Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- 18 months (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Compressed hours
- Job ref
- 284-26-7644352-DMRG
- Employer
- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Birmingham Children's Hospital
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £55,690 - £62,682 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 31/03/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 09/04/2026
Employer heading
Senior Pharmacist- ATMPs and Clinical Trials
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Flexible working:
Flexible working arrangements may be considered and discussions with the recruiting manager regarding this are encouraged.
Job overview
Are you ready to be part of something more than just a job?
At Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust (BWC), we’re leading the way in paediatric and women’s healthcare — and we want you to be part of our journey.
Join us as a Band 8 ATIMPs & Clinical Trials Pharmacist and take a leading role in shaping the future of healthcare.
This is your opportunity to drive strategic leadership in the delivery of novel, cutting-edge therapies, aligning with national priorities and advancing research that transforms patient outcomes.
You will lead on governance, compliance, and innovation, ensuring the safe and effective implementation of Advanced Therapy Investigational Medicinal Products (ATIMPs) across the Trust.
Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, you’ll influence service development, build workforce capability, and position the Trust at the forefront of pioneering treatments.
If you’re passionate about research, innovation, and making a real impact on the healthcare landscape, apply now and be part of a service that is changing lives and shaping the future of medicine.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities
Lead the development and continuous improvement of the ATIMP trials pharmacy service, aligning with Trust strategy, research priorities, and national initiatives to support innovation and growth.
Manage a portfolio of ATIMP trials from feasibility to close-out, including protocol review, logistics planning, site initiation, and post-trial obligations.
Oversee receipt, cryogenic storage, chain-of-identity/custody, preparation, dispensing, and administration of ATIMPs, ensuring validated processes, segregation, traceability, and compliance with GCP, MHRA, and Trust SOPs.
Act as pharmacy lead for audits, sponsor visits, and MHRA inspections, ensuring robust documentation and inspection readiness.
Provide advanced clinical input into patient pathways, develop prescribing guidelines, and support risk assessments for novel therapies.
Build workforce capability through structured training, competency frameworks, and education programs.
Drive service improvement initiatives, monitor KPIs, and implement CAPAs to enhance safety and efficiency.
Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, sponsors, CROs, and national networks to deliver the Trust’s ATIMP strategy, influence policy, and share best practice.
Contribute to research, publications, and innovation projects to advance ATIMP delivery and improve patient outcomes.
Working for our organisation
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Parkview Clinic is a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service Mental Health (CAMHS) facility in Moseley, for young people aged 11-18 years who require admission due to significant psychiatric difficulties.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MPharm or equivalent degree in pharmacy
- Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Postgraduate Diploma/MSc in Clinical Pharmacy or Independent prescriber
Desirable criteria
- Registration with Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- GCP training
- Leadership and management course
Knowledge & Nature of Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience in hospital pharmacy (Post-Registration)
- Experience of developing and implementing service changes
- Experience of audit and implementation of change
- Have a sound knowledge of legislation, national standards and good practice around medication supply, storage and prescribing/use
- Understand the background and aims of current healthcare policy
Desirable criteria
- Experience in providing specialist pharmacist review of people with cancer
- Experience in working with Clinical trials in any capacity
- Experience of developing business cases
Analytical & Judgement Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to analyse highly complex data relating to medication use and present in a way that actions and follow-up can be identified
- Problem solving skills and the ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
- Ability to analyse highly complex facts and situations and develop a range of options
- Able to make decisions on difficult issues where there may be number of courses of action
- Ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise
Professional/Managerial/Specialist Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledgeable in clinical pharmacy
- Knowledgeable in commonly used software such as Excel and Word
- Able to demonstrate competence to maintain own CPD portfolio and identifies and meets own training needs
Desirable criteria
- Knowledgeable in clinical and technical aspects of ATIMP management and provision
- Understanding of Clinical Trials legislation
- Understanding of National Clinical Trials policy and practice
- Knowledge of clinical research and its role in pharmacy and medicine
- Knowledge of GMP processes
- Experience in the use of e-prescribing systems within trials
- Experience of protocol building validation with an e-prescribing system
Personal Skills/Abilities and Attributes
Essential criteria
- Strong interpersonal communication skills. Able to collaborate and negotiate successfully with internal and external staff groups at all levels
- Remains calm, professional and personally effective in changing communication style to suit the audience.
- Effective organisational and time management skills to meet deadlines.
- Ability to manage their own work & be able to work autonomously
- Ability to prioritise a complex workload and work accurately under pressure adjusting plans to reflect changing circumstances.
- Ability to identify improvement and foster change in an ever-growing fast-paced environment.
- Demonstrate alignment with the values and beliefs of the Trust
- Demonstrate an understanding of the practices of equality and inclusion in the delivery of this role
- Punctual and flexible across hours of work when required
- Excellent team leadership skills and a good team player.
- Experience of managing and motivating a team.
Other Requirements
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in pharmacy Clinical trials unit
- Recent experience of working in an aseptic or manufacturing environment compounding cytotoxic chemotherapy and CIVAS
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Samarah Ahmad
- Job title
- Associate Chief Pharmacist- Research & Development
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0121 333 9308
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