Assistant Practitioner - Pharmacy Supervisor (XR04)

NHS; Leeds; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Leeds is seeking an Assistant Practitioner - Pharmacy Supervisor to join its Clinical Trials Pharmacy team. This role involves overseeing a portfolio of studies, ensuring compliance with protocol requirements, and supporting world-class research. Candidates should hold an NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services, possess strong organizational skills, and be detail-oriented. This position offers exciting progression opportunities in a supportive environment, directly impacting clinical trials.

Benefits

Opportunities for growth and progression

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Experience working in hospital or community pharmacy as a pharmacy dispensing assistant.
• Experience in clinical trials, including IMP management.
• Ability to manage multiple studies simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Lead the assigned portfolio of clinical trials, managing queries and pharmacy operations.
• Coordinate monitoring visits with external research associates for compliance.
• Ensure all pharmacy activity is compliant with protocol requirements.
• Maintain documentation and oversee pharmacy site files for audit readiness.

Skills

Strong organisational skills

Excellent communication

Detail-oriented

Team player

Education

Level 2 Apprenticeship/NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services

GCP certification

Job description

Assistant Practitioner - Pharmacy Supervisor (XR04)

Areyou ready for the next step in your pharmacy career? We are offering anexciting progression opportunity for those who already hold an NVQ Level 2 inPharmacy Services who are enthusiastic, committed, and eager to grow. Thisrole provides the chance to develop new skills, increase responsibility, andwork closely with an experienced pharmacy team in a supportive environment.

Joinour dynamic Clinical Trials Pharmacy team and help shape the future ofhealthcare. As an Assistant Practitioner Pharmacy Supervisor, youll be atthe heart of ground-breaking clinical trials, ensuring the safe and effectivemanagement of Investigational Medicinal Products (IMPs) while supportingworld-class research across Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

WhatWere Looking For

A detail-oriented professional witha passion for clinical research and patient safety.

Strong organisational skills andthe ability to manage multiple studies simultaneously.

Excellent communication skills toliaise confidently with sponsors, auditors, and clinical teams.

A proactive team player who thrivesin a fast-paced, research-driven environment..

An experienced pharmacy servicesassistant with a desire to progress

Ifyoure motivated, meticulous, and excited by the prospect of working at theforefront of clinical research, wed love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

Lead your own portfolio of studies:Take ownership of assigned trials, managing queries and ensuring smoothpharmacy operations.

Be the face of pharmacy forsponsors: Host and support monitoring visits with external researchassociates, ensuring compliance and reporting findings back to the team.

Keep research on track: Coordinateand maintain essential documentation, oversee archiving, and ensure pharmacysite files are audit-ready.

Act as the go-to contact: Liaisewith research assistants and nurses to implement trial protocols safely andefficiently in line with ICH-GCP guidelines.

Safeguard compliance: Conductregular audits and monitoring to uphold the UK Policy Framework for Healthand Social Care Research.

Support audits with confidence:Assist Pharmacy Technicians in preparing for external inspections, ensuringeverything is ready for visiting auditors.

Be a team player: Help colleaguesnew to the department and contribute to the smooth running of day-to-daypharmacy operations.

Dispensary excellence: Manage IMPsfrom receipt to destruction, ensuring every step is handled with precisionand care.

About us

LeedsTeaching Hospitals is one of the largest and busiest acute trusts in England.We are involved in research at all levels, developing and trialling newtreatments for patients. We believe that being involved in cutting-edgeresearch helps us to provide better care.

Weoffer a unique range of services to our region, treating and managing thesimplest to the most complex conditions and diseases, including advancedtherapies and early phase studies.

Joinus and be part of a team driving innovation in healthcare and contributing tolife-changing treatments. Gain exposure to a wide variety of clinical trialsacross multiple hospital sites, develop your skills in a supportiveenvironment with opportunities for growth and progression, and play a crucialrole in ensuring the safe delivery of cutting-edge therapies to patients.

Thisis more than just a jobits a chance to make a real impact on the future ofmedicine

LeedsTeaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job advertsare subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or removeadverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in theshortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while thisprocess is completed, and contact the named contact if you have anyquestions.

Job responsibilities

Workingunder guidance of SOPs, ICH-GCP and COSHH, the main duties for staff workingin this role are:

To maintain an assigned portfolioof studies within the designated clinical trials pharmacy (LGI, St JamesHospital or Chapel Allerton Hospital) including managing and responding toany pharmacy queries received for studies within the portfolio.

To host and support monitoringvisits with external clinical research associates as requested by theSponsor, ensuring that all pharmacy activity is compliant with protocolrequirements. Report back on findings to the pharmacy team

To coordinate the maintenance ofall documentation required in pharmacy site files, including archivingarrangements.

To act as a primary point ofcontact for pharmacy, liaising with research assistants/research nurseswithin LTHT, co-ordinating the timely implementation of approved trialprotocols to ensure safe operation of the trials in line with ICH-GCPguidelines

To assist with the collection andcollation of trial data and completion of pharmacy trial documentation inaccordance with trial protocols.

To undertake regularauditing/monitoring of the pharmacy files to ensure that research complieswith the UK Policy Framework for Health and Social Care Research.

To assist the Pharmacy Techniciansin the preparation of Trials audits which are undertaken by externalagencies, ensuring that everything required is made available to the auditorswhen they arrive on site

Assist the Pharmacy Technicians in the day-to-dayoperations of the pharmacy department helping other team members who are newto the department as required

Thepost holder will also provide dispensary support to the pharmacy clinicaltrials team, performing all tasks relating to the management ofInvestigational Medicinal Products (IMPs) including receipt, dispensing,returns, quarantine and destruction

AtLTHT we provide pharmacy services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The postholder will be required to work weekends, Bank Holidays and late nights on arostered basis.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Confirm you have completed a Level 2 Apprenticeship/NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services
• Confirm you hold GCP certification, including when this was obtained

Experience

• Describe what experience you have working in hospital or community pharmacy as a pharmacy dispensing assistant
• Give an example of a time you have had to supervise other staff
• Describe what experience you have in clinical trials, including IMP management

Skills & behaviours

• Describe a time where you have organised and prioritised your workload
• Give an example of when you used your initiative to solve a problem at work
• Describe a time where you needed to refer a problem to someone else, and why
• Give an example of when you needed good attention to detail

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.