Working Here
( VR Project Manager)
Julian is a VR Project Manager who has been with the company
for over 10 years.
Julian is key member of our volunteer recruitment team and leads the department from a recruitment aspect ensuring all studies are well managed and run to schedule.
Benefits & Perks
Benefits
• Competitive Salaries
• Company Pension Plan
• Attractive Holiday Allowance
• Private Health Insurance
• Life Assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Daily Healthy Snacks (and some not so healthy)
• Monthly Lunch Treat – working with small local suppliers to support our community
• Regular Staff Socials
• Volunteer Days
• Social Committee
Equity, Inclusivity and Diversity
Equity, Inclusivity and Diversity
At Richmond Pharmacology we work hard to foster an inclusive culture. Being inclusive enables us to bring together successful teams with the broadest range of skills, experiences and perspectives – teams that then bring the most considered and innovative deliverables to clients. We believe that a focus on building an inclusive culture enhances our delivery.
We understand that our leadership and management teams also need to reflect the diversity of our organisation and the diversity of clients. We are proud that our Executive Leadership board is 50% female, a statistic that is reflected throughout the organisation.
Career Development
Career Development
We value and actively encourage personal and professional development. It is important that all our employees have the necessary technical skills, in addition to business and leadership skills, to be able to perform quality work.
We support a learning culture throughout RPL as part of enabling our people to achieve their full potential and instil that every team member is responsible for building the capabilities of the team, through feedback, coaching and sharing experiences.
Mentoring and on-the-job experience play a key role in developing the personal qualities important for a successful career in clinical research, including professional judgment, technical excellence, and instinct.
Departments
Departments
We value and actively encourage personal and professional development. It is important that all our employees have the necessary technical skills, in addition to business and leadership skills, to be able to perform quality work.
We support a learning culture throughout RPL as part of enabling our people to achieve their full potential and instil that every team member is responsible for building the capabilities of the team, through feedback, coaching and sharing experiences.
Mentoring and on-the-job experience play a key role in developing the personal qualities important for a successful career in clinical research, including professional judgment, technical excellence, and instinct.
Our Departments
( VR Project Manager)
Julian is a VR Project Manager who has been with the company
for over 10 years.
Julian is key member of our volunteer recruitment team and leads the department from a recruitment aspect ensuring all studies are well managed and run to schedule.
Acute Clinical Management
Acute Clinical Management
The team of dedicated clinicians, providing preventative emergency solutions and management of clinical emergencies at an advanced level, ensuring a safe clinical environment to conduct clinical trials. We also teach the RCUK life Support Courses for internal and external candidates, ensuring a high standard of care is delivered to volunteers in Richmond Pharmacology and the wider national and international healthcare community.
Advance Research Science
Advanced Research Science
The Advanced Research Science (AdRS) department is made up of Clinical Pharmacology Scientists responsible for medical writing of study documents including the Clinical Study Protocol, Informed Consent form and Clinical Study Report. The AdRS department is also responsible for regulatory and ethics submissions, including initial submissions, amendments, annual safety reports and the end of trial notifications.
Cardiological Sciences
Cardiological Services
We, at Richmond Pharmacology, are highly specialist team providing diagnostic testing of heart and liver using non-invasive ultrasound. The team comprises of highly experienced Echo-physiologists, Clinical Scientists and Sonographers.
Echocardiography Services: Our team of British Society of Echocardiography (BSE) accredited Echo-physiologists and clinical scientists provide advanced Trans-thoracis echocardiography (TTE).
Liver Ultrasound Services: Our highly experienced team of registered sonographers perform complete abdominal ultrasounds with special interest in liver and renal ultrasound.
Fibroscan Service: The team of experienced and certified practitioners (Echosens) routinely perform elastography/fibroscan to assess and monitor NASH and/or NAFLD.
Clinical Compliance
Clinical Compliance
The Clinical Compliance team performs internal source data quality control to ensure collected data is in line with ICH-GCP guidelines, company SOPs, Clinical Study Protocols and Study Operational Manuals. On top of checking the patient safety and data quality, the team also manages external monitoring visits with the External Monitors, so all project timelines can be met by our internal and external teams.
Clinical Operations
The Clinical Operations team are responsible for actioning the Clinical Study Protocols – we perform clinical procedures such as ECGs, Vital Signs and Blood/Urine sampling, collecting samples and recording data which will determine the future of novel IMPs.
Clinical Operations
Clinical Project Management
Clinical Project Management
Clinical Project Management is a pivotal role within the company. The objectives of this department are to co-ordinate the clinical aspects of the studies ensuring the highest quality of data is delivered to our sponsors, ensure that volunteer and patient safety is of highest priority and that all studies comply with all Clinical Trials regulations/GCP and study protocol.
Commercial Project Management
Commercial Project Management
The team manages proposals, contractual agreements with vendors and sponsors, the sponsors’ relationship, projects’ timelines and budgets.
Data Management
Data Management
Richmond pharmacology has conducted and gathered data for over 500 clinical studies. Data Management aims at delivering reliable, high-quality, and statistically compatible data. Richmond Pharmacology data management transforms clinical data management with comprehensive solutions, offering EDC, coding, data management, study start up and eMSF.
