Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Trials Team
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 259-8062104SBH
- Employer
- Barts Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Bartholomew's Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £47,951 - £56,863 per annum inc
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/06/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Pharmacy Technician
Band 6
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.
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.
Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced, enthusiastic and self-motivated Pharmacy Technician who wants to work in our clinical trials team delivering a range of trials, whilst developing their specialist clinical trials skills and knowledge.
This newly established post offers an individual the opportunity to support our expanding and well-established Clinical Trials team based at St Bartholomew’s Hospital whilst being primarily based at, and the key Pharmacy presence at the nearby William Harvey Clinical Research Centre. You will work with both teams helping to deliver cutting edge clinical trials to our patients.
The post holder will be a team player and keen to continue to improve quality standards within the department. This position offers the opportunity to learn new skills, develop existing ones as well as being a valued part of the wider multi-disciplinary team
Main duties of the job
The primary responsibility of the post holder is to support co-ordination and manage operational clinical trial services for dispensary-based trials at Barts Health NHS Trust and IMP trials at WHCRC. The focus of the role is on the following outcomes (this list is not exhaustive and may change in reaction to the needs of the service):
· Ensure all clinical trials are managed efficiently within pharmacy according to anticipated timelines
· Ensure the department is achieving the key performance indicator targets for clinical trial services
· Ensure all staff they manage within clinical trials are set clear objectives and are competent in their roles
Working for our organisation
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
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.
Detailed job description and main 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 criteria
- Level 3 Diploma in Principles and practice for pharmacy technicians or equivalent.
- Registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) qualification
- ILM Level 3 Leadership and Management qualification or equivalent
- Quality Improvement training
- Practice Supervisor
- HR training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Proven experience of good performance in previous posts.
- Previous significant experience of working in clinical trials
- Demonstrable experience of providing pharmacy professional training, and supporting training
- Experience with undertaking appraisals, devising PDPs, setting SMART objectives and creating action plan
- Experience of collecting, manipulating and presenting data in appropriate format using Microsoft Office Word and Excel
- Demonstratable leadership experience including influencing others or change management
Desirable criteria
- Experience with management of staff including experience of conducting disciplinary meetings and chairing meetings
- Previous experience of working in Aseptics
- Evidence of project managemen
- Experience with recruitment and selection; chairing interviews
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrated knowledge of all aspects of GCP, GMP and and clinical trial legislation
- 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 drugs, side effects and where to find further information
- 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 staff
- Understanding of the regulations relating to managing people
- Awareness and experience dealing with risk management issues
- Understanding of clinical governance and its implications for service including quality and audit
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrated knowledge of aseptic practices
- Understanding of development opportunities available to pharmacy technicians
- Knowledge of using trust systems, healthroster, Trac, eforms
Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates organisation skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to motivate self and others
- Interpret and dispense prescriptions accurately
- Able to prioritise own workload to an advanced level.
- Demonstrates ability to answer complex enquiries
- Demonstrates ability to supervise processes and identify deviations
- Demonstrates effective customer service skills
- Ability to work under pressure and to a deadline
- Able to complete documentation accurately with attention to detail
- Intermediate IT skills including email, word processing, spreadsheets, accurate data entry, and specialist pharmacy computer system
- Able to work effectively in stressful situations
- Uses emotional intelligence when dealing with others
- Able to turn conflict into positive outcomes
- Ability to undertake risk assessments and implement actions
- Able to solve difficult and ambiguous problems by advanced reasoning and sound technical judgment
- 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 all levels of staff
- Ability to work collaboratively in a supportive, facilitative manner to bring about the required results
- Ability to motivate and enthuse staff reporting to the post holder and also other groups the post holder works with
- Ability to lead by example to ensure the team maintains the highest possible professional and ethical standards
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrates effective persuasive skills.
- Demonstrates ability to delegate effectively
- Demonstrates ability to analyse complex management information – workload and error repo
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Christopher Watson
- Job title
- Lead Chemotherapy Pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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