Clinical Trials Pharmacist in Sutton

A fantastic opportunity has emerged for a passionate, highly motivated, and dynamic pharmacist to join the pharmacy clinical trials team at the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust.

This is an exciting time to join the Royal Marsden Hospital Clinical Trials Department.

Our service is built around providing a high-quality service to our patients and staff of the Trust.

The Royal Marsden is a world-leading cancer centre with two hospitals: one in Chelsea, London, and another in Sutton, Surrey.

We also have a satellite Medical Day Care Unit located on the grounds of Kingston Hospital, Surrey.

This position will be based in Sutton but will require working at our Chelsea site when necessary, to ensure consistent coverage and maintain the quality and speed of service during absences and annual leave.

Applicants should have previous experience in clinical trials, and a background in oncology or haemato‑oncology would be advantageous.

You will be part of a team consisting of Pharmacists, Technicians and Assistants, who are always striving for excellence in all aspects of our work.

We are working collaboratively as part of a Multi‑Disciplinary Team to ensure we always deliver outstanding care to our patients.

Our team continues to support the research strategy of “taking personalised cancer treatment to the next level,” with approximately over 400 active IMP studies and increasingly complex new clinical trials across all specialties, including gene therapies and cellular therapies studies.

Main duties of the job

• To contribute to the provision of the pharmacy clinical trials service to the Dispensaries (Chelsea & Sutton), Medical day Unit, West Wing Clinical Research Centre (WWCRC), Oak ward and day case areas of the Drug Development Unit and the Clinical Trial Dispensary across both sites.
• To assist the Clinical Trials Team with any day‑to‑day clinical, dispensing, ward and research day units’ queries.
• To provide clinical trials advice while covering the research clinics and attending MDT.
• To support research clinic prescribing.
• Provide clinical trial support and advice to other areas within pharmacy e. g. aseptic service, clinical services and to the research teams.
• To support the clinical trial team with clinical trial set‑up of new studies, revision of amendments for ongoing studies already open at the trust, to provide continued support for the running and maintenance of current trial activity.
• To contribute to the provision of the pharmacy clinical trials service to the individual clinical units, R&D and the Trust.
• Working for our organisation

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world‑leading cancer centre.

Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer.

We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services.

We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is.

When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best.

That’s why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team.

We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways.

There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance.

We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on‑going achievements.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification

• To provide clinical support to clinical trial team.
• Support education and training regarding clinical trial dispensing and preparation within pharmacy.

Assist in the training of new pharmacists undergoing their accreditation for clinical trial chemotherapy prescription screening and clinical trial final product checking.

• To provide continued support for the clinical trial set‑up of new studies for the allocated unit.
• To provide continued support for the running and maintenance of active studies, including the management of protocol amendments.
• To assist in writing, reviewing and updating pharmacy clinical trial standard operating procedures.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

• GPh C registered Pharmacist
• Certificate in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent
• Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy
• Member of RPS
• Non‑medical prescribing

Experience

• Experience in Hospital Pharmacy experience (including pharmacy ward experience) in an NHS or equivalent setting providing a clinical pharmacy service
• Experience of delivering clinical pharmacy to a broad range of specialities & ability to provide highly specialist advice.
• Audit, project management of research experience
• Experience & ability to train/coach other members of staff.
• Experience in Oncology +/- Haemato‑Oncology Pharmacy practice.
• Demonstrated skills/knowledge for preparing injections & working in an aseptic environment
• Clinical Trial experience.
• Working knowledge of GCP.
• Experience with electronic prescribing systems.

Skills/Abilities/Knowledge

• Excellent interpersonal skills & communication skills (written and verbal)
• Excellent presentation and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to use Microsoft Office applications eg. Word and Excel.
• Awareness of current developments in research and pharmacy clinical trials.
• Personal Qualities
• Professional appearance & demeanour.
• Confident and assertive.
• Enthusiastic, approachable and adaptable.
• Ability to provide emotional and social support whilst promoting dignity and respect
• Commitment to providing a high standard of care

The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential.

We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

Flu Vaccination – What We Expect of our Staff

At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus.

Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK.

Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.

The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the upmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient‑facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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