Job reference: 001985
Salary: Band 8a - £57,528-£64,750
Closing date: 08/10/2026
Department: Pharmacy Aseptics - Bexley Wing
Location: St James’s University Hospital
Division: Medicines Management and Pharmacy Services CSU
Hours Per Week:37.5

For questions about this job, contact:
Name: Sarah Holliday
Position: Associate Lead Clinician
Email: sarah.holliday2@nhs.net
Phone number: 0113 2068853

OR

Name: Emily Dawson
Position: Associate Lead Clinician
Email: emily.dawson4@nhs.net
Phone number: 0113 2068853

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.

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.

What you will bring to the role
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 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

Our priorities:
People
Improvement and Innovation
Partnerships
Outcomes

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.