dedicated Pharmacist to join our Pharmacy Clinical Trials team. Situated within a leading NHS Trust, our cancer centre delivers cutting-edge therapies while driving global advancements in oncology.

In this role, you will provide pharmaceutical expertise in cancer-related clinical trials, ensuring the safe and effective management of investigational medicinal products (IMPs). Collaborating with research teams, investigators, and healthcare professionals, you will uphold the highest safety and quality standards. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to pioneering targeted and advanced therapy trials that directly impact patient care.

Your responsibilities will include trial setup, reviewing pharmacy guides, and developing prescribing protocols. Additionally, you will support staff training, fostering best practices in cancer clinical trials.

If you are eager to utilise your expertise in a dynamic and rewarding environment, we invite you to apply and help shape the future of oncology care.

English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Main duties of the job

• Provide expert pharmaceutical guidance: Deliver complex, evidence-based medication information to clinical staff, ensuring clear communication, documentation and sound clinical reasoning.
• Support systemic anti-cancer (SACT) services: Assist in developing and maintaining chemotherapy services in compliance with national standards and legislative requirements, addressing operational challenges and ensuring seamless service.
• Patient education and care: Educate patients on medication use, manage sensitive discussions as a non-medical prescriber, and coordinate with GPs and primary care professionals for integrated patient care.
• Collaborate with clinical teams: Build and maintain strong working relationships with a variety of clinical staff and outreach chemotherapy teams to support effective medicine management and service delivery.
• Pharmacy Clinical Trial: Offer specialist pharmacist support in the setup and delivery of commercial and non-commercial clinical trials. Collaborate with Principal Investigators and the Research, Development, and Innovation team to ensure the provision of novel therapies through clinical trials, advancing patient care and treatment options.

About us

Here atVelindre University NHS Trust, we are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in our cutting-edgeVelindre Cancer Centre and our award-winningWelsh Blood Service, as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together. We are also fortunate to host theNHS Wales Shared Services Partnership andHealth Technology Wales and have developed strong partnership working with these expert services.

Formed in 1999, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to provide the key principles of prudent healthcare through a wide array of roles. We play a vital role in the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future to continue to improve the services we deliver. We strive to maintain our core values in everything we do by being accountable, bold, caring and dynamic, and ensuring the best possible care for our patients and donors.

If you want to work for an organisation that prides itself on making a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities then Velindre University NHS Trust is the place for you.

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job Description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

If a training period is required, your contract will be issued under Annex 21: 75% of a Band 8a until qualification is achieved.

Person Specification

Experience

• Significant previous experience in clinical pharmacy services to Oncology/ Haemato-oncology.
• An up to date knowledge of pharmacology, therapeutics and the principles of medicines management.
• Experience of contributing into the pharmaceutical care in a specialist area.
• Evidence of clinical audit, service improvement and implementation of procedures and protocols.
• Experience and evidence of undertaking autonomous practice.
• Experience in delivering pharmacy and multi-professional training.
• Experience of using an e-prescribing system.
• Experience of working in a hospital pharmacy aseptic unit.

Qualifications and Knowledge

• Masters Degree in Pharmacy (BPharm if qualified before 1999).
• Registered as a Pharmacist with GPhC (General Pharmaceutical Council) with Independent Prescriber annotation.
• Post Graduate MSc/Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy, or equivalent experience.
• Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) and credentialled to RPS Core Advanced level practice, or able to demonstrate equivalent experience.
• BOPA Passport accreditation to level 2c.
• Commitment to continuing professional development (CPD).
• Awareness of GMP and GCP.
• Member of relevant national specialist pharmacist group(s).
• Accredited tutor for a postgraduate clinical pharmacy qualification.

Other

• Able to work very flexibly to meet the requirements of the service.
• Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards.

Skills and Attributes:

• Displays and can demonstrate VUNHST Values & Behaviours.
• Good communicator, motivated, able to work as part of a team.
• Innovative and well organised.
• Confident and calm; acts as a role model, demonstrates leadership.
• Recognises need for sensitive and confidential handling of patient related information.
• Able to cope with emotional demands of patient involvement.
• Able to concentrate when frequently under pressure and subject to interruptions.
• Assertive, tactful, persuasive with negotiating and influencing skills.

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.