Senior Assistant Technical Officer in London

Main area: Pharmacy

Grade: NHS AfC: Band 3

Contract: Fixed term: 9 months

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (1 in 6 weekend rota)

Job ref: 213-Division-A

Employer: King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Site: Denmark Hill, London

Salary: £31,554 - £33,270 per annum, inc HCA

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 22/09

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£2.1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 14,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.

We encourage all our staff to have a healthy work/life balance. In doing so, you can apply for flexible working from the beginning of your employment. We offer a range of options which are designed to suit different circumstances and priorities in line with service requirements.

We are seeking a dedicated clinical trials senior pharmacy assistant to join our specialist team. The post will support the safe, accurate and efficient management of clinical trials medicines throughout their lifecycle, from receipt, storage, through to stock management, returns and destruction.

Main duties of the job:

• Receipt of clinical trial medication, confirming if arrived in good condition and at correct temperature, acknowledging receipt on to the appropriate system, data entry on to the computer system, distribution to the relevant section, accurate completion of appropriate logs.
• Participation in ongoing stock control systems for medicines used within trials including stock checks, stock rotation and quality checks. This includes using both computerized and paper-based stock control systems and the processing of paperwork in accordance with audit requirements.
• Participation in monthly expiry date checks for clinical trials medication and reporting to team.
• Participation in clinical trial medications returns and destruction processing.
• Checking temperatures of areas used for storage of clinical trial medication, generating data reports and checking the data reports for the monitoring system.
• To maintain Pharmacy files to a high standard. This includes file preparation for new trials, receiving and appropriately filing trial related paperwork, retrieving and collating documentation and producing reports required by research Sponsors.
• To assist with recording/processing of modifications as required.
• To assist with entering/compiling data required for invoicing as required.

Education and Qualifications:

• Hold a General Pharmacy Council - (recognised Level 2 Pharmacy Services Assistant qualification or equivalent)
• GCSE in Mathematics and English Language (minimum of grade C)
• GCP training within the last 2 years

Knowledge and Experience:

• Knowledge of procedures for dispensary services
• Knowledge of pharmacy computer systems
• Appropriate experience of working in a pharmacy environment
• Relevant experience in Hospital Pharmacy Practice
• Knowledge and understanding of technical aspects of pharmacy patient services, supported by practical experience.
• Relevant experience in pharmacy clinical trials (minimum 1 year)

Skills and Competencies:

• Be able to provide and receive routine factual information to inform work colleagues, patients/carers that may require tact and persuasion, where there may be barriers to understanding
• Excellent oral and written communication
• Be able to make judgments involving facts or situations, some requiring analysis independently and as a group
• Be able to make sound judgments on how to fulfil urgent requests

IMPORTANT: Check your email account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you. If you delete the job from any of your accounts, you may be prevented from accessing further communications. To enquire about your application or inform us of any changes in your circumstances, please contact the named person on this advert. Please provide email addresses for referees where possible. Please review the documentation on our recruitment microsite, particularly the Trust’s criminal records checking policy. All staff have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and for ensuring they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role. Please note that the closing date is given as a guide. On occasion, we might close a vacancy early due to a high number of applications being received. You are advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.