University College London Hospitals undertakes world-class research across many specialities including cancer, neurology, stroke, rheumatology, and early phase medicine. In this role you will be a key part of facilitating this research. You will be an integral part of a team of clinical trial senior pharmacists who provide a high-quality dispensary service, thereby giving access to new, ground-breaking treatments to patients via study protocols.
This 2-year fixed term position is to support a quality improvement initiative to transition the Pharmacy Clinical Trials dispensary service to Epic (electronic health records system [EHRs]) dispensary labels, thereby directly linking prescriptions to dispensing labels, to improve patient safety and operational efficiency. The postholder will additionally support pharmacy setup and clinical trial amendment activities; including assessing the feasibility of the study, drug and prescription design, validating commercial trial budgets, and authoring and checking dispensary guides.
The post-holder will work to deliver the Epic label project as part of a multidisciplinary team involving senior pharmacy clinical trials pharmacists and technicians, and EHRs analysts. The post-holder will also work as part of the wider clinical trials team to deliver clinical trials and provide the pharmacy input to clinical trials across all sites in a manner consistent with Good Clinical Practice requirements and other relevant guidelines.
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
- University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
- National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
- Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
- University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
- Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
- University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
- The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
- University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*
- UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the third year in a row.
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