We are recruiting for a Lead Clinical Trials Pharmacist who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

We are looking for an experienced pharmacist to lead clinical trials pharmacy at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), giving cancer patients access to new treatments through safe, efficient trial delivery.

You will lead and develop the Trust’s clinical trials pharmacy service and be the first point of contact for new trials, driving timely set-up and recruitment. You will act as Lead Pharmacist for compliance with UK clinical trials legislation, GCP and research governance, including sponsor audits and MHRA inspections, and ensure the safe management of Investigational Medicinal Products on all sites.

You will advise investigators on trial design and costing, negotiate and monitor trial income, and oversee the Baxter SLA and quality assurance audits. You will also provide specialist clinical pharmacy support to cancer patients.

You will be a GPhC-registered pharmacist with a postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy (or equivalent), substantial hospital experience including oncology, experience of managing clinical trials or IMPs, financial awareness and proven leadership skills.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values:  Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

We offer professional development and the chance to shape research at Mount Vernon. We welcome applications from everyone.

You will line-manage the Specialist Pharmacist and Clinical Trials Support Technicians, lead recruitment and workforce planning, ensure staff are GCP-trained, and deputise for the Head of Pharmacy.

Lead the Trust’s pharmacy clinical trials service and be the first point of contact for new trials, ensuring timely set-up and recruitment.

Act as Lead Pharmacist for compliance with UK clinical trials legislation, GCP and research governance, including sponsor audits and MHRA inspections.

Ensure the safe management of Investigational Medicinal Products (IMPs) on all Trust sites, including unlicensed medicines.

Advise investigators on trial design, feasibility, costing and formulation.

Maintain SOPs, implement trial amendments on time, and build trial protocols on the electronic prescribing system.

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:
The Lister Hospital, Stevenage

New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City

Hertford County, Hertford

Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role .