Senior Pharmacy Technician

Are you a Pharmacy Technician looking for a new challenge or with an interest in research? Are you passionate about making a real impact on the lives of cancer patients? Do you have a keen eye for detail, and a desire to be at the forefront of oncology research?

Or are you a newly qualified Pharmacy Technician? We welcome applications and would offer a band 4 to band 5 progression post until competencies and accuracy checking qualifications are complete.

If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you!

The Christie is one of the largest oncology Trusts in the UK with an international reputation for clinical excellence, research, and development. This is a unique opportunity to work with us and contribute to the challenging and rewarding specialty of oncology pharmacy.

As a member of the Clinical Trials team training will be provided for you to help manage portfolio of clinical trials. You will work closely with other members of the team to ensure that Christie patients have access the latest development of oncology/haematology investigational medicines. You will form an integral part of the clinical disease teams and work closely alongside research teams. The Pharmacy Department are also supporting the large-scale collaborative project alongside several research partners and have strong links with the University of Manchester.

You will need to be educated to NVQ level 3/ BTEC in pharmacy services and be able to fulfil a role as an accredited checking technician within our purpose-built clinical trials dispensary. If you do not have an accredited checking technician qualification but are an exceptional candidate or are working towards then please get in touch to discuss further or submit an application that can demonstrate your skill set.

The Successful Candidate Will

• Support all aspects of pharmacy requirements for handling medicinal products within the context of a clinical trial (dispensing, drug accountability, administration, storage, disposal of medicinal products and monitoring visits.)
• To provide professional input and knowledge in the management of clinical trial material in the Trust and to ensure that all trials are conducted in accordance with the highest possible standards, and in compliance with the principles of GCP (Good Clinical Practice), Good Dispensing Practice and Good Manufacturing Practice.
  
  

The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.

We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years.

We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.

For further

details / informal visits contact: Name: Gillian Foden Job title: Lead Technician Email address: Gillian.foden@nhs.net Telephone number: 0161 918 7648

Gillian Foden,

telephone : 0161 918 7648,

email : Gillian.foden@nhs.net