Go back Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Clinical Trials Pharmacy Technician
The closing date is 15 July 2025
Are you committed to delivering a high quality service and providing the very best standard of care for patients? If so, this is an exciting opportunity to join our diverse team to deliver a safe and efficient dispensing and technical service
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) is a leading integrated health, teaching, research, and innovation organisation in the thriving city region of Manchester. We offer a unique range of services to the North West, treating and managing the simplest to the most complex conditions and diseases. Therefore, recruiting the best talent to fulfil this role is really important to us.
We have an opportunity for a Senior Pharmacy Technician within Clinical Trials.
To help us do this, we are looking for an enthusiastic and astute individual to join our busy team. Self-motivated and flexible, you will have excellent organisational and communication skills. You'll have the ability to work effectively both independently and with the existing teams within the pharmacy department.
You must have a BTEC/NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in Pharmaceutical Science, have successfully completed the BTEC level 4 Accuracy Checking Technician's course or hold a recognised equivalent qualification and be registered with the GPhC. The post will be 37.5 hours per week.
Band 4 to Band 5 development role.
Main duties of the job
Assist with managing all aspects of the technical pharmacy clinical trials service and contribute to its future development in accordance with departmental strategic and business plans.
Work with the Senior Pharmacy Technician - Clinical Trials to provide the operational management of the pharmacy clinical trials service in accordance with departmental strategic, capacity and business plans.
Responsible for implementing and maintaining procedures to ensure the appropriate legislation and regulations relating to the use of Clinical Trial medication are followed.
Assist with coordinating staffing arrangements in clinical trials area and to liaise with the other Senior Pharmacy technicians to ensure appropriate skill mix and technical and support staff allocation throughout the department.
Promote team working within the Clinical Trials Pharmacy Team.
The post-holder is responsible for assisting with the training and assessment of clinical trials staff in accordance with National, Regional and local requirements.
The post holder will be responsible for ensuring safe systems of work are maintained as defined under statutory legislation, COSHH, Controls Assurance and Professional Standards in their area of responsibility.
About us
MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we've launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Registration (Band 5)
* Registered with the GPHC
Qualifications (Band 5)
* NVQ3 / BTEC in Pharmacy Services or Equivalent nationally recognised qualification
* Relevant post qualification Clinical trials courses and training
* BTEC Professional Diploma in Pharmacy Services or equivalent
Knowledge and Experience (Band 5)
* Evidence of practice as an accredited accuracy checking technician
* Evidence of day to day operational management skills
* Evidence of staff management
* Previous involvement in staff training
* Evidence of CPD development
* Evidence of project management skills
* Experience in relevant role practicing as a hospital pharmacy technician
* Current and relevant knowledge in area of speciality
Skills (Band 5 and band 4)
* Good Interpersonal and communication skills
* Good organisational skills
* Evidence of knowledge and practice regarding team management
* Professional awareness
* Evidence of active involvement in service development
* Teaching and mentoring skills
Registration (Band 4)
* Registered with the GPhC (Compulsory from 1/1/07) or working towards registration within the next 6 months----employment will not commence until registration with the GPhC is confirmed,
* NVQ3 / BTEC in Pharmacy Services or Equivalent nationally recognised qualification or working towards qualification within the next 6 months, employment will not commence until registration with the GPhC is confirmed,
Qualifications (Band 4)
* NVQ3 / BTEC in Pharmacy Services or Equivalent nationally recognised qualification or working towards qualification within the next 6 months, employment will not commence until registration with the GPhC is confirmed,
* Technician Accuracy checking qualification or Equivalent nationally recognised qualification or working towards qualification within the next 6 months, employment will not commence until registration with the GPhC is confirmed,
* Relevant post qualification Clinical trials courses and training
* GCP training within last 2 years
* Current knowledge of clinical trials
Konwledge and Experience (Band 4)
* Experience in relevant role practicing as a pharmacy technician
* Clinical trial dispensing experience
* Evidence of staff supervision
* Previous involvement in staff training
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.
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
£26,530 to £36,483 a yearPer Annum, Pro Rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
349-CSS-7333071*C
Job locations
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
#J-18808-Ljbffr