Biomedical Scientist - Advanced Specialist

Job summary This vacancy is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship. Please do not apply unless you have another means of establishing a right to work. As a Biomedical Scientist Advanced Specialist within NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT), you'll use your specialist expertise in transfusion and transplantation science to help deliver high-quality laboratory services that support patient care and save lives. You'll perform, interpret and report complex investigations, ensuring results are accurate, reliable and delivered to the highest quality standards. Working alongside scientific, clinical and healthcare colleagues, you'll provide expert advice, support service improvement and help solve complex scientific challenges. You'll also play a key role in developing others by sharing your knowledge, mentoring colleagues and contributing to training within the laboratory. This is an opportunity to make a meaningful contribution in a specialist environment where your expertise is valued, your learning continues, and your work directly supports NHSBTs mission to save and improve lives. Please note, the Laboratory will be open between the hours of 08:00 to 22:00, Monday Friday and 09:00 17:00 on Saturdays. You will take part in a shift rota to work during these hours and will also participate in an on-call rota. Main duties of the job Perform specialist and complex laboratory investigations that support safe transfusion and transplantation services and help improve patient outcomes. Analyse and interpret routine and complex test results, using your scientific expertise to provide accurate and timely reporting. Maintain the highest standards of quality, safety and compliance, helping to ensure reliable services for patients, donors and healthcare partners. Provide expert advice and guidance to colleagues, hospitals and partner services within your specialist area. Support and mentor healthcare scientists and other colleagues who are at an earlier stage of their development helping them learn, develop and build confidence in specialist practice. Lead and contribute to service improvements by identifying trends, investigating issues and implementing effective solutions. Oversee the use, validation and maintenance of laboratory equipment, reagents and systems to ensure dependable performance. Develop and review standard operating procedures, helping to promote consistency, quality and continuous improvement. Coordinate and support team activities when required, ensuring work is prioritised effectively and delivered to a high standard. Contribute to research, innovation and the ongoing development of specialist scientific knowledge within NHSBT. About us It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, you'll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary- donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need. Our three core values are what set us apart. They guide and inspire everything we do. By being caring, expertly meeting the needs of our patients and our people, and accepting nothing less than the best quality, we can do extraordinary work and help our people to do something extraordinary in their career, too. Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever. You will join us on our journey to create an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with, and we positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community. Details Date posted 02 September 2026 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 7 Salary £49,387 to £56,515 a year pro rata Contract Permanent Working pattern Part-time Reference number 009273 Job locations NHSBT Capitol Way Barnsley S75 3FG United Kingdom Job description Job responsibilities As a Biomedical Scientist Advanced Specialist within NHS Blood and Transplant, youll use your specialist expertise in transfusion and transplantation science to help deliver high-quality laboratory services that support patient care and save lives. What we offer: Flexible working options we promote flexible working where the role allows. Were happy to discuss what flexibility might look like for you. Generous annual leave - 27 days annual leave (pro rata for part-time) plus Bank Holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years service and to 33 days after 10 years. Inclusive pension scheme - the NHS Pension Scheme is a defined benefit scheme (not dependent on investment returns). Further details and outline of benefits can be found at: http://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/information-about-nhs-pensions Supportive learning culture - weve fostered a culture of continuous learning where colleagues are well-led, engaged, and encouraged to grow. We supp