Senior pharmacist (Research and Development)inSheffieldinSheffieldPUBLISHED WED 6 NOV 2024
The role of Senior Pharmacist (Research and Development) at Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust is a part-time position focused on enhancing mental health through evidence-based care. The successful candidate will serve as the pharmacy lead within the Research and Development team, overseeing clinical trials and serving as the primary pharmacy contact for research trial sponsors and CROs. Responsibilities include managing pharmacy-related clinical trials income, facilitating site visits for trials, assessing the feasibility of clinical trials, and contributing to the prioritisation of research areas.
Additionally, the Senior Pharmacist will ensure compliance with good clinical practice and statutory standards throughout the clinical trials process. This role requires close collaboration with clinical and research teams, as well as coordination with various stakeholders, to ensure the effective and safe use of medicines across the Trust. The position emphasises a commitment to advancing mental health research and improving outcomes for service users.
Additionally, the Senior Pharmacist will ensure compliance with good clinical practice and statutory standards throughout the clinical trials process. This role requires close collaboration with clinical and research teams, as well as coordination with various stakeholders, to ensure the effective and safe use of medicines across the Trust. The position emphasises a commitment to advancing mental health research and improving outcomes for service users.
If you have a passion for mental health and research, this is the role for you. SHSC strives to improve the mental health and wellbeing of the people who use ourservices and to always provide the best evidenced based care that we can. We aim to create a vibrant, engaged, improvement focused culture in which we usethe best, and most up-to-date evidence to achieve the best outcomes for our serviceusers.
We have an exciting new role in the team -Pharmacy Lead for Research and Development. It is a part time role. You will be the lead in the pharmacy team in supporting the Research and Development team. The Research and Development team has been growing, and exciting new opportunities for the staff to be involved in clinical trials are arising .
Pharmacy Lead responsible on Research and Development of clinical trials.
- Be first point of pharmacy contact for research trial sponsors and CROs
- Lead and facilitate pharmacy aspects of Pre-site selection visits, Site Initiation visits, monitoring and close out visits.
- Oversight and management of pharmacy related clinical trials income
- Working with RDU and medical colleagues to identify areas of research priorities in respect of Clinical Trials of Investigational Medicinal Products (CTIMPs) and other related trials.
- Contribute to the assessment and feasibility of delivery of clinical trials within SHSC (where applicable)
- Attend local / regional pharmacy research networks.
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- As part of the pharmacy service, to ensure the safe and effective use of medicines throughout the Trust.
- Supporting the Chief Pharmacist in ensuring that effective medicines systems operate throughout the Trust.
- To be the pharmacy lead responsible for research and development of clinical trials.
- Reviewing the feasibility of proposed clinical trials considering the pharmacy aspect. Oversight of expenditure and reimbursement for the pharmacy team for clinical trials (Research and Development (R&D)).
- As a clinical pharmacist within the trials team, the post-holder will ensure that all pharmaceutical aspects of clinical trials validation including digital systems are built in accordance with good clinical practice (GCP); good manufacturing practice (GMP); statutory national and international standards; and clinical need.
- Support the coordination of local response in a timely manner, working closely with the: clinical and research teams; Pharmacy; Sponsors; and R&D department.
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