Senior Clinical Trials Pharmacy Technician (R&D)

Job summary

Due to the postholder leaving to undertake another role in the pharmacy department, an opportunity has arisen for a Pharmacy Technician to join our friendly and dedicated Pharmacy Clinical Trials team. We are responsible for the pharmacy aspects of clinical trials involving Investigational Medicinal Products (CTIMPs) within the Trust.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (UHDB) is a very research active Trust. Clinical trials are conducted on several sites and across a wide spectrum of clinical specialities including haematology, oncology, ophthalmology, renal, gastroenterology, emergency medicine, stroke, neonatal, liver, diabetes, and Urgent public health studies.

Main duties of the job

You will be part of a specialised team of UHDB pharmacists and technicians who ensure all aspects of pharmaceutical input occur in accordance with legal requirements and Good Clinical Practice. This encompasses anything from prescribing, dispensing, administration, stock management, storage, and disposal of trial Investigational Medicinal Products (IMP's) and non-IMPs.

As a trial technician primarily at the Royal Derby Hospital site, you will be working within the pharmacy clinical trials area in the pharmacy dispensary, as well as working alongside the pharmacy cancer satellite team. You will also be required to carry out clinical trial work at other UHDB sites, particularly Queens Hospital Burton site, as determined by the clinical trial activities occurring.

Day to day you you will be supported by the trial technicians and pharmacists in the Clinical Trials Pharmacy Team to provide the regular on-site point of contact for clinical trials. A full pharmacy clinical trial induction will also be provided from both the QHB and RDH sites, so you are fully embedded into the team.

You will also be interacting with a variety of staff within the Trust including members of the pharmacy department, clinical trial research nurses and practitioners and clinicians, as well as trial sponsors and their representatives and our patients.

Closing date of applications: 25 September 2025

Interview date: 09 October 2025

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Pharmacy Department - Royal Derby Hospital

Uttoxeter Road

Derby

DE223NE

Employer's website

https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Pharmacy Department - Royal Derby Hospital

Uttoxeter Road

Derby

DE223NE

Employer's website

https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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