Job summary
We are seeking an experienced Pharmacy Technician with a strong background in Clinical Trials to lead and operationally manage all aspects of the clinical trials pharmacy service at St Bartholomew's Hospital. This service supports a large and diverse clinical trial portfolio across world-renowned specialties, including Cancer, Cardiology, Respiratory, and Endocrinology. Treatments range from traditional outpatient oral therapies to aseptically prepared products and advanced therapeutic investigational medicinal products (ATIMPs). This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in delivering cutting-edge research and improving patient outcomes.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the role include:
Lead and manage day-to-day clinical trial pharmacy operations at St Bartholomew's Hospital.
Oversee trial set-up, maintenance, and closure, ensuring compliance with GCP, GMP, and Trust standards.
Oversee IMP receipt, storage, dispensing, accountability, and destruction, maintaining accurate documentation and SOPs.
Ensure regulatory approvals, audit readiness, and adherence to KPIs.
Provide specialist leadership, training, and mentorship to technical staff, promoting CPD and service quality.
Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and sponsors for efficient trial delivery and patient safety.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Job description
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 documents, please view the attachment
Job description
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 documents, please view the attachment
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Level 3 Diploma in Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Technicians (Dip PPPT) or equivalent
- Registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) qualification
- Leadership and Management qualification or equivalent experience e.g. PRINCE 2, IML4 or equivalent experience
- Quality Improvement training
- Educational Supervisor accreditation, train the trainer or equivalent qualification
- HR training
Desirable
- Specialist technical / Management modules or equivalent experience in Aseptic preparation
Experience
Essential
- Demonstratable experience of good performance in previous posts
- Previous significant experience of working in clinical trials
- Evidence of project management
- Experience with recruitment and selection; chairing interviews
- Demonstrable experience of providing pharmacy professional training, and supporting training
- Experience with undertaking appraisals, o Previous experience of working in Aseptics devising PDPs and objectives.
- Experience in the production (writing, review and/or implementation) of clinical guidelines, protocols or SOPs
- Experience in managing change, QI, audit and research
- Experience in the leadership of staff / teams
- leadership of staff / teams o Significant experience of day -to -day management of operations in a section of a hospital pharmacy
- Writing and presenting complex reports
Desirable
- Previous experience of working in Aseptics
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrated knowledge of all aspects of GCP, GMP and QA and clinical trial legislation
- Understanding of GPhC Revalidation requirements
- Up to date knowledge of legislation relevant to pharmacy practice, e.g., controlled drugs, Health and Safety at Work
- Understanding of stock control systems
- Knowledge of Safe and Secure Handling of Medicines requirements
- Understanding of the importance of adherence to SOPs and legislation
- Demonstrates a good understanding of patient safety initiatives
- Able to solve problems to the level appropriate to the post
- Significant experience and knowledge of line managing staf
- Awareness and experience dealing with risk management issue s
Desirable
- Demonstrated knowledge of aseptic practices
- Understanding of development opportunities available to pharmacy technicians
- Knowledge of using trust systems, healthroster, Trac, eforms
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrates organisational skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills; uses emotional intelligence when dealing with other
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to motivate self and others including coaching skills
- Able to prioritise own workload to an advanced level
- Demonstrates ability to answer complex enquirie
- Demonstrates ability to supervise processes and identify deviations.
- Ability to work under pressure and to a deadline
- Able to complete documentation accurately with attention to detail
- Able to handle hazardous materials safely according to local procedures
- Intermediate IT skills including email, word processing, spreadsheets, accurate data entry, and specialist pharmacy computer system.
- Able to work effectively in stressful situations
- Able to turn conflict into positive outcomes
- Ability to undertake risk assessments and implement actions
- The ability to meet tight deadlines and be able to respond to urgent requests concurrently
- Able to work and contribute within a multidisciplinary team setting
- Ability to engage with internal and external stakeholders to the department
- Supervisory and mentoring skills, including ability to give effective feedback to staff
- Ability to manage complaints
Desirable
- Demonstrates effective persuasive skills.
- Demonstrates ability to delegate effectively
- Demonstrates ability to analyse complex management information - workload and error reports.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Level 3 Diploma in Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Technicians (Dip PPPT) or equivalent
- Registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) qualification
- Leadership and Management qualification or equivalent experience e.g. PRINCE 2, IML4 or equivalent experience
- Quality Improvement training
- Educational Supervisor accreditation, train the trainer or equivalent qualification
- HR training
Desirable
- Specialist technical / Management modules or equivalent experience in Aseptic preparation
Experience
Essential
- Demonstratable experience of good performance in previous posts
- Previous significant experience of working in clinical trials
- Evidence of project management
- Experience with recruitment and selection; chairing interviews
- Demonstrable experience of providing pharmacy professional training, and supporting training
- Experience with undertaking appraisals, o Previous experience of working in Aseptics devising PDPs and objectives.
- Experience in the production (writing, review and/or implementation) of clinical guidelines, protocols or SOPs
- Experience in managing change, QI, audit and research
- Experience in the leadership of staff / teams
- leadership of staff / teams o Significant experience of day -to -day management of operations in a section of a hospital pharmacy
- Writing and presenting complex reports
Desirable
- Previous experience of working in Aseptics
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrated knowledge of all aspects of GCP, GMP and QA and clinical trial legislation
- Understanding of GPhC Revalidation requirements
- Up to date knowledge of legislation relevant to pharmacy practice, e.g., controlled drugs, Health and Safety at Work
- Understanding of stock control systems
- Knowledge of Safe and Secure Handling of Medicines requirements
- Understanding of the importance of adherence to SOPs and legislation
- Demonstrates a good understanding of patient safety initiatives
- Able to solve problems to the level appropriate to the post
- Significant experience and knowledge of line managing staf
- Awareness and experience dealing with risk management issue s
Desirable
- Demonstrated knowledge of aseptic practices
- Understanding of development opportunities available to pharmacy technicians
- Knowledge of using trust systems, healthroster, Trac, eforms
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrates organisational skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills; uses emotional intelligence when dealing with other
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to motivate self and others including coaching skills
- Able to prioritise own workload to an advanced level
- Demonstrates ability to answer complex enquirie
- Demonstrates ability to supervise processes and identify deviations.
- Ability to work under pressure and to a deadline
- Able to complete documentation accurately with attention to detail
- Able to handle hazardous materials safely according to local procedures
- Intermediate IT skills including email, word processing, spreadsheets, accurate data entry, and specialist pharmacy computer system.
- Able to work effectively in stressful situations
- Able to turn conflict into positive outcomes
- Ability to undertake risk assessments and implement actions
- The ability to meet tight deadlines and be able to respond to urgent requests concurrently
- Able to work and contribute within a multidisciplinary team setting
- Ability to engage with internal and external stakeholders to the department
- Supervisory and mentoring skills, including ability to give effective feedback to staff
- Ability to manage complaints
Desirable
- Demonstrates effective persuasive skills.
- Demonstrates ability to delegate effectively
- Demonstrates ability to analyse complex management information - workload and error reports.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
