Lead Pharmacists for Manufacturing and Accountable Pharmacist

Lead Pharmacists for Manufacturing and Accountable PharmacistNHS AfC:
Band 8b

Main area Pharmacist Grade NHS AfC:
Band 8b Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (In addition 1 in 6 Week-end day working) Job
-CORP-7883279-B8b

Site Churchill Hospital Town Oxford Salary £66,582 - £77,368 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 01/09/2026 23:59 Interview date 16/09/2026

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital
, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this
Delivering Compassionate Excellence
and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

Many of our recruitment programmes use
Value Based Interviewing
to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit

Hi, my name is Michelle and I'm the Senior Pharmacist Manager for this team. I'm glad that you have looked at the vacancy and are thinking about if it is right for you at this time in your career.

Are you a UK registered pharmacist with previous experience of aseptics or manufacturing?

The role is an exciting one offering you the opportunity to focus on the aseptic dispensing of doses for patients in clinical trials or other novel agents.

As the Accountable Pharmacist, you will be leading a dedicated team of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, SMT and healthcare scientists who are passionate about research.

Can you show that you combine excellent technical knowledge and skills with those of positive people management?

The other aspects of the role is to support our manufacturing units for radiopharmaceuticals and hyperpolarised gas. Perhaps this isn't something you have done before; we can provide training.

You will work alongside a knowledgeable QA team to ensure that GMP and QAAPS standards continue to be delivered.

At last inspection CTAS was in March 2025 assessed as Low Risk by the SPS QA inspector and you will be in good hands.

We have strong team values and work together to deliver a timely and efficient service through kindness and support for one another.

If this role is of interest, then please get in touch for an informal chat and I look forward to potentially meeting you at interview.

You will be the Accountable Pharmacist for the Clinical Trials Aseptic Services (CTAS) & responsible for the management, leadership and co-ordination of the unlicensed unit providing injectable Investigational Medicinal Products, Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs) and selected high risk injectable medicines to all trust divisions..

You will be responsible for the aseptic preparation of doses for a portfolio of c150 trials and ensuring that GCP requirements are met.

For the MHRA MS Radiopharmacy & Hyperpolarising Gas Units you will line manage the Production Manager(s) and ensure the service is run in compliance with current Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP).

You will work closely with colleagues to ensure that clinical trials for IMPs are set-up in accordance with sponsor requirements and align with UK, trust and pharmacy best practices.

You will act as a role model and source of expert advice for pharmacy and clinical staff for aseptic preparation and ATMPs.

You will act to ensure the safety of the patient and their experience remains at the centre of the service provided, while supporting the well-being of staff across the teams.

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