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Senior Lead Pharmacy Technician Clinical Trials

NHS
City of London
3 days ago
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Senior Lead Pharmacy Technician Clinical Trials

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.

For informal visits and chats, please contact:

Main duties of the job

  • 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.

About us

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.

Job 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 SpecificationEducation / Qualifications

  • 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

Experience

  • 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
  • Previous clinical trials or dispensary management experience.

Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities

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

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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