Job summary
This post, which commences in August 2027, is for haematology specialty trainees or haematology specialty (locally employed) doctors working in the UK at Specialist Training Level 5 (ST5) or above, who want to pursue a career in Transfusion Medicine. It is a one-year fixed term contract based with the Patient Blood Management team but including sessions across the transfusion directorate aimed at providing subspecialty experience in Transfusion Medicine. This is an established programme for Out of Programme Experience which has gained excellent feedback from previous fellows.

You will be part of a national team working to deliver blood and blood components to patients in hospitals in England.

You will be directly accountable to the Consultant Haematologist Educational Supervisor at NHSBT who will be the consultant working in the centre where you are based.

This is a national vacancy, the successful candidate may be based at any of the following main centres in the UK, final location to be agreed at interview - Leeds/Barnsley, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, London or Oxford.

Main duties of the job
There will be a combination of daytime duty work and longer term quality improvement and project work. Duty work will involve taking queries from within the organisation and NHS Trusts, giving clinical advice to inform decisions around individual patients and components. All clinical work will be supervised by a named consultant.

You will be expected to submit at least one project as a conference abstract and/or to a peer reviewed journal. As part of the role, you will deliver teaching to doctors, nurses, biomedical and clinical scientists.

You will acquire subspecialty skills and experience in:

• Components
• Donor Medicine
• Red Cell Immunohaematology
• Patient Blood Management (PBM)

You will acquire further knowledge of:

• Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics
• Manufacturing and Logistics
• Cell, Apheresis and Gene Therapies
• Haemovigilance
• Research, Audit and Quality Improvement

You will be supported in pursuing an honorary contract with the Trust to enable you acquire skills in hospital-based transfusion practice (participation in hospital transfusion team meetings etc.)

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 will 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 will 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: 14 October 2026
Pay scheme: Other
Salary: £76,582 to £77,348 a year
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 009472
Closing date: 11 November 2026

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• GMC registration with a license to practice
• Evidence of good progress in further clinical training
• Evidence of commitment to transfusion medicine as a specialty
• Completed Essential Transfusion Medicine Course (ETM)
• Completed FRCPath parts 1 and 2 (clinical haematology) examinations. Candidates who have completed Part 1 but not Part 2 will be considered. Candidates should not plan to sit FRCPath Part 2 during the fellowship.

Experience
Essential

• Currently working (or have previously worked) at Specialist Training Level 5 (ST5) or equivalent in Clinical Haematology
• Demonstrates the acquisition of the level of knowledge and skills appropriate to the level of training
• Demonstrates an understanding of, and commitment to, a career in transfusion medicine
• Experience of the NHS Patient Blood Management model and transfusion regulations
• Potential to become a leader in chosen field.

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Education Lead for Transfusion, Dr Suzy Morton, Suzy.Morton@nhsbt.nhs.uk

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