Biomedical Scientist - Haematology, Band 5
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Hours / week
- 15
- Posted
- 08/09/2026
- Closes
- 15/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role is for a Biomedical Scientist in Haematology, working 15 hours a week across two hospital sites. The successful candidate will assist in providing a 24-hour diagnostic service, performing a range of urgent and non-urgent procedures in Haematology and Blood Transfusion. This includes technical and clinical validation of work and communication of results. The post holder will also select and issue blood products and is expected to uphold professional codes of conduct.
Essential criteria
- BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science (or alternative acceptable to HCPC)
- Registered with the HCPC
- Experience in an NHS Haematology & Blood Transfusion Laboratory
- Have good working knowledge of Haematology and Blood Transfusion with the ability to make decisions and judgments involving complex scientific and clinical data.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working OOH's as a lone worker
- Good organisation skills
- Able to prioritise their own workload and that of others
- Act as a role model and are able to lead by example to ensure the Trust's values and behaviours are reinformed throughout their area of practice.
- Able to supervise non-registered and less experienced staff to ensure effective service and care delivery.
- Proficient in the use of Laboratory Information systems and applications.
- Able to cover the range of shifts and sites in use within the department.
- BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science (or alternative acceptable to HCPC)
- Registered with the HCPC
- Experience in an NHS Haematology & Blood Transfusion Laboratory
- Have good working knowledge of Haematology and Blood Transfusion with the ability to make decisions and judgments involving complex scientific and clinical data.
- Experience of working OOH's as a lone worker
- Good organisation skills
- Able to prioritise their own workload and that of others
- Act as a role model and are able to lead by example to ensure the Trust's values and behaviours are reinformed throughout their area of practice.
- Able to supervise non-registered and less experienced staff to ensure effective service and care delivery.
- Proficient in the use of Laboratory Information systems and applications.
- Able to cover the range of shifts and sites in use within the department.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Biomedical Scientist - Haematology, Band 5
The closing date is 15 September 2026
Job summary
Biomedical Scientist - Haematology, Band 5 (15 hours a week)
The department is scheduled to review our mainline equipment in the coming year which will be an exciting time for the department. We are a UKAS accredited laboratory and Haematology in Gloucestershire really is a stimulating place to work.
Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust provides a countywide Haematology and Transfusion services across two major sites at Cheltenham General and Gloucestershire Royal Hospitals. Both provide 24/7 service with specialisms rationalised across sites.
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in the country providing high quality acute elective and specialist care for a population of more than 850,000 people. This incorporates specialist services, including haematological malignancies, for neighbouring counties and we have facilities for autologous stem cell transplantation. We support Clinical Immunology with an Immunology Laboratory within the management structure of Haematology. Overall, the department processes approximately 78,000 requests and 1.5 million tests per annum.
Additional working pattern details: This position includes shift working
Main duties of the job
Core hours 08.30-17.00, Early shift 07.00-15.
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