Pharmacy Technician - Clinical Trials

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Pharmacy Technician to join the oncology clinical trials team at a leading NHS trust. This position involves clinical trial set-up, maintaining safety standards for trial materials, and collaborating closely with healthcare professionals. Full training will be provided.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Flexible working

Health and wellbeing packages

Pension schemes

Qualifications

• Must be registered with the GPhC and hold a relevant qualification.
• Experience in hospital pharmacy and clinical trials preferred.
• Excellent communication and numerical skills required.

Responsibilities

• Support the Pharmacy Clinical Trials team in clinical trial activities.
• Ensure compliance with current legislation and Good Clinical Practice standards.
• Handle clinical trial stock and administrative tasks.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Problem-solving

Numerical calculation

Education

NVQ level 3 or BTEC level 3 Diploma in Pharmaceutical Science

Registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the GPhC

Tools

Microsoft Outlook

Word

Excel

Job description

Main area Pharmacy Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (1 x 37.5 hours posts (weekend and late night dispensary duties on a rota basis)) Job ref 190-0346-DIR

Employer Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Weston Park Hospital Town Sheffield Salary £29,970 - £36,483 pa/pro rata for part time staff Salary period Yearly Closing 24/06/2025 23:59 Interview date 04/07/2025

NHS AfC: Band 5

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and well-motivated Pharmacy Technician to join our expanding oncology clinical trials team. This is an exciting time to join as we are looking to expand our early phase clinical trial portfolio and develop ATMP studies within our state of the art, multi-million-pound technical services unit.

You will be based in the Pharmacy Clinical Trials Department at Weston Park Hospital and will work under the management of the Senior Pharmacy Technician – Clinical trials.

Work across our hospital sites may be required in this role.

Pharmacy plays a vital role in clinical research to safeguard patients, healthcare professionals and the Trust by ensuring that clinical trial material and Investigational Medicinal Products (IMPs) are appropriate for use and are procured, handled, stored and used safely and correctly.

The successful applicant will be supporting the Pharmacy Clinical Trials team in the delivery of both commercially and non-commercially sponsored studies, ensuring all current legislation, MHRA guidelines and Good Clinical Practice standards are met. Improving patient care through research and innovation is vital to everything we do. The post holder must be able to work with medical and nursing staff and other health care professionals.

Main duties of the job

You will have a varied role which will include clinical trial set-up, maintenance and close-down activities, ordering, receipt and accountability of clinical trial stock, monitoring of storage areas, writing and reviewing standard operating procedures and administrative work. You will be required to communicate with a wide range of professionals via telephone, email and face-to face.

No previous experience in clinical trials is needed as full training will be provided.

Working for our organisation

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Person specification

Qualifications

• NVQ level 3 or BTEC level 3 Diploma in Pharmaceutical Science (or equivalent)
• Registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the GPhC (General Pharmaceutical Council)

Further Training

• Further training in clinical trials e.g. GCP, EU directive etc

Experience

• Experience in hospital pharmacy
• Clinical trials experience
• Has excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Able to articulate complex information clearly to colleagues and patients and carers
• Has understanding of range of work practices and procedures requiring theoretical knowledge acquired through training and experience
• Has excellent keyboard skills and general IT knowledge. Capable of using Word, Excel, Microsoft Outlook and various applications such as CMM, BMS Continuum, Chemocare
• Able to check the work of others, identifying discrepancies and ensuring corrections are made
• To be role model for junior technicians
• Evidence of ongoing Continuing Professional Development
• Able to analyse and interpret a range of information to solve technical problems, especially relating to clinical trials
• Able to discuss issues concerning oncology clinical trials with research staff, both local and from the pharmaceutical industry
• Able to work on own initiative and as part of a team
• Able to meet deadlines whilst paying attention to detail
• Able to concentrate yet be able to deal with frequent interruptions
• Able to plan, co-ordinate and balance conflicting priorities
• Is self-motivating and participates in the development of services
• Able to develop and implement policies for own work area and suggest suitable changes to develop services in other parts of the pharmacy
• Excellent numerical calculation skills
• Able to deal with difficult, angry, annoyed healthcare colleagues
• Able to deal indirectly with cancer patients including those who are terminally ill
• Able to participate in accurate preparation and dispensing of medicines
• Experience in dispensing for clinical trials
• Has understanding of the principles of the computerised prescribing system
• Experience handling cytotoxic drugs
• Capable of using Powerpoint
• Able to work in awkward positions when operating in isolator if needed – stretching, twisting and frequent light lifting
• Has manipulation skills and manual dexterity for the accurate preparation aseptic products
• Able to give continuous concentration when working in isolator and when doing paperwork

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The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Should you require any assistance in applying for the position please contact the General or Medical Human Resources Departments on the number identified on the NHS Jobs page for the organisation.

Job Share applicants are welcome for all full time posts unless indicated but cannot be guaranteed. In addition for Fixed Term Contracts, internal secondments may be considered, please seek the approval of your current line manager before applying for the position.

All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken.

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Name Lynne Ashmore Job title Senior Pharmacy Technician Clinical Trials Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 0114 2665791