Job overview

This role forms part of the Pharmacy Clinical Trials Team and involves medicines handling and administrative pharmacy duties associated with clinical trials support:

-      Receipts, checks and distribution of medicines

-      Completion and processing of trial documentation

-      Data input and management 

-    Co-ordination of orders and prescription processing

Main duties of the job

1.    Receipt of clinical trial medication, confirming if arrived in good condition and at correct temperature, acknowledging receipt on to the appropriate system, data entry on to the computer system, distribution of medication to the relevant section, accurate completion of appropriate logs. 

2.    Carrying out regular moving and handling tasks involved in duties described, including lifting, pushing, pulling, and transferring large boxes, containers, files and trolleys in accordance with training and risk assessments.

3.    Participation in ongoing stock control systems for medicines used within trials including stock checks, stock rotation and quality checks. This includes using both computerised and paper-based stock control systems and the processing of documentation in accordance with audit requirements.

4.    Participation in monthly expiry date checks for clinical trials medication and reporting to team.

5.    Participation in clinical trial medications returns and destruction processing.

6.    Checking temperatures of areas used for storage of clinical trial medication, generating data reports and checking the data reports for the monitoring system.

7.    To maintain Pharmacy files to a high standard. This includes file preparation for new trials, receiving and appropriately filing trial related documentation, retrieving and collating documentation and producing reports required by research Sponsors.

Working for our organisation

Our Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.