Lead pharmacy technician post in the Pharmacy Clinical Trials Department at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, covering Queens Medical Centre and City Hospital, advertised through NHS Professionals for three months. The role leads the technical side of clinical trial work and manages the trial technicians and support staff. It covers cancer and non-cancer services, with late, weekend and bank holiday shifts. Fit depends on GPhC registration as a pharmacy technician and hands-on clinical trials pharmacy experience.
What the job involves
- Lead and coordinate the technical aspects of clinical trial activities, in line with trust policy, medicines handling guidance and UK and EU legislation
- Manage clinical trials technical and support staff, maintaining staffing levels and skill mix across cancer and non-cancer services
- Oversee the day-to-day running of the department with other lead clinical trial technicians
- Supervise dispensing of clinical trial prescriptions and requisitions, and oversee accuracy checks
- Supervise accountability records for investigational and non-investigational medicinal products
- Review and update study-specific documentation and procedures with production, trials and quality control teams
- Assist trials pharmacists with study set-up, amendments and study-specific dispensing procedures
- Liaise with sponsors, research teams, production management and the ChemoCare team
- Manage trial medicine stock, including ordering, receipt, returns reconciliation, expiry checks and investigating discrepancies
- Maintain storage conditions and ensure trial medicines are available for chemotherapy production
- Monitor service performance and operational data, support protocol income calculations, and prepare for sponsor audits and MHRA inspections
- Train and induct pharmacy and research staff, and take part in recruitment and appraisal, including late, weekend and bank holiday shifts
Qualifications
- Relevant professional qualification
Registration & licences
- Registered pharmacy technician (GPhC)
Experience
- Clinical trials pharmacy
- Dispensing clinical trial medicines
- Stock control and pharmacy documentation
- Pharmacy quality assurance
Skills & knowledge
- Knowledge of good clinical practice (GCP)
- Knowledge of IMP and NIMP accountability
- Knowledge of clinical trial procedures
- Strong communication skills
- Team management skills
- Organisational skills
Other
- Commitment to continuing professional development (CPD)
What’s offered
- Access to learning and development opportunities for career progression
- Flexible and committed shifts
- Wellbeing resources
- Paid annual leave
- Access to shifts across over 50 partner NHS Trusts
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
