Job summary
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated HCPC-registered Specialist Biomedical Scientist to join our friendly and supportive Haematology and Blood Transfusion Department.

This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a modern, forward-thinking laboratory service committed to delivering high-quality diagnostic testing and excellent patient care. We are looking for candidates who have completed the IBMS Specialist Portfolio in Haematology and Blood Transfusion.

As a Specialist Biomedical Scientist, you will provide an essential diagnostic service to clinicians and patients by performing, interpreting, and validating a wide range of specialist and routine investigations. You will play a key role in maintaining the quality and efficiency of the service, ensuring compliance with UKAS accreditation standards, BSQR requirements, and departmental Standard Operating Procedures.

Previous experience working as a Biomedical Scientist in an NHS Haematology laboratory and possession of the IBMS Certificate of Competence are essential requirements for this role.

Candidates still working towards the IBMS Specialist Diploma may be considered under Agenda for Change Annex 21 training arrangements, with salary reflecting current progress towards qualification.

If you are passionate about delivering high-quality diagnostics and are looking to develop your career within an innovative NHS laboratory service, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

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Details
Date posted: 03 August 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 214-CSTO-8097024
Job locations: King's Mill Hospital, Mansfield Road, Sutton in Ashfield, NG17 4JL, United Kingdom

Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Knowledge
Essential

• Relevant theoretical / practical / scientific knowledge to underpin the technical aspect of a laboratory service

Qualifications
Essential

• Heath Professions Council (HCPC) registered as a Biomedical Scientist
• Biomedical Science Degree (BSc) or equivalent acceptable by Health Professions Council
• IBMS Certificate of Competence

Desirable

• European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL)

Further Training
Essential

• Participates in Continued Professional Development (CPD)

Experience
Essential

• Significant period of specialist training in a clinical laboratory during which time sufficient knowledge has been acquired to demonstrate competence in the portfolio of specialist training

Contractual Requirements
Essential

• 37.5 hrs per week, working on any shift within the full shift system as rostered
• Annual attendance at Trust mandatory training
• To work on any site as rostered

Additional information
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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address: King's Mill Hospital, Mansfield Road, Sutton in Ashfield, NG17 4JL, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Transfusion Service Manager Joanne Wren
Email: joanne.wren2@nhs.net
Telephone: 01623672539