Senior Lead Pharmacy Technician Clinical Trials Aseptics

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Greater London is seeking a Senior Lead Pharmacy Technician to oversee clinical trials and aseptic services. In this pivotal role, you will ensure compliance with GMP and GCP, optimize pharmacy systems, and collaborate with research teams. Ideal candidates are registered pharmacy technicians with experience in aseptics. The position offers excellent career development opportunities, a supportive culture, and benefits including flexible work options and the NHS pension.

Benefits

NHS pension

Flexible working options

Wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Solid grounding in all aspects of hospital pharmacy practice including aseptic services.
• Experience in training others.
• Experience in managing pharmacy computer systems.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate all pharmaceutical aspects of clinical trials in the aseptic unit.
• Optimize CMM pharmacy system with well-designed worksheets and labels.
• Advise and assist research teams in setting up clinical trials.

Skills

Excellent written communication skills

Excellent verbal communication skills

Ability to communicate empathetically towards patients

Education

Recognised pharmacy technicians qualification e.g. NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services

Registered Technician with the GPhC

Mandatory professional CPD as defined by the GPhC

Job description

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Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary's, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Western Eye.

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 Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 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.

Job overview

Do you want to help deliver cutting edge care within one of the UK's largest, research active NHS organisations with a global reputation for breaking new ground in clinical and biomedical research? Would you like to join a friendly and supportive team during a truly exciting time of expansion and development? Read on!

We're currently recruiting a Senior Lead Pharmacy Technician to drive our clinical trials aseptic services at Hammersmith Hospital. In this pivotal role, you'll co ordinate all pharmaceutical aspects of clinical trials prepared in the aseptic unit-liaising with research teams and sponsors, designing robust dispensing procedures, and ensuring impeccable records and audit trails.

You'll champion safe, compliant practice grounded in GMP and GCP, including advice on aseptic preparation, including of advanced therapies, and keep trials running smoothly through great collaboration and meticulous oversight.

In return, you'll join a supportive, ambitious culture that recognises excellence and invests in your development-through structured progression, award schemes, and access to outstanding benefits, including the NHS pension, flexible working options, and wellbeing initiatives.

If you are a registered pharmacy technician with broad experience, including of aseptics, but have limited experience in clinical trials, we also offer a structured Band 5 to 6 progression programme to support the right candidate to develop into the role within 12 months.

Main duties of the job

• You'll bring technical excellence to day to day aseptic services, including optimising our CMM pharmacy system with well designed worksheets and labels for trial products.
• As an educator and role model, you'll develop technicians and assistants, deliver on the job training, and maintain a strong CPD portfolio backed by our commitment to professional growth.
• In this highly specialist role you will advise and assist research teams to set-up and run clinical trials which will give our patients access to the latest potential new treatments anywhere in the UK. You will have your own portfolio of studies to deliver and the ability to act independently but with the backing of expert support in the clinical trials and dispensary teams in Pharmacy and the close relations we have with the specialist research teams.
• Our team works across a broad range of commercial, academic, and Imperial-sponsored trials, screening and delivering a variety of specialised therapies to patients.
• With circa 400 active trials managed by passionate professionals, you'll find an exciting landscape with the emerging development of personalised and precision medicines. We have a global reputation for breaking new grounds in clinical and biomedical research, are a ECMC (Early Cancer Medicine Centre) and are the largest BRC in the UK.

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. Please talk to us at interview. .

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Education

Essential criteria

• Recognised pharmacy technicians qualification e.g. NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services
• Registered Technician with the GPhC
• Mandatory professional CPD as defined by the GPhC

Desirable criteria

• Accredited Checking Technician (or to be achieved within 12 months) for both PN and chemotherapy (in and final check)

Experience

Essential criteria

• Post qualification: solid grounding in all aspects of hospital pharmacy practice including aseptic services, ward/distribution services, dispensary and clinical trials
• Previous experience in training others
• Previous experience in looking after pharmacy computer systems

Skills

Essential criteria

• Excellent and professional written communication skills
• Excellent and professional verbal and written communication skills
• The ability to communicate empathetically towards patients

Right to work

If you need sponsorship to work in the UK, please visit the Home Office website for information on sponsorship and visa status before you fill in your application form. Due to recent changes in the UK immigration rules which affect Skilled Worker Visas, Global Business Mobility, Higher Skill Level and Increased Salary Thresholds, please ensure that you are able to meet the requirements to live and work in the UK before applying. Further information about eligibility is available on UK Visas and Immigration - GOV.UK

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).

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Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 584.3KB)
• Functional Requirements (PDF, 272.6KB)
• Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)