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Biomedical Scientist (BMS)
NHS Blood and Transplant
Home Office register entry: NHS Blood and Transplant, Barnsley
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Role description
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, or you are already employed by the NHS and would transfer to the pay point at the top of Band 5.
Job Summary
As a Biomedical Scientist in Red Cell Immunohaematology (RCI), youll use your scientific expertise to help deliver safe and effective diagnostic and transfusion services that directly support patients across the UK. Working in a specialist laboratory environment, youll perform and interpret a wide range of tests, operate advanced laboratory equipment, and contribute to the delivery of blood and tissue products. Youll play an important role in maintaining the highest standards of quality and safety, while working alongside experienced colleagues in a collaborative and supportive team. This is an opportunity to contribute to life-saving services, develop specialist knowledge, and continue building your career within NHS Blood and Transplant.
Main duties of the job
Use specialist laboratory techniques and technology to perform diagnostic testing that supports the safe treatment of patients.
Interpret test results accurately and make evidence-based decisions to help maintain the highest standards of patient and product safety.
Communicate scientific and technical information clearly with colleagues, healthcare professionals and partner laboratories.
Work with a range of specialist equipment, carrying out routine maintenance, calibration and quality checks to ensure reliable performance.
Contribute to services that support patients with complex transfusion and transplantation needs through specialist testing and analysis.
Help maintain quality standards by following laboratory procedures, regulatory requirements and good manufacturing practice.
Support continuous improvement by contributing to service developments, updating procedures and helping resolve quality incidents.
Share your knowledge by supporting the training and development of colleagues, trainees and support staff.
Build your expertise through continuing professional development and opportunities to learn across specialist laboratory areas
Being able to work variable hours and days, weekends and bank holidays as per the roster within the department (unless otherwise rostered within the shift agreement) with appropriate notice, depending on specialty.
You will be required to participate in the shift rota and on call rotas and to provide cover during operational emergencies.
About us
It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, youll 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
10 September 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£32,073 to £39,043 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
009397
Job locations
NHSBT
Birmingham Centre
Birmingham
United Kingdom
B15 2SG
United Kingdom
Last verified against our ingestion on 13 September 2026; sponsor register dataset 2026-09-09.