Highly Advanced Pharmaceutical Scientist

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; University City (MO); On-site; USD 80,000 - 106,000; Full time

Job summary

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking an experienced Highly Advanced Pharmaceutical Scientist to provide leadership across aseptic services, supporting around 80,000 aseptic preparations annually. You will develop quality systems, ensure GMP compliance, drive service innovation and deliver high-quality patient care.

This role requires leadership of a skilled workforce, collaboration with clinical and operational colleagues, and a proactive approach to continuous improvement within one of

Qualifications

• Significant experience in GMP and quality assurance.
• Expert knowledge of pharmaceutical technology and aseptic services.
• Passion for quality, patient safety and continuous improvement.
• Strong leadership and team development skills.
• Ability to influence and collaborate with clinical and operational colleagues.
• Excellent problem-solving and decision-making in complex situations.
• Experience managing change and service development.
• Outstanding communication and ability to explain complex information.
• Proactive, adaptable, and driven to lead innovation.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership across aseptic services and guide a skilled workforce.
• Develop and maintain pharmaceutical quality systems compliant with GMP.
• Drive service innovation and continuous improvement in aseptic care.
• Collaborate with senior clinical and operational teams to shape strategy.
• Ensure safe, high-quality patient care through strong operational leadership.

Skills

GMP experience

Quality assurance

Aseptic services

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Change management

Problem solving

Collaboration

Professional development

Job description

Job Summary

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.

Job Description

For questions about this job, contact:

Name: Sarah Holliday

Position: Associate Lead Clinician

Email: [e-mail]

Phone number: 0113 2068853

OR

Name: Emily Dawson

Position: Associate Lead Clinician

Email: [e-mail]

Phone number: 0113 2068853

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

Why you should join our Team

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is one of the largest and busiest NHS Trusts in the country, offering a range of both general and specialist hospital services with excellent clinical outcomes for patients.

We have an international reputation for excellence in specialist care, research and academic training.

We are also part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.

The Pharmacy Department at LTHT is highly respected, forward thinking and recognised within the organisation for collaborative working.

Aseptics is well recognised across the Trust for providing a high quality service at the cutting edge of medicine preparation.

We offer excellent career progression whilst working in a friendly and supportive team.

We are proud to say that we have created a positive working environment with a hardworking and dedicated workforce who feel valued and share a team goal to put the patients first.

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 Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

Our Trust values

The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.

We are…

• Responsible
• Open and Honest
• One Team
• Kind

Our Trust priorities

Our purpose: Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time

• People
• Improvement and Innovation
• Partnerships
• Outcomes

Sponsorship Eligibility

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.