Clinical Trials Pharmacy Technician

Whittington Health; London; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Whittington Health NHS Trust seeks a dedicated Pharmacy Technician to join their innovative team in London. This role involves managing clinical pharmacy services, handling investigational medicinal products, and working collaboratively with healthcare professionals. A commitment to continuous professional development and excellent organizational skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience as a Pharmacy Technician in hospital roles.
• Accredited for final prescription checking or willing to train.
• Experience providing training to pharmacy staff and liaising with healthcare professionals.

Responsibilities

• Support management of clinical pharmacy services and IMP management.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements for IMPs.
• Work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams.

Skills

Good communication skills

Time management

Interpersonal skills

Problem-solving skills

Numeracy skills

Education

Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)

Level 3 NVQ Diploma Pharmacy Services

Level 3 National Certificate in Pharmacy Services

Job description

Employer Whittington Health NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Whittington Health NHS Trust Town London Salary £34,521 - £41,956 per annum, pro rata inclusive of HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 17/06/2025 23:59

Getting vaccinated, and getting a booster, remains the best defence against COVID-19.
We encourage and support staff to get COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose as and when they are eligible.

Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3 rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of Whittington Health NHS Trust.

By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.

Job overview

We are a bright, diverse and forward-thinking Pharmacy department keen to develop and innovate how we provide our services to best support our patients.

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and highly motivated pharmacy technician to join our busy and dynamic pharmacy team. The post holder will work as part of the Pharmacy Clinical Trials team, supporting the clinical trials service in line with standard operating procedures, good clinical practice (GCP) and relevant legislative requirements.

The role requires excellent organisation, time management and interpersonal skills. The post holder will have the opportunity to drive key changes and improvement to the service.

Collaborative work with the pharmacy team and multi-disciplinary teams across the trust and region will be essential in this role.

Main duties of the job

• Support the management of clinical pharmacy services at Whittington Health in conjunction with the Clinical Trials Pharmacist, Cancer Services Pharmacist and other members of the team.
• Be responsible for Investigational Medicinal Product (IMP) management, including receipt, dispensing, handing out, returns, temperature excursion reports, and any other activities deemed appropriate by the Clinical Trials Pharmacist.
• Ensure that IMPs for clinical trials are managed according to regulatory requirements.
• Maintain all clinical trials records in line with standard operating procedures, GCP and relevant regulatory requirements.
• Develop and review departmental clinical trial work and standard operating procedures.
• Identify and manage risks associated with the use of IMPs in clinical trials.
• Work with members of the Pharmacy Clinical Trials Team and Research and Development (R&D) team to review and assess the operational and clinical resource needed to open and run trials.
• Attend site initiation visits, sponsor monitoring visits, and close out visits.
• Support the Aseptic team in the management of Oncology, Haematology and other clinical trials related to their clinical areas.

• Formulate and recover pharmacy charges for clinical trials
• Support gathering and reporting of KPI information for benchmarking and identify any variations or concerns for discussion with Pharmacy Senior Team and R&D Team.

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information regarding the main responsibilities of the role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

• • Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) Great Britain or an equivalent EU body
• • Level 3 NVQ (QCF) Diploma Pharmacy Service Skills or SVQ Pharmacy Services.
• • Level 3 National Certificate in Pharmacy Services, or Diploma Pharmaceutical Science or Level 3 knowledge base programme (Or equivalent qualification
• • Accredited for final prescription checking, or willing to undertake training for accreditation

Skills and Abilities

• • Good written and oral communication skills. Able to communicate with patients and all grades of healthcare staff (verbally and in writing)
• • Prioritisation, excellent time management, the ability to plan and execute long-term projects and maintain multiple projects at once
• • Computer literate and able to demonstrate a good depth of ability to use excel, word programmes
• • Good interpersonal skills
• • Confident & assertive when dealing with other professionals
• • Demonstrates ability to organise and prioritise workload including when under pressure.
• • Good problem-solving skills
• • Excellent numeracy skills and analysis and interpretation of data
• • Ability to identify and manage risk.
• • Experience of providing education and training to pharmacy staff, nursing staff and doctors

Knowledge and Experience

• • Minimum of 2 years’ work experience (post qualification) as a qualified Pharmacy Technician to include hospital roles
• • Experience of providing training to pharmacy staff
• • Experience of liaising and interacting with nursing and medical staff and other healthcare professionals
• • Experience of dealing with patients and the public
• • Experience of working with clinical trials
• • Good understanding of Good Clinical Practice
• • Experience of being in a Medicines Management role e.g. Assessment of Patients own medicines, drug history taking, medicines reconciliation
• • Knowledge of CMM computer system
• • Previous experience of conducting audit / project work
• • Working knowledge/experience of writing SOPs
• • Understanding of Quality Improvement principles and methodology

Personal Qualities

• • Self-motivated
• • Able to work under pressure whilst maintaining accuracy and attention to detail
• • Ability to motivate self and others
• • Able to work on own initiative and as part of a multidisciplinary team
• • Demonstrates initiative, innovation, and motivation & enthusiasm for the post
• • Commitment to Continuing Professional Development.
• • Excellent communication skills
• • Confidence working with the wider MDT

SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS

To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:

• Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
• Ensure you are familiar and comply with theLondon Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
• Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
• Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
• Participate in required training and supervision.
• Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct

Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Your application form –

• Provide only business email address for your referees – we are unable to request references from yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail accounts.
• Make sure you to include all evidence of where you meet the essential requirement on the jobs description as this forms the base of our shortlisting criteria.

Our processes –

• Closing dates are given as a guide; we are within our right to close adverts early so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid delay.
• If you do not hear from us up to 3 weeks after the closing date of the job unfortunatelythis means you have not been successfullyshortlisted for interview. If your require feedback on your application please contact the appointing manager detailed in the body of the advert.
• Please check your emails regularly as all correspondence from us will be via trac.systems – occasionally these emails will go into your Junk folder.
• Employment at Whittington Health is offered subject to successful completion of a 6 month probationary period for all staff with the exception of GMC Registered Doctors.

Other important information –

• Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you areeligible under theUKVI points based system .
• Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.
• In submitting an application form, you authorise WhittingtonHealth NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post.

If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks youridentity and right to work documentation will be verifiedremotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a “selfie” using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk

Please note that during the recruitment process your Identity Documentation (i.e. passport, driving licence, visa, etc.) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, Infrared and Machine Readable Zone security features of the documents provided

The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.

We would welcome applications from individuals who are from underrepresented groups in the organisation

Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Sana Ahmed Job title MI Clinical Trials and Formulary Pharmacist Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 02072885021