Job summary
Join LTHT Clinical Trials as a Senior Pharmacy Services Assistantsupport cutting-edge research, handle innovative medicines, develop skills, and make a real difference in patient care.
Main duties of the job
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an ambitious and self-motivated individual, who already holds an NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services, to join the LTHT Clinical Trials team as a Senior Pharmacy Services Assistant. In this role you will work with our dedicated Clinical Trials dispensary team of technicians, pharmacist, assistants and apprentices providing support services to the clinical trial research teams. With over 350 different trials running at site, you will get to experience a varied and unique workload, including suiting up in full PPE to handle biohazardous medicines, using ultra low temperature freezers, and dispensing medicines which may be being used for the very first time in humans! We play an important role in collecting data to support the approval process for new medicines, so you must be able to work accurately and have a keen eye for detail.
Job responsibilities
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.
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This advert is for Pharmacy Support Worker Higher with Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in Leeds, North East and Yorkshire, England. It is listed as a Band 3 Healthcare support worker role. The advertised salary is £25,760 to £27,476 a year. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 12 Jun 2026.
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