Lead Pharmacist Clinical Trials

NHS; Oxford; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Oxford is seeking a passionate Lead Pharmacist for their Clinical Trials Pharmacy team. The role includes leading pharmacy operations in clinical trials, ensuring compliance with regulations, and supporting researchers. Candidates should have experience in clinical pharmacy and hold an MPharm degree or equivalent. This position also involves oversight of investigational medicinal product management and team leadership, offering a competitive salary range of £55,690 to £62,682 per annum.

Qualifications

• Qualified to Pharmacy masters degree level (4 year MPharm) or equivalent.
• Experience of working as a clinical pharmacist in various areas.
• Experience working with Clinical Trials.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support pharmacy aspects of clinical trials.
• Strategically plan and manage clinical trial workloads.
• Ensure compliance with relevant regulations.
• Provide advice to researchers regarding Clinical Trial Authorisation.

Skills

Clinical knowledge

Leadership

Communication

Organizational skills

Education

MPharm degree or equivalent

GPhC registration

Job description

Lead Pharmacist Clinical Trials

The closing date is 28 December 2025

Hi I'm Michelle, Senior Pharmacist Manager and we are looking for a passionate and dynamic pharmacist to join our Pharmacy Clinical Trials team, as Lead Pharmacists in the Clinical Trials Pharmacy department.

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Clinical Trials Pharmacist (Band 8a) to lead and support the pharmacy aspects of clinical trials across all divisions. This pivotal role combines advanced clinical trial pharmacy expertise with strategic and operational leadership, contributing directly to the success of Trust and Oxford University‑led research.

You will be responsible for the reviewing of in‑house documentation, oversight of investigational medicinal product (IMP) supply and storage, and ensuring compliance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and MHRA standards.

In addition to clinical responsibilities, the post holder will play a key role in managing pharmacy operations within trials, including line management of staff, delegation of authority, and coordination of multidisciplinary resources. This is an excellent opportunity for a pharmacist with strong decision‑making, organisational, and communication skills to integrate leadership and project management into their clinical practice.

The role also offers hands‑on experience in aseptic preparation of IMPs within our clinical trials aseptic unit and ATMP Unit, supporting the delivery of high‑quality, innovative treatments.

Main duties of the job

The main responsibilities of this role are:

• To provide support to the Head of Clinical Trials in order to provide an efficient service for all aspects of pharmacy based clinical trials and promote the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as a centre of excellence for Research and Development.
• To work with the Clinical Trials team to strategically plan and manage the workload for the clinical trials that are aseptically prepared by the Partnership Organisation.
• To work with the Head of Clinical Trials to strategically plan and manage the workload for all clinical trials based across all four sites.
• To provide specialised advice to Researchers related to Investigational Medicinal Products (IMPs) and associated products during development of clinical trial protocols and advice and information regarding Clinical Trial Authorisation (CTA) applications.
• To deputise for the Head of Clinical Trials as appropriate.
• To ensure the safe and effective management and use of Investigational Medicinal Products (IMPs) on all sites within the Trust and its research partners in accordance with relevant regulations (including ICH/GCP, EU Directive 2001/20/EC, FDA, GMP).
• To be an active member of the pharmacy department and in the specialist area/Directorate team, and ensure continuous two‑way exchange of information to maintain high standards of medicines use within the Trust.

About us

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals – the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please view OUH At a Glance by OUHospitals – Issuu.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

Job responsibilities

For a Detailed job description and main responsibilities please refer to the Job Description document attached.

Person Specification

Evidence

• Qualified to Pharmacy masters degree level (4 year MPharm) or equivalent
• Registration within GPhC
• Experience of working as a clinical pharmacist at a high level in a variety of clinical areas
• Experience of working with Clinical Trials
• Experience with department finance or budgeting
• Management / change management
• Teaching/coaching experience
• Management and/or Leadership qualifications or courses
• Involvement in a pharmacist led outpatient clinic as a non‑medical prescriber

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.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£55,690 to £62,682 a yearper annum pro rata