About MRN
Medical Research Network (MRN) is an innovative market-leader of patient and site-centric solutions and clinical trial delivery. Through our integrated in-home, at-site and digital trial solutions, we allow the medical research community to create more flexible, efficient, and accessible clinical trials.
We specialise in customising the design of our solutions to optimise trial protocols and accelerate timelines. By engaging and empowering research sites and patients we increase trial recruitment and enrolment rates and improve site and patient engagement and retention around the globe.
About the role…
We are now looking for a talented Specialist Pharmacist – Clinical Trials to join our team. In this role, you will act as the pharmacy subject matter expert across MRN projects involving investigational products and medication management, helping to ensure safe, compliant and high-quality delivery across our services.
You will work closely with teams across operational teams, providing expert guidance on pharmacy-related aspects of trial delivery. This will include supporting new opportunities, advising on project delivery, contributing to proposals and change in scope activity, and helping to ensure pharmacy practices are embedded across service delivery.
This is an exciting opportunity for a pharmacist with clinical trials experience who enjoys working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and wants to play a key role in supporting innovative trial delivery models.
The Specialist Pharmacist – Clinical Trials will be responsible for:
- Acting as the pharmacy SME for investigational product and medication-related matters across MRN projects
- Supporting compliant and effective pharmacy practices across trial delivery, including risk review, documentation and operational support
- Providing expert input into proposals, RFIs, change in scope activity, study documentation and client/project discussions
- Supporting pharmacy vendor qualification, internal process development, audit readiness and continuous improvement initiatives
Skills, Experience, and Qualifications…
- Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Experience working in a clinical research environment, either in a hospital, site, sponsor, CRO or R&D setting
- Good knowledge of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and working knowledge of Good Distribution Practice (GDP); GMP knowledge would be advantageous
- Strong communication, organisation and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work independently and manage competing priorities
- Confident using Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Teams
Why Join us?
At MRN we offer a number of benefits designed to promote your work-life balance and make your time at MRN enjoyable and rewarding. We encourage all our employees to be ambitious, and offer great training, mentoring and career development opportunities.
Our core benefits include:
- generous paid leave (including an additional day off for your birthday)
- medical and life insurance cover
- pension/401k scheme
- bonus scheme
We also know how important health and wellbeing are and offer free independent 24/7 help and advice for work and home related challenges: as well as physical wellbeing support and online 24/7 access to healthcare professionals. MRN respect people’s different working preferences and the need for a healthy work-life balance and offer flexible working hours and remote working.
So, what’s next… If this sounds like you and you’d like to learn more, we would love to hear from you! Please click ‘apply now’ or email careers@themrn.co.uk
MRN is proud to be an equal opportunities employer
We are an equal opportunity employer who values diversity. Our aim is to work simultaneously to promote a more inclusive and safer environment for everyone, which attracts all candidates and portrays our commitment to celebrate and promote diversity. Our aim is to ensure your application, interview process and transition to MRN is simple and personal. If you require any adjustments for any part of the application process, or to perform the essential functions of a position, please get in touch.
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