Job summary
- Main area
- Research and Development
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 11 months (End Date - 28/02/2027)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Including regular Saturday and Sunday working with non-standard pattern of working)
- Job ref
- 290-WCCS-2446
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Trust Wide
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £56,276 - £63,176 pa inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Cancer Clinical Trials Pharmacist Dispensary
Band 7
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
Join our dynamic Clinical Trials team at Imperial! If you are a dedicated Pharmacist ready to take on the challenge of leading clinical trials, we want to hear from you!
Our team works across a broad range of commercial, academic, and Imperial-sponsored trials, screening and delivering a variety of specialised therapies to patients. With over 400 active trials managed by passionate professionals, you'll find an exciting landscape with the emerging development of personalised and precision medicines.
Act as liaison to one of our dispensaries, ensuring clinical trials are prepared safely and efficaciously.
You will be training pharmacy technicians, pharmacists, and assistants in clinical trials within the dispensary, contributing to our legacy of excellence. Through our association with Imperial College London, the Imperial Clinical Research Facility (ICRF), CRUK Imperial Centre, and various other research units, we have a global reputation for breaking new grounds in clinical and biomedical research.
Be part of our mission to tackle global health challenges with an aim to transform the future of healthcare.
Main duties of the job
- To provide a clinical screening service for SACT, clinical trials and medications prescribed for patients participating in research, and to support clinics in Oncology & Haematology, liaising with prescribers, nurses and clinical research teams.
- To support the Dispensaries in maintaining an excellent patient-centred service, compliant with Good Clinical Practice.
- To provide clinical pharmacy services, department and ward-based, in line with Trust procedures and national legislation.
- To assist the clinical trials team in the running of trials being conducted through the Dispensaries.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Masters Degree in Pharmacy or Equivalent
- Registered as a pharmacist with the GPhC
- Post Graduate Certificate in Hospital Pharmacy Practice or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- GCP and GMP training
- Diploma in Pharmacy Practice
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post-registration training and experience in hospital pharmacy. In addition this must include a solid grounding in all aspects of hospital pharmacy practice (medicines information, ward services and aseptic services)
Desirable criteria
- Post-registration experience in screening and verification of SACT prescriptions
- Previous experience of electronic prescribing systems
- Clinical haematology or oncology experience
- Demonstrable use of audit to improve practice
Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities
Essential criteria
- Good ability to organise and prioritise work
- Ability to influence senior pharmacy and medical staff, the multidisciplinary team and management
- Analytical ability for problem solving
- Good ability to use computer systems including excel and word
Desirable criteria
- Communicates best practice outside the organisation
- Demonstrated ability to evaluate and improve service quality
- Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the Clinical Governance agenda
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Victoria Latham
- Job title
- Head of Pharmacy Clinical Trials & ATMPs
- Email address
- [email protected]
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