Highly Advanced Pharmaceutical Scientist

NHS Jobs; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Highly Advanced Pharmaceutical Scientist to provide leadership across aseptic services, supporting around 80,000 aseptic preparations each year, including complex biotherapy and clinical trial products.

You will develop pharmaceutical quality systems, ensure GMP compliance, drive service development and lead a skilled team, partnering with senior clinical and operational colleagues to shape the future of aseptic services.

Qualifications

• Significant experience operating within GMP and quality assurance environments.
• Expert knowledge of pharmaceutical technology and aseptic services.
• Strong leadership skills with a track record of developing and supporting teams.
• Excellent problem-solving and decision-making abilities in complex situations.
• Experience driving change, service development or new ways of working.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership across aseptic services and develop a highly skilled workforce.
• Develop and maintain pharmaceutical quality systems and ensure GMP compliance.
• Influence strategic decisions and shape the future of aseptic services within LTHT.
• Drive service innovation and deliver safe, high-quality patient care.
• Collaborate with senior clinical and operational colleagues to improve processes.

Skills

GMP compliance

Quality assurance

Aseptic services

Leadership

Continuous improvement

Biotherapy

Job description

Highly Advanced Pharmaceutical Scientist

Are you ready to take the next step in your career and help shape the future of specialist pharmacy services? Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking an experienced and motivated Highly Advanced Pharmaceutical Scientist to provide leadership across our aseptic services, supporting the delivery of around 80,000 aseptic preparations each year, including complex biotherapy and clinical trial products. Working within Aseptic Services, you will play a key role in maintaining and developing our pharmaceutical quality systems, ensuring compliance with GMP standards, driving service innovation, and delivering safe, high-quality patient care.This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled professional with expertise in pharmaceutical quality assurance who is passionate about leadership, continuous improvement and service development. You will work closely with senior clinical and operational colleagues, lead and develop a highly skilled workforce, influence strategic decisions, and help shape the future of aseptic services across one of the UK's largest teaching hospital trusts. If you're looking for a role where you can combine quality assurance expertise, operational leadership and innovation to make a real difference, we'd love to hear from you

Main duties of the job

We're looking for someone who combines technical expertise with a passion for quality, leadership and service improvement. You should be comfortable working in a busy environment and be able to build strong relationships across teams, all while helping us shape the future of aseptic services at LTHT.You'll bring:Significant experience working within a GMP and quality assurance environment.Expert knowledge of pharmaceutical technology and aseptic services.A passion for quality, patient safety and continuous improvement.Strong leadership skills with experience developing and supporting teams.The ability to influence, collaborate and build relationships with a wide range of clinical and operational colleagues.Excellent problem-solving skills and the confidence to make decisions in complex situations.Experience managing change, service development or introducing new ways of working.Outstanding communication skills, with the ability to explain complex information clearly.A proactive and adaptable approach, with the drive to lead innovation and improvement.A commitment to developing yourself and others through learning, coaching and professional development.This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who wants to combine scientific expertise with leadership, operational responsibility and service development in a role that makes a real difference to patient care.Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.

About us

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time.Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care.We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page.Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description.

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.