Lead Pharmacy Technician Clinical Trials

Integrated Care System; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A public health organization is seeking a Lead Pharmacy Technician for Clinical Trials in Nottingham. The role involves coordinating technical aspects of clinical trials, ensuring compliance with clinical standards, and managing a responsive pharmacy service. Candidates must have considerable hospital pharmacy experience and be registered with the GPhC. The position offers vital contributions to patient care and innovative medicine development.

Qualifications

• Must have considerable hospital pharmacy experience.
• Registered pharmacy technician with GPhC.
• Experience in pharmacy clinical trials services.

Responsibilities

• Take the lead in co-ordinating technical aspects of clinical trial activities.
• Support the Specialist Clinical Trials Pharmacists.
• Supervise and participate in dispensing clinical trials prescriptions.

Skills

Hospital pharmacy experience

Good communication skills

Attention to detail

Education

BTEC, City and Guilds or NVQ level 3 in Pharmaceutical Services

Registered pharmacy technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Job description

Go back Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts

Lead Pharmacy Technician Clinical Trials

The closing date is 13 August 2025

The Pharmacy Clinical Trials Team Purpose is to provide a expert research pharmacy service, delivering the safe supply of trial medication to patients, while supporting novel medicine development.

As a registered pharmacy technician you will be part of the dedicated NUH pharmacy clinical trials team providing high quality and responsive pharmacy research delivery service to out patients, clinical staff and sponsors who use our services on the QMC/City campus.

There are currently approximately 200 studies of Investigational Medicinal Products (IMPs) which are either recruiting patients or in set up ready to begin recruitment. You will be taking the technical lead in the medicines management and set up of clinical trials at NUH.

In addition to the below summary you need to familiarise yourself with the full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.

Main duties of the job

You must have considerable hospital pharmacy experience.

Vital for this role are good written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills and you must enjoy paying close attention to detail.

Your role will be central in providing a dedicated pharmacy service for clinical trial delivery through involvement with all aspects of investigational medicines management, including assisting in the set up of new studies. The role will require development and monitoring of appropriate procedures in accordance with both Good Manufacturing Practice and Good Clinical Practice as required under Clinical Trials Legislation.

About us

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH

Job responsibilities

To take the lead in co-ordinating the technical aspects of clinical trial activities in clinical trials, ensuring compliance with standards of clinical trial management as outlined in NUH Trust Clinical Trials Policy, Guidelines for the Safe and Secure Handling of Medicines, relevant and applicable EU and UK legislation and the Research Governance Framework for Health and Social Care 2005.

The post holder will be based primarily at City campus but will be expected to attend meetings and work at QMC Campus to enhance the effectiveness of this role as appropriate.

KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

1. In conjunction with the Pharmacy Clinical Trial team (including specialist technicians and pharmacists), the Production Department Management team and Quality Control staff, assist in the delivery of a responsive clinical trials service, to ensure good clinical practice standards (GCP) and the needs of service users are met.

2. To support the Specialist Clinical Trials Pharmacists and Chief Pharmacy Technician Clinical Trials by managing the clinical trials, technical and support staff, through liaison with the lead trial technicians in cancer and non-cancer services, other senior technicians and pharmacists, to ensure adequate staffing levels and appropriate skill mix.

3. To manage the day-to-day running of the clinical trials service in liaison with other lead clinical trial technicians.

4. To supervise and participate in the dispensing of clinical trials prescriptions and requisitions.

5. To supervise and participate in the accuracy checking by pharmacy technicians of all dispensing where a pharmacist has previously professionally checked the prescription or where the professional check is not required.

6. To supervise and participate in the appropriate, accurate and legible completion of Investigational Medicinal Products (IMPs) and Non Investigational Medicinal Products (NIMPs) accountability documentation.

7. To review and update clinical trial documentation and procedures in liaison with the Production Department Management team, the Pharmacy Clinical Trial team and the Quality Control Department to ensure a consistent approach.

8. To assist the clinical trials pharmacists in the review and set-up of new clinical trials; review of amendments and updates to existing studies and dissemination to all relevant pharmacy staff to ensure compliance with protocols and procedures in line with GCP. Involving close working with Sponsor representatives on how research can be delivered within the Trust. This will include writing study specific dispensing procedures, liaison with the Production Management team, research staff and liaison with the ChemoCare team (where necessary).

9. Alongside Specialist Pharmacist lead on allocated clinical trials from a pharmacy perspective and ensure GCP compliance on clinical trial delivery.

10. To manage stock control of trial medicines in liaison with the Pharmacy Clinical Trial team, including ordering and receipt, monitoring of stock levels, reconciliation of returns, monitoring of expiry dates, investigation and rectification of discrepancies in accountability and ensuring appropriate storage conditions. To lead in ensuring that correct trials medication is available for manufacture in the chemotherapy production unit in a timely manner, as required and that other associated medicines are ordered.

11. To supervise the upkeep of dedicated clinical trial storage areas, including temperature control and monitoring.

12. To measure and monitor all aspects of the clinical trial service on a regular basis liaising with the Information Technology and Finance administrators as needed.

13. To assist in the induction and training of new pharmacy staff in clinical trial services and where necessary, nursing and medical research staff to ensure compliance with clinical trials protocols and procedures.

14. To ensure income accrued by protocols is calculated, requested and recorded according to standard procedures.

Person Specification

Training and Qualifications

• BTEC, City and Guilds or NVQ level 3 in Pharmaceutical Services, or recognised equivalent
• Registered pharmacy technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Existing management and organisational skills
• Qualified Accuracy Checker

Experience

• Clear understanding of the role of the technician in clinical trials management
• Extensive and varied experience of working in hospital pharmacy
• Experience in pharmacy clinical trials services

Communication and relationship skills

• Good verbal, written and interpersonal skills with an ability to liaise with a wide range of staff and patients within and outside NUH Trust

Analytical and Judgement skills

• Accurate and logical with excellent attention to detail
• Able to interpret complex trial protocols

Planning and organisation skills

• Methodical with good organisational skills and good time management
• Able to oversee more than one task at a time, prioritise accordingly and work to agreed deadlines Able to work under pressure

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.

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