Senior Hospital Scientist - Advanced Therapies

- Lead the translation and validation of innovative cell therapies for clinical use.
- Apply your GMP expertise to advance life-changing cellular therapies for patients.
- Shape advanced therapy manufacturing capability in a specialised clinical workplace.

Turn cutting-edge cellular therapy processes into validated, GMP-compliant treatments that bring innovative therapies closer to patients.

Employment Type: Temporary Full Time (up to 3 years)
Position Classification: Snr Hospital Scientist I/C Lab >200
Remuneration: $76.29 - $80.48 per hour
Hours Per Week: 38
Location: Westmead Hospital

Where you’ll be working
Join Sydney Cell and Gene Therapy (SCGT) at Westmead Hospital, where scientific innovation meets clinical impact. SCGT specialises in the clinical manufacturing and delivery of advanced cellular therapies, supporting the translation of promising scientific developments into treatments for patients.

Be part of a specialised team working at the forefront of advanced therapies, where scientific rigour, regulatory excellence and collaboration underpin the delivery of high-quality cellular therapy products.

- Advance medical innovation: Help establish and expand manufacturing capabilities for emerging cellular therapies.
- Work at the forefront of science: Contribute to a specialised environment focused on personalised medicine and advanced therapeutic manufacturing.
- Collaborate across disciplines: Build strong partnerships with external investigators, manufacturing organisations and commercial clients.
- Champion quality and patient safety: Uphold stringent GMP standards and regulatory requirements in a licensed manufacturing facility.
- Grow your impact: Contribute to translational research, capability development and the future of advanced therapy manufacturing.

What you’ll be doing
As Senior Hospital Scientist – Advanced Therapies,



you’ll lead the scientific and technical translation of cellular therapy manufacturing processes into robust, reproducible and validated GMP operations. Combining technical leadership, regulatory expertise and project delivery, you’ll help ensure innovative therapies can be manufactured safely and reliably for patient treatment.

- Lead technology transfer and process validation: Assess incoming cellular therapy processes, identify gaps against GMP requirements, adapt manufacturing methods and establish critical process parameters and quality attributes.
- Drive regulatory readiness: Develop scientific and technical documentation for regulatory submissions, define product specifications and analytical release requirements, and support responses to regulatory agency questions.
- Deliver quality and compliance: Lead investigations into manufacturing deviations and out-of-specification results, conduct root cause analysis, and contribute to GMP manufacturing and facility readiness.
- Manage complex stakeholder projects: Act as the technical point of contact for partners and clients, coordinating deliverables, timelines and technical requirements across multiple projects.
- Build team and facility capability: Provide scientific guidance, training and day-to-day supervision of technical staff, contribute as Production Nominee for designated products, and support funding applications to expand manufacturing capacity.

Qualification: Science degree in relevant field

Selection Criteria:





- Postgraduate degree in a relevant discipline such as cell biology, molecular biology, immunology, microbiology, or biochemistry.
- Demonstrated experience with manufacture, tech transfer or process development of cell-based products.
- Extensive experience handling blood and cellular therapy products including cell culture techniques.
- Working knowledge of analytical methods used in characterisation and release of cellular products, including flow cytometry.
- High-level understanding of regulatory requirements for cell therapy manufacture and experience with external audits.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively with external parties including collaborators, sponsors or clients, and to scope technical work and deliver projects to agreed timelines.
- Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills demonstrated with all levels of employees.

Requisition ID: REQ
Applications Close: 1 November 2026

People with disabilities who meet the selection criteria are encouraged to apply; and where required, WSLHD will implement reasonable adjustment consistent with industry standard.

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Please note: In accordance with NSW Health policy, priority will be given to Australian citizens and permanent residents. A person who is not an Australian citizen or permanent resident is only eligible for temporary employment for a period not longer than the duration of their current visa or the advertised position.

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📌 Senior Hospital Scientist - Advanced Therapies (Sydney)
🏢 NSW Health
📍 Sydney