Volunteer Engagement
Volunteer Engagement
This includes reception services, COVID testing, complaints management and company security. Enhancing our reputation and delivering a top-quality service.
Facilities
Facilities
The Facilities department manage many contractors to maintain and improve a safe environment for staff and visitors at Richmond Pharmacology. We manage statutory and regulatory compliance such as Gas, Asbestos, Water Hygiene, Fire alarm, Fire safety and Life safety equipment. We also manage non statutory items such as the redecoration of the buildings where required and ad- hoc repairs daily.
Finance
Finance
Our Finance team are responsible for a number of tasks and activities. The team focus on key activities such as budget management, commercial planning, revenue recognition & collection, payroll, corporate filing, forecasting and reporting to name a few.
HR
Human Resources
The HR team is entrusted to support the acceleration of drug development timelines, helping save the lives of patients today by enabling our people and culture to thrive. The HR team achieves its purpose by working in partnership with leaders to develop business focused people and culture solutions that facilitate positive change in our people, processes, and financials.
The team engenders trust by demonstrating HR expertise, professionalism and efficiency; operating with care and a sense of urgency and ownership for outcomes; and facilitating choices to generate better outcomes for all stakeholders. We strive to make sure Richmond Pharmacology has a great working environment, which supports our employees at every stage of their career, which in turn supports our organisation to succeed.
IT
IT
The IT team sources and maintains all internal IT services (server and workstation hardware and software), including “off the shelf” and internally designed applications for the timely processing of clinical trials data - in a fault-tolerant, secure environment with end-user application/ workstation support. Also, provision of appropriate clinical study data for monitor/ auditor/ sponsor access as required.
Laboratory
Laboratory
The Laboratory team are responsible for management of all biological samples taken from trial participants during a clinical trial at Richmond Pharmacology. The team works with external laboratories to the finalise study specific processing, storage, and shipment requirements.
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Marketing
Marketing
The Marketing department provide a full marketing service. They work closely with the Volunteer Recruitment team to promote our clinical trials.
Medical Admin
Medical Admin
This team is dedicated to assist, organise, coordinate, and manage Research Physician’s work.
Outpatient services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Services play a key role in ensuring that our patient volunteers are supported throughout their clinical trials, and that these are conducted according to the plan (protocol) which describes not only the types of patients who may enter the study, as well as the drugs and anticipated findings; but also, the schedules of tests and procedures and the length of the study that the patient volunteers will be taking part in.
This Outpatient Services team carry out a patient volunteer facing role, offering a warm, welcoming and naturally friendly approach, able to adapt to changing circumstances and effectively and professionally communicate with patient volunteers and other staff.
Pharmacovigilance
Pharmacovigilance
The Pharmacovigilance team maintain complete regulatory compliance relating to all safety reporting requirements. The team ensures delivery of high-quality safety data and oversight for all clinical trials run at Richmond Pharmacology.
Pharmacy
Pharmacy
Made up of dedicated pharmacists, scientists and technicians, the pharmacy team plays an essential role in the introduction of new investigational medicinal products.
Key to this is the establishment and maintenance of the pharmacy Quality Management System [QMS], which safeguards product quality and the safety of trial participants, using established methods and procedures in the production, manufacturing and dispensing of investigational products undertaken in compliance with Good Manufacturing Practice [GMP].
Quality Assurance
Quality Assurance
The Quality Assurance department ensure clinical trials carried out at Richmond Pharmacology are performed to the highest ethical and medical standards in accordance with local regulations and guidelines.
This is achieved by management and oversight of; Quality Documents, Non-Conformances/Issue Reports, Internal and External Audits including hosting Regulatory Inspections, the electronic Quality Management System, Regulatory Surveillance, Risk Management activities and Metrics/Quality Indicators.
Scheduling
Scheduling
The Scheduling team are responsible for assigning study related tasks to the clinical team to ensure the optimum coordination of healthy and patient studies. Additionally, we are responsible for the forecasting and resourcing of future studies which can involve adaptive Phase I, II or III studies, Japanese bridging studies or QT interval studies.
Statistics
Statistics
In house Statistical team is involved from protocol review to clinical study report whilst delivering TFLs based on SAP and Shells. CDISC submission ready packages to FDA and PMDA are part of standard deliverables. The team works with experienced PK consultants and senior statisticians performing PK/PD modelling for TQT waiver studies based on adjudicated ECGs.
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Learning and Development
Training
Our team also support the research physician and/or study related staff with basic training in understanding echo parameters and its relevance to related study. We also help in designing SOP for the above clinical procedures and resolving any query pertaining to Echo or liver ultrasound.
Volunteer Recruitment
Vounteer Recruitment
The Volunteer Recruitment (VR) team is involved in the recruitment of suitable healthy and patient volunteers to different clinical trials conducted here at Richmond Pharmacology. The Recruitment and VR Project Management team aim to build rapport with each volunteer managing their journey through the recruitment and screening phase to the admission and discharge periods in the clinical study here at Richmond Pharmacology. The team is the main point of contact between the volunteer and the wider Richmond team maintaining that open communication during their trial.
real people solving real problems
We have a great group of people that make up our team.
1a Newcomen Street
London Bridge
London
SE1 1YR
United Kingdom