Operational Lead Clinical Trials Pharmacy Technician

Barts Health NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust in London seeks an experienced Operational Lead Clinical Trials Pharmacy Technician. This role involves managing clinical trial pharmacy operations, ensuring compliance with regulations, and providing leadership to the pharmacy team. Candidates should have a Level 3 Diploma, GPhC registration, and experience in clinical trials. This position offers an opportunity to contribute to innovative research that enhances patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• Must be a registered Pharmacy Technician with GPhC.
• Must have significant experience in clinical trials.
• Leadership experience in a pharmacy setting is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage clinical trial pharmacy operations.
• Ensure compliance with GCP and GMP standards.
• Provide leadership and training to technical staff.

Skills

Organisational skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Ability to motivate self and others

Intermediate IT skills

Education

Level 3 Diploma in Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Technicians or equivalent

Registration as a Pharmacy Technician with GPhC

Leadership and Management qualification or equivalent experience

Job description

Operational Lead Clinical Trials Pharmacy Technician

We are seeking an experienced Pharmacy Technician with a strong background in Clinical Trials to lead and operationally manage all aspects of the clinical trials pharmacy service at St Bartholomew's Hospital. This service supports a large and diverse clinical trial portfolio across world-renowned specialties, including Cancer, Cardiology, Respiratory, and Endocrinology. Treatments range from traditional outpatient oral therapies to aseptically prepared products and advanced therapeutic investigational medicinal products (ATIMPs). This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in delivering cutting‑edge research and improving patient outcomes.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the role include:

Lead and manage day-to-day clinical trial pharmacy operations at St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

Oversee trial set‑up, maintenance, and closure, ensuring compliance with GCP, GMP, and Trust standards.

Oversee IMP receipt, storage, dispensing, accountability, and destruction, maintaining accurate documentation and SOPs.

Ensure regulatory approvals, audit readiness, and adherence to KPIs.

Provide specialist leadership, training, and mentorship to technical staff, promoting CPD and service quality.

Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and sponsors for efficient trial delivery and patient safety.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world‑class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high‑performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm‑free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Level 3 Diploma in Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Technicians (Dip PPPT) or equivalent
• Registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Leadership and Management qualification or equivalent experience e.g. PRINCE 2, IML4 or equivalent experience
• Quality Improvement training
• Educational Supervisor accreditation, train the trainer or equivalent qualification
• HR training
• Specialist technical / Management modules or equivalent experience in Aseptic preparation

Experience

• Demonstratable experience of good performance in previous posts
• Previous significant experience of working in clinical trials
• Evidence of project management
• Experience with recruitment and selection; chairing interviews
• Demonstrable experience of providing pharmacy professional training, and supporting training
• Experience with undertaking appraisals, o Previous experience of working in Aseptics devising PDPs and objectives.
• Experience in the production (writing, review and/or implementation) of clinical guidelines, protocols or SOPs
• Experience in managing change, QI, audit and research
• Experience in the leadership of staff / teams
• leadership of staff / teams o Significant experience of day‑to‑day management of operations in a section of a hospital pharmacy
• Writing and presenting complex reports
• Previous experience of working in Aseptics

Knowledge

• Demonstrated knowledge of all aspects of GCP, GMP and QA and clinical trial legislation
• Understanding of GPhC Revalidation requirements
• Up to date knowledge of legislation relevant to pharmacy practice, e.g., controlled drugs, Health and Safety at Work
• Understanding of stock control systems
• Knowledge of Safe and Secure Handling of Medicines requirements
• Understanding of the importance of adherence to SOPs and legislation
• Demonstrates a good understanding of patient safety initiatives
• Able to solve problems to the level appropriate to the post
• Significant experience and knowledge of line managing staf
• Awareness and experience dealing with risk management issue s
• Demonstrated knowledge of aseptic practices
• Understanding of development opportunities available to pharmacy technicians
• Knowledge of using trust systems, healthroster, Trac, eforms

Skills

• Demonstrates organisational skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills; uses emotional intelligence when dealing with other
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to motivate self and others including coaching skills
• Able to prioritise own workload to an advanced level
• Demonstrates ability to answer complex enquirie
• Demonstrates ability to supervise processes and identify deviations.
• Ability to work under pressure and to a deadline
• Able to complete documentation accurately with attention to detail
• Able to handle hazardous materials safely according to local procedures
• Intermediate IT skills including email, word processing, spreadsheets, accurate data entry, and specialist pharmacy computer system.
• Able to work effectively in stressful situations
• Able to turn conflict into positive outcomes
• Ability to undertake risk assessments and implement actions
• The ability to meet tight deadlines and be able to respond to urgent requests concurrently
• Able to work and contribute within a multidisciplinary team setting
• Ability to engage with internal and external stakeholders to the department
• Supervisory and mentoring skills, including ability to give effective feedback to staff
• Ability to manage complaints
• Demonstrates ability to delegate effectively
• Demonstrates ability to analyse complex management information – workload and error reports.

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.