The Research Pharmacist is responsible for preparing drugs, providing appropriate and comprehensive medicines information to JCRC clients as well as to the clinicians and non-health care professionals at JCRC. He/she shall process the importation of drugs; do inventory management of drugs and ensure proper disposal of unusable drugs.

Specific duties and responsibilities;
• Maintains responsibility for clinical investigational drug trials.
• Reviews protocols for JCRC investigational drug trials, as required.
• Liaises with principal investigators and/or trial coordinators/research assistants to establish pharmacy’s role.
• Communicates with, and trains staff anticipated to participate in any aspect of the clinical investigational drug trial.
• Maintains a pharmacy binder which contains a study summary, protocol, dispensing procedures, completed samples of required paperwork, dispensing checklist, and any other relevant materials for each investigational trial.
• Maintains responsibility for the management of the inventory for clinical investigational drug trials; orders, replaces and returns study materials, as required.
• Process the importation of the drugs for clinical trials and other projects.
• Carryout inventory management of drugs i.e. forecasting and monitoring of the drug stocks in order to avoid overstocking and stock outs.
• Process and organize the destruction of returned/ expired and other unusable drugs with National Drug Authority.
• Prepare standard operating procedures (SOP) for the pharmacy operations.
• Supervise and coordinate activities of the pharmacy technicians to ensure efficient pharmacy operations.
• Corresponds with the Sponsors of the clinical trials and Site Principal Investigators about study drug related issues.
• Participates in organizational planning meetings and provides in-put is required.
• Any other duties assigned by the Head Pharmacist or other relevant departmental head.

Qualifications and skills required;
• Minimum of Bachelor of Pharmacy degree from a recognized University.
• Prior experience working on Clinical Trials is required.
• Membership of Pharmaceutical Society of Uganda
• Registration with the Poison Board
• Minimum of 3 years of progressive post-registration experience in Uganda and or East Africa.
• Prior experience in a clinical research environment is an added advantage.
• Knowledge of the Laws and regulations governing medicines use in Uganda is required.