The Role

This is an exciting opportunity for the successful candidate to join the Pharmacy Clinical Trials team and gain experience in the delivery and support of clinical trials of investigational medicines within NHS Lanarkshire.

Job Purpose

• To support the development and functioning of the pharmacy Clinical Trials service for NHS Lanarkshire by supporting the role of staff involved in the provision of clinical trials within the Pharmacy department and support the role of the Lead Pharmacist Clinical Trials.

Additional Information Specific to the Role

• The post holder should have completed Good Clinical Practice Training or be working to complete this.
• The post holder will be able to assist in the collation of clinical trials workload data to assist with capacity planning for the pharmacy Clinical Trials Service.
• The post holder will have a National Dispensary Checking Technician Qualification (DCT) or Pharmacy Aseptic Checking Technician (PACT) or be willing to work to obtaining both qualifications

• To support the clinical trials team ensuring clinical trials within their remit are managed in accordance with service SOPs including:
  • Maintenance of accountability records (dispensing, receipt, returns etc.)
  • Maintenance of clinical trial files and all other computer & written records
  • Temperature monitoring
  • Expiry date monitoring
  • Ordering of clinical trial materials
  • Disposal and destruction of clinical trial materials
  • Oversee the reconciliation of clinical trial materials
• The post holder will be interacting with a variety of healthcare professionals, and as such is expected to have excellent communication skills.
• The post holder will be required to assist in the preparation, review and implementation of Pharmacy Clinical Trials Standard Operating Procedures. Operations Manual Entries and supporting documents as part of the Quality system for the Pharmacy Clinical Trials service to support the provision of clinical trials within NHS Lanarkshire.
• The post holder will work to support the delivery of clinical trials activities across NHS Lanarkshire e.g. to provide training or promote the Pharmacy Clinical Trials Service, but will have an identified base.
• The post holder will be responsible for the stock control of all Clinical Trials medicines including ordering and receipt, monitoring of stock levels, reconciliation of returns, monitoring of expiry dates, investigation and rectification of discrepancies in accountability and ensuring appropriate storage conditions.
• The post holder will be required to assist in preparing for internal and external audit including inspection by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), commercial pharmaceutical companies and other non-commercial sponsors conducting trials within NHS Lanarkshire.

NHS Lanarkshire

Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

What we'll need you to bring

National Certificate in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent

SVQ Level III

Registered pharmacy technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Dispensary checking or aseptic checking qualification

Commitment to CPD

Minimum of 2 year post qualification experience as qualified pharmacy technician in hospital pharmacy service

Experience in dispensing Discharge/OPD/in-patient prescriptions

Experience in providing a ward/department stock top-up service.

Experience in supervision of other staff or of a functional area of pharmacy.

Thorough understanding of hospital pharmacy services

Ability to carry out aseptic and cytotoxic drug reconstitution

Computer skills/key board skills

Good communication skills both verbal and written

Ability to organise and prioritise work

Team player

Please note for all vacancies where a driving licence is required this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.

It would be great if you also have

Current Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training

Experience working in clinical trials

Experience in environmental monitoring of medicines

Experience in handling unlicensed medicines

Understanding of requirements of clinical trial

Knowledge of clinical trials legislation

Experience in providing education / training

Contract type

Fixed Term or Secondment for 12 months

Full time

37 hours

Please note this is a fixed term post until for 12 months. Where a post only has temporary funding and an existing member of NHS Lanarkshire staff wishes to apply, this will be treated as a secondment. The employee MUST already have written agreement from their line manager to be released on a secondment before applying for the post.

Location and Working Pattern

This role will be based in University Hospital Monklands

The working pattern for this role Mon-Fri; 9:00-5:00.

Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.

Looking to find out more?

If you’re looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you!

Please contact Steven Marshall, Lead Clinical Trials Pharmacist on Steven.Marshall@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact David Murray, Recruitment Administrator on david.murray3@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

(Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email)

Why NHS Lanarkshire?

Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.

Some of NHS Lanarkshire’s benefits include:

• A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service

• A minimum of 8 days of public holidays

• Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)

• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service

• Occupational health services

• Employee counselling services

• Work-life Balance policies and procedures

NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.

Further Information

For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage.

Additional Information for Applicants

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NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent—regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

*Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.

Candidates should provide original and authentic responses to all questions within the application form. The use of artificial intelligence (AI), automated tools, or other third-party assistance to generate, draft, or significantly modify responses is strongly discouraged. By submitting your application, you confirm that all answers are your own work, reflect your personal knowledge, skills and experience, and have not been solely produced or altered by AI or similar technologies. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in your application being withdrawn from the application process.

Right to Work within the UK

NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK.

We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category. UK Visas & Immigration rules are available at www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk.

Prospective applicants are encouraged to check eligibility in advance of applying for vacancies in NHS Lanarkshire.

Please note that all Band 1 and Band 2 posts are not eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route.