Specialist Senior Pharmacy Technician

Freeman Hospital

Carthage (MO)

On-site

USD 43,000 - 56,000

Full time

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Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

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Job summary

The Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Specialist Senior Pharmacy Technician to lead the Pharmacy Clinical Trials Team. You will co-manage staff, oversee 100–150 active trials, and ensure compliance with ICH-GCP guidelines while coordinating with research nurses and investigators.

The role requires a registered Pharmacy Technician with post-qualification hospital experience, strong leadership, and solid IT skills.

Qualifications

Qualified Pharmacy Technician with an NVQ/SNVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services and underpinning knowledge (e.g., BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science)
Registered with GPhC
Significant post-qualifying experience, including hospital pharmacy
Experience supervising staff and managing teams
Experience in pharmacy aspects of clinical trials

Responsibilities

Co-manage a small team of clinical trials technicians and assistants
Involved in recruitment and appraisals for staff
Manage pharmacy aspects of 100–150 active studies with 30–35 in setup
Manage financial activities relating to research
Deliver training to Clinical Trials staff and nurses/coordinators
Maintain communication with internal and external professionals and participate in meetings
Learn and adapt to new IT tools and systems

Skills

Excellent oral communication

Excellent written communication

Excellent customer care

MS Office / IT skills

Education

NVQ/SNVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services

GPhC registration

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Job description

Interview Date: 22 October 2026

Urgent treatment centres

Employer heading

Specialist Senior Pharmacy Technician

Band 6

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion. With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, we’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country. As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Job Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a well-motivated and enthusiastic Pharmacy Technician to join the Pharmacy Clinical Trials Team within Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Responsibilities Will Include

Co-managing a small team of clinical trials technicians and assistants within your area in order to provide a high level Trust-wide Pharmacy Clinical Trials service.
Be involved with recruitment of new staff and carrying out appraisals for current staff working within your area.
Managing the Pharmacy aspects of 100 – 150 active commercial and non-commercial studies at any one time with approximately 30-35 trials in set-up phase.
Managing financial activities relating to research.
Delivering training to Clinical Trials staff and non-Clinical Trials staff working within your unit, and research nurses/coordinators as necessary.
Communication with professionals both internal and external to the Trust and attend meetings via teleconference and face-to-face.
I.T. skills include experience with Microsoft Office, Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint. You will be required to learn and adapt to new technology as required by the job role.

Interview Date: 22 October 2026

37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week

Main duties of the job

You must be a qualified Pharmacy Technician with an S/NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services and approved underpinning knowledge e.g. BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent recognised Pharmacy Technician qualification and be registered with GPhC. You will have some level of managerial experience and be able to make on the spot decisions to enable the smooth running of the Clinical Trials service within your area.

You must have significant post qualification practical experience of working in a hospital Pharmacy environment with knowledge of the Clinical Trials Legislation and GCP.

You will report to the Clinical Trials Operations Manager. You will be accountable to the Clinical Trials Operations Manager, the Lead Clinical Trials Pharmacist and the Senior Lead Clinical Trials Pharmacist (all Trust-wide - see job description for more details).

Working for our organisation

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
Freeman Hospital
Newcastle Dental Hospital
Cramlington Manor Walks
Urgent treatment centres
Newcastle Fertility Centre
Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
Northern Genetics Service

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

The post holder is responsible for the operational management and organisation of the pharmacy clinical trials service within the hospital site(s) involved. Ensuring compliance with ICH-GCP guidelines, clinical trials regulations, the research governance frameworks and other relevant guidelines and policies
To develop, review and revise clinical trials documentation to be used in individual clinical trials within the hospital site(s) involved

Person specification

KNOWLEDGE

Essential criteria

Up to date knowledge and understanding of GCP,GMP and its application
Evidence of preparing worksheets/procedures
Knowledge and understanding of the Law and Ethics relating to the dispensing of medicines
Working knowledge of current COSHH and Health and Safety Legislation
Evidence of professional CPD

Desirable criteria

Basic management skills
Knowledge of unlicensed medicines and their handling

Skills

Essential criteria

Excellent oral communication
Excellent written communication
Excellent customer care
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and computer skills

Experience

Essential criteria

Significant post qualifying experience, some of which worked in hospital
Experience of working in a Pharmacy Patient Services environment
Practical experience of pharmacy aspects of clinical trials
Experience of supervising staff

Desirable criteria

Experience of clinical research

Qualifications

Essential criteria

S/NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services and approved underpinning knowledge e.g. BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent recognised pharmacy technician qualification
Registered with GPhC

Desirable criteria

ICR certificate in Clinical research or similar post graduate qualification

Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form

All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e‑mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.

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