Senior Scientist, Pharmacy I
Posted Aug 25, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a discrepancy you found in a drug accountability record. What did you do, and what did you change afterward?
What they are checking: How they handle a documentation gap that could become a regulatory finding.
How do you keep an accurate inventory of ancillary supplies like infusion sets, rental pumps and intravenous fluids across several active studies?
What they are checking: Concrete inventory practice in the specific supplies this posting names.
Tell me about a standard operating procedure you rewrote. What was wrong with the old one?
What they are checking: Whether their procedure work comes from observed problems.
This works closely with the investigational pharmacist and with the pharmaceutical sciences and device development group. What do you want to know about the study volume this unit runs and how the pharmacy is staffed on dosing days?
What they are checking: Checking the real workload in a unit where the schedule drives everything.
What would you do
How do you review dose preparation instructions for a study and spot the step that will cause a problem at three in the morning on dosing day?
What they are checking: Practical foresight about how written instructions fail at the bedside.
An inspector asks to see your retention sample records during an audit. What do you want to already be true about how you have been keeping them?
What they are checking: Inspection readiness as a daily habit rather than a scramble.
You are asked to prepare a dose in a way you believe is not right for the patient. What do you do?
What they are checking: Willingness to stop a step in a unit where dosing is on a clock.
About the work
This supports the clinical pharmacology research unit alongside the investigational pharmacist. Walk me through how you maintain drug accountability from receipt of investigational product through dispensing and return.
What they are checking: Command of the accountability chain, which is the core of investigational pharmacy work.
Walk me through how you would give input on a protocol from a pharmacy operations point of view. What do protocol writers most often miss?
What they are checking: Whether they can advocate for operational feasibility before a study starts.
Federal and state pharmacy law both apply here. Where have you seen the two pull in different directions, and how do you handle it?
What they are checking: Regulatory literacy beyond internal procedure.
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