Rotational Clinical Pharmacist - Colchester, United Kingdom - East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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    Job overview

    Are you looking for a pharmacy clinical trials role with pharmaceutical industry standards in an NHS trust? Is so, we have the role for you.

    We are looking for a confident and enthusiastic Pharmacy Clinical Trials Officer to join our Pharmacy Clinical Trials Department at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation. You will be based at Colchester Hospital, however you will be required to work across at Ipswich Hospital. This post is part time - hours per week.

    You will have GCP experience within a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility or clinical pharmacy environment. You will be a team player, joining an established department with a multi-disciplinary team. Our team have various professional scientific backgrounds, including different specialities therefore we have a wealth of experience to support your learning and development.

    Main duties of the job

    The main duties will include assisting the Senior Pharmacist Clinical Trials in providing advice and information in relation to the pharmaceutical component of Research and Innovation (R&I) activities including all clinical trials throughout the Trust to ensure compliance with national legislation and guidelines.

    You will be expected to ensure that all required medication safety and clinical governance issues relating to clinical trials patients are actioned and implemented in a timely manner.

    Working for our organisation

    We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

    We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

    We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

    Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

    Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

    We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

    If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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    Detailed job description and main responsibilities

    For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

    Person specification

    Experience

    Essential criteria

  • Previous GCP experience within NHS or pharmaceutical industry or equivalent professional environment
  • Previous experience of working within a clinical environment
  • Demonstrated experience of multi-disciplinary working
  • Desirable criteria

  • Previous clinical trials experience
  • Previous experience of Aseptic/sterile/GMP manufacturing
  • Previous prescription dispensing and checking experience
  • Qualifications

    Essential criteria

  • Degree in Pharmaceutical Science, Pharmacy, Biotechnology or equivalent or B-Tech in Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent
  • Desirable criteria

  • Registered Pharmacy Technician with the GPhC
  • Accredited Checking Technician Qualification
  • Current Good Clinical Practice certificate