NHS
Senior Biomedical Scientist
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Job Description
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- Provide day-to-day operational leadership of the Blood Transfusion laboratory, ensuring safe, effective and timely service delivery.
- Act as the senior operational lead on shift, managing workload, staffing, escalation and service pressures.
- Ensure ongoing compliance with MHRA, UKAS/ISO 15189 and Trust policies and procedures.
- Supervise, support and develop Biomedical Scientists and support staff, including training and competency oversight.
- Maintain oversight of quality management activities, including incidents, investigations and audits.
- Ensure service continuity while other senior staff are released to deliver major service improvement and quality projects
- HCPC registered Biomedical Scientist.
- MSc (or equivalent) relevant to Blood Transfusion.
- IBMS Specialist Portfolio in Haematology/Transfusion or Transfusion Science.
- Significant experience working as a Senior Biomedical Scientist in Transfusion.
- Comprehensive knowledge of transfusion techniques and practice.
- Knowledge and application of MHRA and UKAS / ISO 15189 standards.
- Experience of supervising staff , supporting training and competency assessment.
- Experience of quality management activities, including audit and incident investigation.
- Ability to communicate clearly with laboratory and clinical staff.
- Ability to work under pressure and manage competing priorities safely.
- HCPC registered Biomedical Scientist.
- MSc (or equivalent) relevant to Blood Transfusion.
- IBMS Specialist Portfolio in Haematology/Transfusion or Transfusion Science.
- Significant experience working as a Senior Biomedical Scientist in Transfusion.
- Comprehensive knowledge of transfusion techniques and practice.
- Knowledge and application of MHRA and UKAS / ISO 15189 standards.
- Experience of supervising staff , supporting training and competency assessment.
- Experience of quality management activities, including audit and incident investigation.
- Ability to communicate clearly with laboratory and clinical staff.
- Ability to work under pressure and manage competing priorities safely.
- Please click 'apply now' to view the full person specification (there is no obligation to submit an application).
- Please click 'apply now' to view the full person specification (there is no obligation to submit an application).
Job summary
We are seeking an experienced Senior Biomedical Scientist (Band 7) to provide day-to-day operational leadership of the Blood Transfusion laboratory at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust. The post is 6 months fixed term to cover maternity leave.
The post holder will ensure the safe, effective and timely delivery of the service, maintaining MHRA and UKAS compliance, and supervising and supporting Biomedical Scientists and support staff.
This role will act as the operational lead for the laboratory, ensuring service continuity and acting as a senior point of escalation while other senior staff are released to deliver a programme of major service improvement and quality projects over the next six months.
Main duties of the job
As a Senior Biomedical Scientist, youll:
About us
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff members work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). Committed to continuous improvement, we prioritise our people and values so we can deliver excellent patient experience. Our team is friendly, passionate and always seeking better ways to work through research and innovation.
We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces for honest conversations and to share ideas, thoughts and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers,home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more.
If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
Details
Date posted
06 February 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£47,810 to £54,710 a year
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
6 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
001028
Job locations
Trust-wide
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF1 4DG
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
Essential Requirements
We’re looking for someone who brings both technical expertise and team spirit:
Job responsibilities
Essential Requirements
We’re looking for someone who brings both technical expertise and team spirit:
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Qualifications
Essential
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
Address
Trust-wide
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF1 4DG
Employer's website
https://www.midyorks.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
Address
Trust-wide
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF1 4DG
Employer's website
https://www.midyorks.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.
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