Band 6 Specialist Pharmacy Technician Non-Cancer Trials; QE

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 27 July 2026

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

We have an exciting new position within our pharmacy trials team here at University Hospitals Birmingham site to take a lead for our dedicated trials dispensary at our Queen Elizabeth Hospital site. We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced pharmacy technician to ensure the review, smooth set up and running of our non‑cancer trials portfolio. You will work closely with our non‑cancer trials pharmacists and a growing team of trials support staff, our research and R&D teams, and trial sponsors.

Excellent communication and negotiating skills are essential.

We have a diverse and growing trials portfolio which will allow the post‑holder to gain experience including early phase and first‑in‑human trials. It is an exciting time to be involved in clinical trials at UHB!

The successful applicant will have trials experience and have worked in a busy hospital dispensary with the ability to manage competing workloads and shifting priorities. You will be well-supported and have access to learning, development and training opportunities to allow you to acquire additional skills and knowledge to manage the service and deliver the best possible pharmacy trials service for our patients and service users.

The post holder will:

• be responsible for the 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
• demonstrate the ability to work autonomously and within a team with excellent communication skills
• demonstrate the ability to manage competing workloads and shifting priorities
• provide leadership to a growing trials support team, providing direction and motivation
• 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

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.

Yin May Chin

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University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people.

As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

• 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
• Specialist formal training in Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
• Professional Registration with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain

• 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…