Pharmacy Technician And Technical Officers

Fortrea; Ledston; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortrea’s Leeds Clinical Research Unit is hiring Pharmacy Technicians and Pharmacy Technical Officers to support first‑in‑human and early clinical trials in a purpose‑built Phase I facility.

This permanent, full‑time role (37 hours/week, Mon–Fri, rare weekend work) involves preparing investigational medicines, handling IMP/API inventories, and ensuring cGMP/GCP compliance in a fast‑paced setting.

Join a dedicated team where your work directly underpins patient safety and potential new therapies.

Qualifications

• Registered Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council in the UK.
• Pharmacy Technical Officer qualified to NVQ Level 2.
• Experience in fast-paced hospital or industrial pharmacy setting preferred.
• Experience in cGMP, GCP and/or GLP settings a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manufacturing sterile and non-sterile drug products for Phase I human clinical trials.
• Work under cGMP and GCP standards in a research setting, hands‑on in drug production for dosing near participants.
• Maintain Investigational Medicinal Product (IMP) / Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) inventory records and ensure stock availability.
• Support reception, use, storage, packaging and disposition of API and IMP.

Skills

Registered Pharmacy Technician

NVQ Level 2

Education

NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy

Job description

What if your Pharmacy expertise was the reason a new drug reached patients faster?

Fortrea’s Clinical Research Unit in Leeds is a purpose‑built 65,000 ft² Phase I facility where life‑saving medicines begin their journey.

Here, a modern clinic, laboratory, and cGMP research pharmacy sit under one roof, just 7 minutes from the train station.

We are growing our Clinical Research Pharmacy team and hiring Pharmacy Technicians and Pharmacy Technical Officers to support first-in-human and early clinical trials.

ABOUT THE JOB

This is a permanent, full‑time role, working 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with very occasional weekend work (typically under 4 hours, compensated with flexi time or overtime).

You will work in a Phase I clinical research pharmacy, preparing investigational medicines just steps away from the participants receiving them.

Every day, your work supports one critical question:

“Will this new medicine be safe?”

WHAT YOU´LL DO

• Manufacturing sterile and non-sterile drug products for Phase I human clinical trials.
• Working under cGMP and GCP standards in a research setting, you’ll be hands‑on in drug production, helping ensure investigational medicines are safely prepared and ready for dosing just steps away from the participants.
• Performing thorough maintenance and control of Investigational Medicinal Product (IMP) / Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) Pharmacy Inventory Management records, ensuring the continued supply of any pharmacy stock items.
• Supporting reception, use, storage, packaging and disposition of API and IMP

WHO YOU ARE

• Registered Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council in the UK,
• Pharmacy Technical Officer qualified to NVQ Level 2

For both roles, you bring a proven track record of working in a fast‑paced and demanding hospital or industrial pharmacy setting,

AND/OR

Have experience working in cGMP, GCP and/or GLP settings

A plus: hands‑on experience in aseptic production/clean rooms.

If you are not yet GPhC registered but have relevant experience, we will support your registration

Ability to live and work in the UK (we cannot sponsor for this role)

WHY FORTREA LEEDS?

Our Leeds Research Unit is a unique vantage point to witness firsthand dosing and safety research as they are being investigated in real time… Much of the data you generate will end up in a drug’s label! That’s why your work will be so important: it’s the foundation of everything that comes after.

When the drug you worked with gets approved, you know you´ll touch many patient´s lives around the world.

Embark on a fulfilling career as you support us on our mission “To help make life-changing healthcare solutions possible”.

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