Senior Lead Pharmacy Technician Clinical Trials

Imperial College Healthcare NHS; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Camden Town is seeking a motivated and detail-driven Senior Lead Pharmacy Technician to oversee the pharmaceutical aspects of clinical trials. The role involves ensuring compliance with GCP and GMP standards, coordinating medication supply, and mentoring staff. Candidates should be registered Pharmacy Technicians with strong leadership and organizational skills, eager to thrive in a fast-paced environment. Competitive benefits and career development opportunities are offered.

Benefits

Career development

Flexible working

Wellbeing programs

Staff recognition scheme

Optional benefits including Cycle to Work and car lease schemes

Qualifications

• Experience as a Pharmacy Technician in a clinical research environment.
• Ability to coordinate complex trial protocols efficiently.
• Strong understanding of GCP and GMP standards.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate all pharmaceutical aspects of clinical trials.
• Provide specialist advice and support to research teams.
• Ensure compliance with GCP and GMP standards across all activities.
• Lead and train pharmacy staff involved in clinical trials.
• Contribute to service development and quality improvement.

Skills

Leadership

Organizational skills

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Education

Registered Pharmacy Technician

Job description

We’re looking for a motivated and detail-driven Senior Lead Pharmacy Technician to take the lead in our Clinical Trials service. This is your chance to play a pivotal part in groundbreaking research that shapes the future of medicine. Every day brings new challenges, from coordinating complex trial protocols and ensuring smooth medication supply, to supporting research teams and mentoring pharmacy staff.

You’ll be at the heart of innovation, collaborating with pharmacists, clinicians, sponsors, and research associates to make sure every trial runs seamlessly and safely. Your expertise will help guarantee that every product is prepared, dispensed and recorded to the highest GCP and GMP standards. With your guidance, our team will deliver a patient-focused service that’s efficient, compliant and ready to adapt to new opportunities.

If you’re an experienced and registered Pharmacy Technician with a flair for organisation, leadership and teamwork and you thrive in a fast-paced, research-driven environment, we’d love to hear from you. Join us and help bring pioneering treatments from concept to clinic, one trial at a time.

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• Coordinate all pharmaceutical aspects of clinical trials, ensuring effective, accurate and timely supply of trial medications.
• Provide specialist advice and support to research teams, sponsors and pharmacy staff on all pharmaceutical elements of clinical trials.
• Ensure compliance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) standards across all dispensing activities.
• Maintain robust documentation, audit trails and stock control to support safe and efficient clinical trial operations.
• Lead, train and support pharmacy staff involved in clinical trials, promoting high standards of accuracy and professionalism.
• Contribute to service development, harmonisation and quality improvement initiatives within the pharmacy clinical trials team.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values – expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career. We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year. We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities. With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form the Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of six academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education. We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.