Band 6 Senior Pharmacy Technician – Trials (HGS)

Job summary

Are you ready for your next challenge?! Do you want to work in a great team with supportive colleagues and help deliver exciting trials to our patients?

We have opening within our pharmacy trials team here at University Hospitals Birmingham (covering our Heartlands, Good Hope, Solihull sites) to lead on our trial portfolio working closely with our Trials Pharmacists and rest of the trials dispensary team. We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced pharmacy technician to ensure the review, smooth set up and running of our trials. Ideally you will have knowledge of managing cancer trials and working with pharmacy aseptic services to deliver trials. You will have a close working relationship with the research teams, R&D and trial sponsors and therefore must have good communication and negotiating skills.

You'll have access to learning, development and training opportunities to allow you to acquire the skills and knowledge to manage a service and deliver the best possible pharmacy trials service for our patients and service users.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

The post holder will:

- be responsible for the smooth day-to-day management of the trials pharmacy service from our dedicated trials pharmacy providing a safe, efficient and timely service to our service users

- have a keen eye for detail and have the technical knowledge of medicines management to review trial documents to allow successful review, set up and delivery of our investigational medicinal products

- have the ability to work autonomously and within a team with excellent communication skills

- manage their time effectively and be able to act as a team leader, provide direction and motivate others within the team.

Please refer to the job description and person specification for further details on the role.

If you have any questions, would like to take a look around or require any further information, please feel free to contact us to discuss and we look forward to hearing from you.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

*NVQ Level 3 (Pharmacy Services) plus accredited underpinning knowledge BTEC/ City & Guilds (in Pharmaceutical Science) or equivalent

*Professional Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)

*NVQ level 4 in management or equivalent knowledge and experience

*Evidence of continued Professional Development

*Accredited Checking Technician

*Specialist formal training in Good Clinical Practice(GCP)

Desirable

*Formal Leadership qualification

*Professional Registration with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain

Experience

Essential

*Broad, up-to date and in depth knowledge of issues relating to clinical trials including knowledge of ICHGCP guidelines and Clinical Trials Legislation.

*High level knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), MHRA licensing requirements, COSHH

*Demonstrates responsibility for complying with agreed personal development programme to meet set knowledge and competencies.

*Knowledge of HR policies and procedures.

*Minimum 6 years post-qualification pharmacy experience.

*Providing specialis