Senior Assistant Technical Officer

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dedicated Clinical Trials Senior Pharmacy Assistant to support the safe, accurate management of trial medicines from receipt to destruction across its clinical trials programs.

In this role you will handle receipts, stock control, expiry checks and data entry while maintaining high standards of records and collaborating with the research team to support sponsors and researchers.

Qualifications

• Experience in clinical trials or hospital pharmacy operations preferred.
• Ability to handle confidential information and maintain accurate records.

Responsibilities

• Receive and check clinical trial medications for condition and temperature.
• Log receipts and distribute to the correct trial section using appropriate systems.
• Perform regular stock checks and expiry date reviews for trial medicines.
• Support documentation/file maintenance for new and ongoing trials.
• Assist with data entry and invoicing processes as required.

Skills

Stock control

Data entry

Documentation

Job description

We are seeking a dedicated clinical trials senior pharmacy assistant to join our specialist team. The post will support the safe, accurate and efficient management of clinical trials medicines throughout their lifecycle, from receipt, storage, through to stock management, returns and destruction.

• Receipt of clinical trial medication, confirming if arrived in good condition and at correct temperature, acknowledging receipt on to the appropriate system, data entry on to the computer system, distribution to the relevant section, accurate completion of appropriate logs.
• Participation in ongoing stock control systems for medicines used within trials including stock checks, stock rotation and quality checks. This includes using both computerized and paper-based stock control systems and the processing of paperwork in accordance with audit requirements.
• Participation in monthly expiry date checks for clinical trials medication and reporting to team.
• Participation in clinical trial medications returns and destruction processing.
• Checking temperatures of areas used for storage of clinical trial medication, generating data reports and checking the data reports for the monitoring system.
• To maintain Pharmacy files to a high standard. This includes file preparation for new trials, receiving and appropriately filing trial related paperwork, retrieving and collating documentation and producing reports required by research Sponsors.
• To assist with recording/processing of modifications as required.
• To assist with entering/compiling data required for invoicing as required.

The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. In June 2026, we launched our new strategy for 2026-31. Our vision is to transform healthcare, and we have agreed six strategic ambitions to help us improve care for patients, and the working lives of our staff.
Our six strategic ambitions are delivering high-quality patient care; creating a great place to work; leading pioneering research, innovation and education; building strong and successful partnerships; providing timely and efficient care; and ensuring long-term financial sustainability.
We have also agreed four new organisational values – Caring, Collaborative, Inclusive, Innovative – and these underpin everything we do, and how our teams interact with the patients under our care.
We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.
King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: kit lai Job title: Deputy Chief Pharmacist Operations Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 02032992087
Vicky Chu - Principal Pharmacist Clinical Trials