Senior Pharmacy Technician

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester is seeking a Senior Pharmacy Technician to join our Clinical Trials team. This role focuses on managing clinical trial medicines and ensuring adherence to GMP, GDP, GCP and research governance, with training provided to achieve accuracy checking qualifications and progression from band 4 to band 5.

Based in Manchester, the position is full-time within the NHS Agenda for Change framework, offering development opportunities while supporting

Qualifications

• Must hold NVQ Level 3/BTEC in Pharmacy Services and be able to work as an accredited checking technician.
• Experience with clinical trials and pharmaceutical dispensing is preferred or training provided.
• Willing to progress to band 5 competencies and accuracy checking qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Support the safe set-up and delivery of clinical trials, including dispensing, checking, storage, accountability, returns, destruction and monitoring visits.
• Provide technical expertise in managing clinical trial medicines, ensuring compliance with GCP, GDP, GMP and research governance.
• Support the Clinical Trials Lead Technician and pharmacist with service delivery, audits, and MHRA regulatory inspections.

Skills

Accredited Checking

Clinical Trials

Pharmacy Services

Education

NVQ Level 3/BTEC in Pharmacy Services

Job description

The Christie NHS FT

Senior Pharmacy Technician

The closing date is 20 October 2026

Job summary

Are you a Pharmacy Technician looking for a new challenge or with an interest in research? Are you passionate about making a real impact on the lives of cancer patients? Do you have a keen eye for detail, and a desire to be at the forefront of oncology research? Or are you a newly qualified Pharmacy Technician? We welcome applications and would offer a band 4 to band 5 progression post until competencies and accuracy checking qualifications are complete. If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you! The Christie is one of the largest oncology Trusts in the UK with an international reputation for clinical excellence, research, and development. This is a unique opportunity to work with us and contribute to the challenging and rewarding specialty of oncology pharmacy. As a member of the Clinical Trials team, training will be provided for you to help manage a portfolio of clinical trials. You will work closely with other members of the team to ensure that Christie patients have access to the latest development of oncology/haematology investigational medicines. You will form an integral part of the clinical disease teams and work closely alongside research teams. The Pharmacy Department is also supporting the large-scale collaborative project alongside several research partners and has strong links with the University of Manchester.

Main duties of the job

You must hold an NVQ Level 3/BTEC in Pharmacy Services and be able to work as an accredited checking technician in our purpose-built clinical trials dispensary. Applications are also welcomed from exceptional candidates who are working towards the checking qualification.

The successful candidate will:

• Support the safe set-up and delivery of clinical trials, including dispensing, checking, storage, accountability, returns, destruction, and monitoring visits.
• Provide technical expertise in managing clinical trial medicines, ensuring work meets Good Clinical Practice, Good Dispensing Practice, Good Manufacturing Practice, and relevant research governance and clinical trial regulations.
• Support the Clinical Trials Lead Technician and pharmacist with service delivery, audits, and MHRA regulatory inspections.

Hospital or clinical trials experience is not essential. We are looking for drive, ambition, willingness to learn, attention to detail, effective workload management, organisation, and strong team-working skills.

About us

The Christie is one of Europe's leading cancer centres, looking after more than 64,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 25% of patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.

We are the largest radiotherapy provider in the NHS with one in 20 treatments delivered at The Christie. We have up to 15 linear accelerators operating across our network of sites. We operate the largest chemotherapy unit in the UK on our main site and treatments are also provided at 13 other networked sites, and in patients’ homes. As a specialist tertiary surgical centre, we focus on rare cancers, complex procedures, and multidisciplinary approaches to cancer surgery, specialising in colorectal, peritoneal, gynaecological, urological, and plastic surgery.

We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We have been named by the UK's National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) as one of the best hospitals providing opportunities for patients to participate in clinical research studies, with more than 800 studies open at any time, caring for over 3,000 patients.

Details

Date posted

07 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£32,073 to £39,043 a year Pro rata Per Annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

413-112008-CNS-TM

Job locations

Pharmacy Trials - E00922

Manchester

M20 4BX

United Kingdom

Employer details

Employer name

The Christie NHS FT

Address

Pharmacy Trials - E00922

Manchester

M20 4BX

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.christie.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Chief Pharmacy Technician for Clinical Trials

Gillian Foden

[e-mail]

01619187648

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You must hold an NVQ Level 3/BTEC in Pharmacy Services and be able to work as an accredited checking technician in our purpose-built clinical trials dispensary. Applications are also welcomed from exceptional candidates who are working towards the checking qualification.

• Support the safe set-up and delivery of clinical trials, including dispensing, checking, storage, accountability, returns, destruction and monitoring visits.
• Provide technical expertise in managing clinical trial medicines, ensuring work meets Good Clinical Practice, Good Dispensing Practice, Good Manufacturing Practice and relevant research governance and clinical trial regulations.
• Support the Clinical Trials Lead Technician and pharmacist with service delivery, audits and MHRA regulatory inspections.

Hospital or clinical trials experience is not essential. We are looking for drive, ambition, willingness to learn, attention to detail, effective workload management, organisation and strong team-working skills.

Are you a Pharmacy Technician looking for a new challenge or with an interest in research? Are you passionate about making a real impact on the lives of cancer patients? Do you have a keen eye for detail, and a desire to be at the forefront of oncology research? Or are you a newly qualified Pharmacy Technician? We welcome applications and would offer a band 4 to band 5 progression post until competencies and accuracy checking qualifications are complete. If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you! The Christie is one of the largest oncology Trusts in the UK with an international reputation for clinical excellence, research, and development. This is a unique opportunity to work with us and contribute to the challenging and rewarding specialty of oncology pharmacy. As a member of the Clinical Trials team training will be provided for you to help manage portfolio of clinical trials. You will work closely with other members of the team to ensure that Christie patients have access the latest development of oncology/haematology investigational medicines. You will form an integral part of the clinical disease teams and work closely alongside research teams. The Pharmacy Department are also supporting the large-scale collaborative project alongside several research partners and have strong links with the University of Manchester.