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South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills.
Are you a passionate and motivated Pharmacy Technician? Are you dedicated to improving patient care by supporting research? If yes then apply here!
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and well-motivated Pharmacy Technician to join the dedicated pharmacy clinical trials team at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
You will be based in the Pharmacy Clinical Trials Department at The James Cook University Hospital and will work under the management of the Lead Pharmacy Technician with oversight from the Lead Pharmacist.
Pharmacy play a vital role in clinical research to safeguard participants, healthcare professionals and the Trust by ensuring that clinical trial material and Investigational Medicinal Products (IMPs) are appropriate for use and are procured, handled, stored and used safely and correctly.
You will have a varied role which will include clinical trial set-up, maintenance and close-down activities, writing and reviewing standard operating procedures, dispensing clinical trials prescriptions, ordering, receipt and accountability of clinical trial stock, monitoring of storage areas and administrative work. You will be required to communicate with a wide range of professionals via telephone, email and face-to face.
Participate in the delivery of clinical trial services provided to Trust wards and departments by the Pharmacy Clinical Trials Department based at The James Cook University Hospital. The post holder will provide support to the Specialist Lead Pharmacist, Lead Pharmacist and Highly Specialised Lead Pharmacy Technician, to deliver an effective and efficient pharmaceutical clinical trials service.
The postholder will participate in the delivery of pharmacy clinical trial services, ensuring that services are provided in accordance with relevant professional, ethical, legal and locally agreed policies, procedures, guidelines and standards.
Be a key member of the pharmacy team, making major contributions to the development and delivery of pharmacy clinical trials and research and development strategies and the implementation of development plans for pharmacy operational services.
Participate in the training and development of other groups of staff providing delivery of clinical research. Provide professional and managerial advice to these staff when necessary. Utilise opportunities for the personal development of staff where possible, in line with operational service requirements.
Leadership and Improvement Training
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to
Explore leadership within the NHS
Promote Trust Values and Behaviours
Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills
Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role
After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Helen Dunn Job title: Highly Specialised Lead Pharmacy Technician Email address: Telephone number:
Vicky Hanlon- Specialist Lead Pharmacist (Clinical Trials)
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