Specialist Pharmacy Technician Clinical Trials

Overview

Are you looking for a new and exciting challenge? Are you looking to develop your career and expand your knowledge of research and clinical trials? Then come and join us! At UHCW our vision is to become a national and international leader in healthcare. As such our mission is to:
Care, Achieve and Innovate. We can achieve our vision and mission by providing and improving quality of care and services, encouraging creativity and embracing research and learning.

We are a friendly, experienced, supportive team that wants to promote research and open clinical trials which will provide patients with new treatments and medicines. You will be working with multidisciplinary research teams including nurses, doctors and the pharmacy aseptic unit to set up clinical trials in pharmacy.

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated Pharmacy Technician with excellent communication skills, time management, and a high attention to detail. Applicants are required to be a GPhC registered pharmacy technician with considerable hospital experience. Clinical trial experience is not essential for this role, but would be desirable.

Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP.

• Review and formally assess the feasibility of potential clinical trials within pharmacy across all areas of the department. This will include the dispensing of aseptic products and monitoring of trials run at ward level.
• Help with the day-to-day running of current trials including training staff involved in dispensing trial medication so they feel confident and competent.
• Ensure trial medication is stored correctly and dispensed to patients safely and in accordance with regulations and legislation.
• Deal with queries from research teams, patients and undertake requests from sponsor monitors.

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK. We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do. Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.

We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence® designated organisation – please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence® – University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire ()

The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.

Keeya Bottomley
, Senior Pharmacy Technician Clinical Trials

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Mojid Khan
, Lead Pharmacist Clinical Trials

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