Job summary
- Main area
- Oncology pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 158-25-041-PHA
- Employer
- The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Liverpool
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Senior Clinical Trials Pharmacy Technician
NHS AfC: Band 5
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Job overview
Senior Clinical Trials Pharmacy Technician
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust provides highly-specialist cancer care for a population of 2.4 million people across Cheshire & Merseyside, North Wales, the Isle of Man and parts of Lancashire.
In June 2020, we opened Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Liverpool, our spectacular new cancer hospital in the heart of Liverpool’s Knowledge Quarter, providing state-of-the-art facilities as part of a £162m investment.
It is an exciting time for the clinical trials service at CCC-Liverpool . The department is developing and delivering a large number of cutting edge clinical trials in collaboration with our colleagues within research and innovation. We have multiple aseptic isolators on site and deliver observational and interventional studies. We have opportunities to increase our Band 5 senior Technicians to support our expanding service. We are looking for enthusiastic, forward thinking and experienced candidates to join our friendly and dedicated team. This is an important position within our large, diverse and welcoming pharmacy team.
Working pattern will be: 37.5 hours per week, and there may be weekends and on-call on a rota basis.
Part time hours will be considered.
Main duties of the job
In summary you will:
Provide leadership to Entry Level Technicians and Pharmacy Assistants
Responsible for operating the clinical trials service delivery within the pharmacy department, including, but not limited to:
Stock control, liaising with relevant departments inside the organisation and clinical trial sponsors/clinical research associates outside the organisation, training, audits and accuracy checking.
Maintaining or achieving personal validation in aseptic manipulation and aseptic use.
Refer any non-protocol or non-standard prescriptions to relevant authority.
Need to refer matters requiring expert advice to the appropriate pharmacist e.g. availability of drugs/release of intrathecal chemotherapy/ trial medications.
Working for our organisation
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre is one of three specialist cancer centres in England. With 1,800 specialist staff and three sites, we are one of the largest NHS providers of non-surgical cancer treatment. The Trust has a unique multi-site care model serving the 2.4 million population across Cheshire and Merseyside and is consistently rated by patients as one of the best performing hospitals.
Our vision is to not only maintain this level of commitment to excellence but to work with our academic and healthcare partners across the region to ensure care, treatment and patient outcomes continuously improve in the future. We are very proud of all our expert and loyal staff and we welcome people who share the collective aim of delivering excellence in everything that we do.
Our values represent who we are and what we believe in. They define how we act to deliver the best possible care for our patients and shape The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a great place to work.
We are -
· Kind
· Empowered
· Responsible
· Inclusive
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details about this exciting role on offer at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ pharmacy services level 3 dual qualification or equivalent necessary to register with GPhC
- GPhC registration as a pharmacy technician
Desirable criteria
- Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training completed within last 3 years
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Understanding the requirements of Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
- Demonstrate ability to record accurately
- Good written and verbal communication
- Logical reasoning and problem solving
- Numerate and literate
- Calm under pressure
- Methodical and organised
- Motivator
- Time management skills
- Accurate and high attention to detail
- Staff Training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable post qualification pharmacy practice experience in clinical trials
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dan Perkins
- Job title
- Lead Pharmacy Technician – Clinical Trials
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0151 318 8706
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