Job requirements
Essential
10 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Currently working (or have previously worked) at Specialist Training Level 5 (ST5) or equivalent in Clinical Haematology
- Experience
Demonstrates the acquisition of the level of knowledge and skills appropriate to the level of training
- Experience
Demonstrates an understanding of, and commitment to, a career in transfusion medicine
- Experience
Experience of the NHS Patient Blood Management model and transfusion regulations
- Experience
Potential to become a leader in chosen field.
- Qualifications
GMC registration with a license to practice
- Qualifications
Evidence of good progress in further clinical training
- Qualifications
Evidence of commitment to transfusion medicine as a specialty
- Qualifications
Completed Essential Transfusion Medicine Course (ETM)
- Qualifications
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.
Desirable
Not listed in the available specification.
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, 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: 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
- Job locations: NHSBT, Capitol Way, Barnsley, S75 3FG, United Kingdom, NHSBT, Vincent Drive, Birmingham, B15 2SG, United Kingdom, NHSBT, 500 North Bristol Park, Filton, BS34 7QH, United Kingdom, NHSBT - Colindale, Charcot Road, London, NW9 5BG, United Kingdom, NHSBT - Tooting, 75 Cranmer Terrace, London, SW17 0RB, United Kingdom, NHSBT, Long Road, Cambridge, CB2 0PT, United Kingdom, NHSBT, Headley Way, Oxford, OX3 9BQ, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
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This advert is for Clinical Fellow in Transfusion Medicine with NHS Blood and Transplant in Barnsley, England; Birmingham, England; Filton, England; London, England; Cambridge, England; Oxford, England. It is listed as a Senior Medical doctor Haematology role. The advertised salary is £76582.00 to £77348.00. The contract type is Fixed-Term. The application deadline is 11 Nov 2026.
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