Highly Advanced Pharmaceutical Scientist

About the role

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.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership across aseptic services.
• Maintain and develop pharmaceutical quality systems.
• Ensure compliance with GMP standards.
• Drive service innovation.
• Deliver safe, high-quality patient care.
• Work closely with senior clinical and operational colleagues.
• Lead and develop a highly skilled workforce.
• Influence strategic decisions.
• Help shape the future of aseptic services across the Trust.

Requirements

• Significant experience working within a GMP and quality assurance environment.
• Expert knowledge of pharmaceutical technology and aseptic services.
• Passion for quality, patient safety and continuous improvement.
• Strong leadership skills with experience developing and supporting teams.
• Ability to influence, collaborate and build relationships with a wide range of clinical and operational colleagues.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and 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.
• Proactive and adaptable approach, with the drive to lead innovation and improvement.
• Commitment to developing yourself and others through learning, coaching and professional development.

Benefits

• Part of one of the largest and busiest NHS Trusts in the country.
• International reputation for excellence in specialist care, research and academic training.
• Collaborative working within the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT).
• Highly respected, forward‑thinking Pharmacy Department recognised for collaborative working.
• Aseptics service recognised for high quality, cutting‑edge medicine preparation.
• Excellent career progression opportunities.
• Friendly and supportive team environment.
• Positive working environment with a hardworking, dedicated workforce focused on putting patients first.