Assistant Technical Officer

Are you passionate and motivated pharmacy assistant technical officer or dispenser? Are you dedicated to improving patient care by supporting research?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and well-motivated Pharmacy Assistant Technical Officer to join the Tees Valley Research Alliance (TVRA) dedicated pharmacy clinical trials team at University Hospitals Tees.

Cross-site working is expected across North Tees Foundation Trust and South Tees Foundation Trust as per service need in the clinical trials pharmacy team. This post will initially be based at North Tees Foundation Trust to cover staff absence with training provided at South Tees.

You will provide support to the TVRA pharmacy clinical trials team and will work under the management of pharmacy operational managers.

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 dispensing of 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.

The successful candidate will work full time hours Monday - Friday.

Main duties of the job

Undertake clinical trial prescription and requisition dispensing, following all legal requirements and departmental procedures; refer to pharmacist for clarification of ambiguous prescribing.

Ensure appropriate handling of clinical trial medication in line with sponsor instructions and GCP. Participate in the ordering, receipt, supply, maintenance, destruction and return (where applicable) of medications used within clinical trials.

Participate in the stock management programme within pharmacy clinical trials; undertake regular stock and expiry date checks, informing the lead technician or other appropriate staff of any discrepancies.

Liaise effectively with all sponsors, relevant parties and stakeholders regarding the initiation, maintenance, closure and archiving of all clinical trials.

Any related duties that may be required to maintain an effective pharmaceutical clinical trials service.

To ensure your work complies with organisational policies relating to health and safety including for example COSSH assessment, waste disposal, risk assessment, manual handling, mandatory training etc. and to ensure that the pharmacy service maintains appropriate health and safety procedures and records.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our staff in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions