Pharmacy technician for Clinical Trials

NHS Professionals; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Professionals Limited is seeking a Lead Pharmacy Technician for Clinical Trials at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, covering QMC and City Hospital. You will lead technical aspects of trial activities, ensuring compliance with governance, medicines handling, and applicable UK/EU legislation.

You will supervise technical and support staff, coordinate with pharmacists and QA, and contribute to continuous improvement of clinical trial processes and stock control within the department.

Qualifications

• Registered Pharmacy Technician with current professional registration.
• Experience in clinical trials pharmacy and dispensing clinical trial medicines.
• Knowledge of GCP, IMP/NIMP accountability and clinical trial procedures.
• Experience in stock control, documentation and pharmacy quality assurance.
• Strong communication, team management and organisational skills, with commitment to CPD.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and participate in dispensing of clinical trial prescriptions and requisitions.
• Oversee accuracy checking where a pharmacist has completed the professional check.
• Maintain accountability records for IMPs and NIMPs.
• Review and update study documentation with Production Management and QA.
• Assist trial pharmacists with set-up of new studies and amendments.
• Liaise with sponsors and research teams; prepare study-specific dispensing procedures.
• Manage stock control, orders, receipts, returns and expiry checks.
• Investigate discrepancies; ensure storage conditions and availability for chemotherapy production.
• Monitor service performance and maintain operational data with IT and Finance.
• Support protocol-related income calculation and sponsor audits.

Skills

Registered Pharmacy Technician

Clinical trials pharmacy experience

GCP/IMP/NIMP knowledge

Stock control experience

Communication & leadership

Education

Pharmacy Technician registration

Job description

Job Title

Pharmacy technician for Clinical Trials

Grade

Band 5

Trust

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Location

QMC and City Hospital

Ward

Pharmacy Clinical Trial

Pay rate

£15.67

Shift pattern

Mon- Fri 8:45 to 17:00

Hours per week

37.5hours

Start date

ASAP

End date

3-6 months

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a Lead Pharmacy Technician Clinical Trials at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, joining the Pharmacy Clinical Trials Department across Queens Medical Centre (QMC) and City Hospital. You will be responsible for leading and coordinating the technical aspects of clinical trial activities, ensuring all processes comply with the Trusts Clinical Trials Policy, guidelines for the safe and secure handling of medicines, relevant UK and EU legislation, and the Research Governance Framework for Health and Social Care 2005. You will play a key role in supporting the safe, effective and compliant management of clinical trials, maintaining high standards of practice and ensuring all activities meet the required regulatory and governance requirements.

Main duties of the job

As a Lead Pharmacy Technician Clinical Trials, you will be responsible for supporting the delivery of an effective service in collaboration with specialist technicians, pharmacists, the Production Department Management team and Quality Control staff. You will manage clinical trials technical and support staff, working closely with lead trial technicians across cancer and non-cancer services, senior technicians and pharmacists to maintain appropriate staffing levels and ensure the right mix of skills within the team. You will also oversee the day-to-day running of the department in liaison with other Lead Clinical Trial Technicians, ensuring staff are effectively coordinated and operational requirements are met.

About us

Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.

Career Progression

• Access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges

Work-life Balance

• Flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave

Opportunity & Access

• Over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want

Job descriptionJob responsibilities

• To supervise and participate in the dispensing of clinical trial prescriptions and requisitions, ensuring medicines are supplied accurately and in accordance with the relevant requirements.
• To oversee pharmacy technicians accuracy checking where a pharmacist has already completed the professional check or where such a check is not required.
• To supervise the accurate, complete and legible maintenance of accountability records for Investigational Medicinal Products (IMPs) and Non-Investigational Medicinal Products (NIMPs).
• To review and update study-specific documentation and procedures in collaboration with the Production Management team, Pharmacy Clinical Trials team and Quality Control Department.
• To assist clinical trials pharmacists with the review and set-up of new studies, including assessing amendments to existing trials and communicating updates to relevant staff.
• To liaise with sponsors, research teams, production management and the ChemoCare team where required, including preparing study-specific dispensing procedures.
• To manage clinical trial medicine stock control, including ordering, receipt, stock-level monitoring, returns reconciliation and expiry-date checks.
• To investigate accountability discrepancies, maintain appropriate storage conditions and ensure trial medicines and associated products are available for chemotherapy production when required.
• To monitor clinical trial service performance and maintain relevant operational data in collaboration with Information Technology and Finance administrators.
• To support the calculation and recording of protocol-related income, contribute to service improvement projects and assist with preparation for sponsor audits and MHRA inspections.
• To support the induction and training of pharmacy staff and, where necessary, nursing and medical research staff on clinical trial procedures.
• To maintain professional competence through regular dispensing, patient counselling and accuracy-checking duties, participate in staff recruitment and appraisal activities, maintain confidentiality and undertake late, weekend and bank holiday shifts as required.

Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential

• Registered Pharmacy Technician with relevant professional qualification.
• Experience in clinical trials pharmacy and dispensing clinical trial medicines.
• Knowledge of GCP, IMP/NIMP accountability and clinical trial procedures.
• Experience in stock control, documentation and pharmacy quality assurance.
• Strong communication, team management and organisational skills, with commitment to CPD.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer detailsEmployer name

NHS Professionals Limited

Address

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Queens Medical Centre

Derby Road

Nottingham

NG7 2UH

United Kingdom

Work Location

In person