Senior Clinical Trials Technician

Guys & St Thomas Hospital; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital is seeking a skilled Pharmacy Technician for Oncology Clinical Trials. The position involves managing clinical trial operations, writing SOPs, and working with a dedicated team to ensure compliance with regulatory standards. This is a full-time, fixed-term role providing vital support to oncology services in a leading NHS Foundation Trust.

Qualifications

• Degree in Pharmacology, Pharmaceutical Science, or equivalent required.
• GCP Training and registration as a Pharmacy Technician necessary.
• Experience supervising staff and managing pharmacy services preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage Oncology Pharmacy Clinical Trials Portfolio ensuring compliance with regulations.
• Write standard operating procedures for clinical trials.
• Oversee the day-to-day operations related to clinical trials.

Skills

SOP writing

Communication

IT skills

Team leadership

Education

Degree in Pharmacology or Pharmaceutical Science

Dispensing assistant qualification

Registered as a Pharmacy Technician

Job description

Main area OHCT - Oncology and Haematology clinical trials Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity leave cover) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (n/a) Job ref 196-LIS9646

Employer Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Guys Hospital Town London Salary £35,964 - £43,780 p.a. inc HCA Salary period Yearly Closing 06/07/2025 23:59

Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.

Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.

Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.

Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.

In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.

We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.

The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.

We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.

Job overview

• To help manage, develop, organise and maintain the Oncology Pharmacy Clinical Trials Portfolio in conjunction with the Highly Specialist Clinical Trials Pharmacist, ensuring compliance with ICH GCP guidelines, The Research Governance Framework, the E.U Clinical Trials Directive and other relevant guidelines, regulations andpolicies.
• To help manage the training and assessment of pharmacy staff undertaking Clinical trial work within OncologyPharmacy
• Develop, review & revise policies, guidelines and procedures regarding clinical trials services
• To write precise and concise standard operating procedures (SOPs) for each new clinical trial with respect to dispensing, final checking and procurement of Investigational Medicinal Products (IMPs) which are final checked by the Highly Specialist Clinical Trials Pharmacist.

Main duties of the job

To be responsible for the day-to day maintenance of the oncology pharmacy clinical trials portfolio.

Ensuring that all oncology pharmacy clinical trial files contain allnecessary documentation and are kept up todate

Preparing (and update as required) clear and accurate written dispensing procedures for dispensing staff for each clinical trial in accordance with International Conference for Harmonisation for Good Clinical Practice( ICHGCP) and each study’s protocol

Preparing (and update as required) clear & accurate final checking procedures for rotational pharmacists in accordance with ICH GCP and each study’s protocol

Prepare (and update as required) a clear and accurate written summary of each clinical trials protocol.

Create drug accountability records, patient I.D logs and other documents deemed necessary (where the study sponsor has not alreadyprovided)

Ensure that all files contain copies of all relevant regulatoryapprovals

Review oncology clinical trial documents prior to initiation of a new study, assess the suitability local documents and procedures relating to procurement, storage and dispensing of study medication and make recommendations for changes when appropriate.

Dispensing clinical trials

Manage the security & maintenance of all clinical trial drugs

Responsible for routine monitoring visits and ‘close down’ procedures for clinical trials

Working for our organisation

As part of Kings Health Partners, the Oncology and Haematology Clinical Trials (OHCT) team is made up of ninety plus staff members consisting of Research Nurses, Clinical Trial Practitioners, Clinical Trial Coordinators and the Safety & Support Team at Guys’ and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. Within the OHCT Pharmacy team there is a mixture of pharmacists technicians and assistant.

We work closely with the oncology and haematology medical teams to recruit patients to our trials and to ensure patients are monitored closely throughout. We have a large portfolio of Phase II and III trials; which are split into teams for specific tumour groups. We also have a team dedicated to early phase trials and run weekly early phase clinics in the Clinical Research Facility. We attract commercial and non-commercial trials, ranging from interventional drug or radiotherapy trials to observational studies.

Our mission statement is ‘Improving treatment choice, clinical care and outcomes for cancer patients through innovation, dedication and excellence in clinical trials’.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

KeyRelationships

A list of staff the post holder will have regular contact with

Within Pharmacy: Principal Technician Oncology/Aseptic Services, Dispensary managers, Pharmacists and Technical staff.

Others: Research nurses, Investigators (Consultants), Junior Doctors and other research personnel. Representatives from the Pharmaceutical Industry, non-commercials research organisations and regulatory authorities.

Person specification

Knowledge/Qualifications

• Degree in Pharmacology , Pharmaceutical science or equivalent. Or NVQ Level 3 in pharmacy services.
• Dispensing assistant qualification or course will be required to be undertaken as per required timelines
• GCP Training
• Registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• MSC / Diploma

Previous Experience

• Previous evaluated experience of supervising staff and workload on a day-to-day basis
• Previous evaluated experience of participation in project and audit work
• Professional CPD as defined by General Pharmaceutical Council
• Demonstrated experience of ability to appraise staff and set performance objectives

Skills

• Demonstrated ability to write SOPs
• Demonstrated ability to prioritise and organise routine daily, using own initiative, whilst supervising and leading a team
• Demonstrated ability to work under pressure accurately
• Demonstrated ability to communicate more complex and sensitive information effectively using clear written and spoken English to overcome barriers to understanding
• Demonstrated IT skills including: Email Word processing Spreadsheets Accurate data entry
• Demonstrated ability to clearly and accurately complete complex routine and non-routine documentation.
• Demonstrate ability manage performance
• EPIC hyperspace / willow computer systems

Guy’s and St Thomas’celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.

Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.

As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.

We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personalcircumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.

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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.

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