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Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
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- Address
- Trust Offices
- St Thomas' Street
- London
- SE1 9RT
- Contact Number
- 020 7188 7188
Specialist Pharmacy Technician - Clinical Trials
Accepting applications until: 25-Oct-2026 22:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 25-Oct-2026 22:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Guys Hospital
- Address
- Great Maze Pond
- Town
- London
- Postcode
- SE1 9RT
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (1.0 WTE)
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
Salary
- Salary
- £38,488 - £46,852 per annum inc HCA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 5)
Specialty
- Main area
- Pharmacy
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Pharmacy Technician to join our Clinical Trials (OHCT)Pharmacy Department at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT). The department manages Clinical Trials from early stage Phase I studies to Post license Phase IV studies; handling a range of molecules from Advanced Therapies to traditional formulations.
The successful applicant will be working alongside a range of experienced leading researchers who run studies from our various research
platforms.
The post holder will be managing existing studies in line with Good Clinical Practice principles and working alongside our specialist set-up team delivering new studies.
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The successful applicant will primarily focus on:
- Management of existing studies
- Managing Modifications
- Early stages feasibility
- Site Qualification support to the Sponsors
- Studies Set up
- Studies Initiation
- Studies maintenance, closing and archiving
- Dispensing and checking (ACPT if applicable)
- Invoicing
Working for our organisation
The department has advanced capabilities and several years of experience in managing Clinical Trials from multinational Pharmaceutical
companies and non-commercial organisations. The Trust has a large portfolio of sponsored studies where Clinical Trials Pharmacy act as a
Sponsor Pharmacy.
Our team are experienced in managing complex studies involving advanced therapies. The Trust, as part of its bigger organisational structure,provides an array of world class training for researchers and support departments. Our researchers collaborate and work along side with our academic and industrial partners.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As per the Job Description attached:
The successful applicant will primarily focus on:
- Management of existing studies
- Managing Modifications
- Early stages feasibility
- Site Qualification support to the Sponsors
- Studies Set up
- Studies Initiation
- Studies maintenance, closing and archiving
- Dispensing and checking (ACPT if applicable)
- Invoicing
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Flexible working
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
Due to recent changes in the UK immigration rules which affect Skilled Worker Visas, Global Business Mobility, Higher Skill Level and Increased Salary Thresholds, please ensure that you are able to meet the requirements to live and work in the UK before applying. Further information about eligibility is available on the UK Government website.
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Applicant requirements
Person specification
Skills/Knowledge/Ability
Essential criteria
- Demonstrated ability to write and review SOPs
- Demonstrated ability to plan, deliver, and organise competency based training assessment
Desirable criteria
- Experience working in Clinical Trials
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous evaluated experience of delivering induction and competency-based training
- Previous evaluated experience of supervising staff and workload at site level on a day-to-day basis
- Previous evaluated experience of participation in project and audit work
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrated experience of ability to appraise staff and set performance objectives
- GCP audit experience
- Work experience (post qualification) in hospital pharmacy
- Previous experience in the set up and delivery of Clinical Trials
- Previous experience of dealing with Clinical Trial amendments
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- QCF Pharmacy services Level 3 (NVQ level 3) plus an accredited underpinning knowledge (BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent) or equivalent Pharmacy Technicians whom are qualified via other GPhC approved routes
- Registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Working towards/completion of the Accreditation Checking Pharmacy Technician Scheme (ACPT)
Desirable criteria
- Clinical Trials specific training and qualifications
- GCP training
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- SANELA KAHRIMANOVIC
- Job title
- Highly Specialist Clinical Trials Pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 7188 5050
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