# Pharmacy Assistant - Clinical Trials

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Royal United Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Pharmacy assistant
- **Grade:** Band 3
- **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 per annum pro rata
- **Contract type:** Fixed term: 18 months (in first instance)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday)
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-27T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-20T19:01:24.402Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Somerset/Bath/Royal_United_Hospitals_Bath_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Research_Development/Research_Development-v8357418
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8357418?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.ruh.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Join Our Pharmacy Clinical Trials Team

We are looking for an organised and motivated individual to provide essential administrative and operational support within our Clinical Trials Pharmacy team.

In this role, you will:

- Provide full administrative support to the clinical trials pharmacy staff
- Carry out a range of general pharmacy duties under the supervision of a pharmacist or pharmacy technician
- Act as a key point of contact for Sponsors and healthcare professionals involved in clinical trials supported by the Pharmacy Department at the Royal United Hospitals Bath
- Liaise with colleagues across multiple professional groups, both within the hospital and externally
- Attend online national and international clinical trial meetings as required

You may also be asked to support additional tasks or work in other areas of the department depending on service needs.

If you’re enthusiastic, organised, and interested in supporting innovative clinical research, we’d love to hear from you.

### Main duties of the job

- To adhere to ICH – Good Clinical Research Practice Guidelines.
- To provide a complete administrative/clerical support for the pharmacy clinical trials team
- To maintain clinical trial protocols and all other relevant documents
- To manage and re-direct incoming correspondence, using initiative where appropriate.
- To liaise with other RUH clinical trial departments and Clinical Research Organisations to arrange suitable times for sponsor visits.
- To support the technician to ensure that site files and pharmacy logs are ready for inspection by sponsors.
- To support technician where necessary in ordering and managing clinical trial investigational medicinal products
- To support technician with regular expiry date checks of clinical trial investigational medicinal products and dealing with emergency stock issues.
- To unpack, check against original order and store correctly clinical trial investigational medicinal products received, completing any required documentation.
- To report any discrepancies found to the clinical trials technician and clinical trials pharmacist.
- To ensure clinical trials stock is located in the correct designated area
- To support the technician in maintaining the audit trail of the clinical trial drugs by collecting and storing prescriptions
- Deputise for the Clinical Trials Technician when required.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A detailed job description and main responsibilities have been encompassed in the attached job description

### Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

## Person Specification

### Specific skills

**Essential**

- Demonstrates experience of familiarity with Microsoft Office

**Desirable**

- Demonstrates experience of attention to detail
- Demonstrates experience of workload prioritisation

### Qualifications and training

**Essential**

- Good level of general education, including English and Maths

**Desirable**

- Demonstrates awareness of Good Clinical Practice
- Demonstrates evidence of working in healthcare environment

## Documents

- [join the ruh (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3030)
- [pharmacy assistant job description and person specification (pdf, 263.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10683563)

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