Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Non-Rotational Specialist Clinical Pharmacist (Clinical Trials)

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Job Description
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- Name: Deena Lad
- Position: Advanced Clinical Pharmacist - Clinical Trials
- Email: deena.lad@nhs.net
- Shortlisting Date: 24/09/2026
- Interview Date: 05/10/2026
Job Summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Pharmacist, with an interest in clinical trials, to join the Pharmacy Clinical Trials Team. A background in clinical trials is not essential as full training will be provided to develop the knowledge and skills to succeed in this post. This post will primarily be based at the Leeds General Infirmary (LGI) where research active areas include cardiology, neurosciences, paediatric medicine and paediatric oncology. With a growing development of early phase studies and ATIMPs (Advanced Therapy Investigational Medicinal Products) in these areas, you will get good experience of novel therapies.
In your clinical trials role, you will work as part of the trials team setting-up new studies and contributing to the on-going management of established trials. You will be required to work collaboratively with pharmacy colleagues, research teams and external trial Sponsors to ensure that trials are set up in a timely manner and managed in accordance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP). The post holder will also provide a clinical commitment as part of the LGI Adult Clinical Pharmacy Team. Rotations are designed to steer you through the Advanced Level Framework and include a range of medical, surgical and highly specialist areas including neurosciences, cardiology, major trauma and a hyper-acute stroke unit.
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Why you should join our Team
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest teaching hospitals in the UK with a large number of specialised and highly specialised services. It has established reputation as a Centre of Excellence for delivering high quality research and innovation on a large scale with pharmacy currently supporting over 350 clinical trials across all hospital sites.
Leeds is a wonderful city to work in and LTHT is an organisation that puts its patients first and highly values and supports its staff. Pharmacy is a forward-thinking department that values the contribution of all staff and is recognised in the organisation for our collaborative working as we continuously support our workforce to develop to their potential in delivering the best patient care.
What You Will Bring To The Role
- To ensure the validation and processing of clinical trial prescriptions meet the needs of patients, the Trust and complies with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) requirements
- To support the existing clinical trials pharmacists in the review of new clinical trials.
- To identify and address the medicines management issues relating to proposed trials prior to the confirmation of pharmacy support.
- With the support of the clinical trials team, to proactively manage each trial through the set-up process - including checking dispensing procedures, setting up trial specific electronic prescribing templates and assisting in aseptic setup of trials where appropriate.
- To review and process protocol amendments and other related documents.
- To liaise with the research teams about key study priorities to ensure that Medicines Management and Pharmacy Services support them in achieving their recruitment targets.
- To deliver training to and support development of Foundation and Trainee Pharmacists in all aspects of clinical trials and investigational medicinal product (IMP) management.
- To contribute to service development, quality improvement, projects in line with the Leeds Improvement Method.


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About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
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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.
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