Job summarySpecialist Senior Clinical Trials Pharmacy Technician - Band 6 - Permanent
Hello! My name is Lina and I am a Senior Lead Technician for the Clinical Trials Pharmacy team in Oxford and I'm very excited to share this exciting career opportunity with you.
As a Senior Lead Technician I am privileged to manage and support our fantastic technical team of Pharmacy Technicians, Assistants and Practitioners as we provide support services to clinical trial research teams on all our Trust sites throughout Oxfordshire.
The Clinical Trials Pharmacy consists of Pharmacists, Technicians, Assistants and Practitioners. We work closely with research teams across the trust and external representatives.
If you are interested in an informal discussion about the role offered within our team, then I would be very pleased to chat with you. You are more than welcome to call on the numbers below or even better, we can make an appointment for me to show you around and answer your questions. I look forward to hearing from you.
The majority of correspondence will be via the e-recruitment system; therefore you should check your emails regularly including junk mail folders in web-based email products.
Main duties of the jobAs a Specialist Senior Clinical Trials Pharmacy Technician in our team, you will have an extremely varied role.
You will act as the Lead Technician for individual clinical trials, being the main point of contact for the clinical trials once open to recruitment. You will be involved in maintaining the supply chain of Clinical Trial medications to research nurses who deliver treatment to patients, maintaining financial records, processing trial modifications, completing drug accountability activities, closing down and archiving of completed studies, as well as facilitating meetings from sponsors. You will also directly line manage staff within the team, deliver training and assign daily duties using rotas.
A successful candidate should be:- Qualified Pharmacy Technician holding a BTEC Level 3 Certificate in the Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Support Staff
- Accredited Checking Technician (ACT)
- Currently registered with GPhC
Applicants without these essential qualifications will not be considered. Please note that we do not accept AI-generated applications.
Please make sure that you read the job description and person specification attached, and that your statement in support reflects this as your application will be judged against these criteria.
About usOxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
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DetailsDate posted12 August 2026
Pay schemeAgenda for change
BandBand 6
Salary£39,959 to £48,117 a year
per annum pro rata
ContractPermanent
Working patternFull-time
Reference number321-CORP-8157884-B6
Job locationsCross site: Churchill Hospital / John Radcliffe Hospital
Oxford
OX3 7LE
United Kingdom
Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesCore Role - Clinical Trials- Set up trial specific study files with all necessary essential documentation, in preparation for pharmacy sign off.
- Attend multidisciplinary team meetings with investigators to initiate, manage and close down trials hence ensuring pharmacy participation.
- To ensure effective operation and day to day running of active Clinical Trials within the OUH to ensure regulatory compliance and management of supplies to ensure suitable treatment is available for patients participating in a trial.
- To ensure the Clinical Trials Pharmacy Team (CTPT) and its staff operate to standards of excellence in customer care and with a strong patient focus.
- To maintain (and if necessary obtain) Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training and ensure all technicians and assistants have appropriate GCP training.
- To ensure all CTPT pharmacy technicians and assistants are in compliance with and apply principles of GCP in the management of clinical trials and work within the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trial) Regulations 2004 and EU directives relating to Clinical Trials. To liaise with other centres for clinical research to ensure common standards of practice.
- To ensure good communication with Investigators, Research Nurses, Trust Research & Development, Sponsors, Clinical Research Associates and Pharmacy staff during the set-up and running of a clinical trial.
- To maintain personal expertise, skills and necessary knowledge of the regulations and requirements for Clinical Trials.
- To develop safe systems of work and documentation of these, including implementation, review and amendment of detailed written pharmacy guidance and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for each clinical trial in accordance regulatory standards and each trials protocol.
- To identify and monitor the needs of service users and CTPT, and effectively plan and implement changes and improvements to the CTPT.
- To support the training of medical, nursing and pharmacy staff in all aspects of handling drugs in clinical trials.
- To be responsible for accurate financial records, including invoicing, checking of invoices and authorisation of invoices for payment.
- To work with Pharmacy Purchasing and Distribution Unit to co-ordinate the yearly stock take and send details to Finance Department at the end of year.
- To ensure clinical trial protocols and SOPs are followed during dispensing of clinical trial investigational medicinal products and other drugs included in the protocol.
- To assist with or ensure the following activities are completed:o Ordering, receipt, acknowledgement, pack-down, labelling, returns and destruction of clinical trial supplies.o Maintenance, compliance, close down and archiving of Clinical Trial files.o Expiry date and stock level checks are carried out and that stock levels are maintained.o Temperature monitoring of clinical trial stocks
- To assist with the preparation for monitoring meetings, audits and inspections and to represent the Clinical Trials Team to update the dispensary staff at meetings.
Management- To manage allocated members of the technician and assistant CTPT team and be a role model for CTPT staff, and ensure that staff are motivated, informed and enthusiastic.
- To ensure the effective management and development of staff working within the CTPT.
- To ensure allocated CTPT pharmacy technician and assistant staff are appraised annually in line with OUH policy and have a personal development plan and participate in CPD.
- To be responsible for approving records of annual leave and study leave (in conjunction with Pharmacy Education and Training Team) for allocated CTPT staff and deputies for others as needed.
- To assist with the recruitment, induction, training and appraisal of all CTPT staff.
- To be responsible for maintaining the aspects of the computer system appropriate to CTPT.
- To monitor and record internal and external errors/near misses, taking corrective and preventative action if necessary, as part of the Trusts Incident Monitoring Program.
- To organise and analyse an annual audit of CTPT performance management programme as part of the overall Pharmacy and Trust audit programme.
- To ensure appropriate performance management data is regularly collected, validated and reviewed, and any action required is agreed and implemented.
Clinical Trial Aseptic Unit (CTASU)- To participate in the day to day running of the CTASU in line with the rota system.
- To maintain personal expertise, skills and necessary knowledge of the technical aspects of aseptic and non-aseptic dispensing.
- To participate in safe systems of work and documentation of these and to undertake safe and accurate preparation of a wide range of aseptic products on a daily basis, (including cytotoxics, epidurals, antibiotics, injectables, novel agents and monoclonal antibodies).
- To ensure products are prepared according to standard operating procedures (SOPs).
- To assemble drugs and consumables required for preparation of aseptic products, accurately recording batch numbers and expiry dates.
- To be responsible for the accurate completion of product worksheets and labels, assigning batch numbers to aseptically prepared products.
- To accurately and safely label aseptically prepared products.
- To facilitate the quality assurance of products and to notify the Senior Aseptic Technician of any incidents and procedural deficiencies.
- To be responsible for ensuring finished products are packed prior to distribution to ensure the prompt and safe delivery.
- To ensure finished products are transported in the appropriate environment taking into account any physical & legal requirements.
- To participate in the clean room/isolator cleaning rota.
- To assist in environmental and physical monitoring of the CTASU.
- To be involved in the maintenance of departmental records including staff training, environmental monitoring, cleaning, maintenance logs and worksheets.
- Where applicable to be involved in the delivery of drugs to clinical areas.
Person SpecificationShortlisting CriteriaEssential- Experience
- Qualifications
- Skills
- Knowledge
Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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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Employer detailsEmployer nameOxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
AddressCross site: Churchill Hospital / John Radcliffe Hospital
Oxford
OX3 7LE
United Kingdom
Employer's websitehttps://www.ouh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact detailsFor questions about the job, contact:Clinical Trials Pharmacy Technician Team Manager
Karolina Joniak
karolina.joniak@ouh.nhs.uk
01865572151
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