Consultant Clinical Scientist (Deputy Head of H&I)

Job summary

NHS Blood and Transplant is an integral part of the NHS. Operating a network of centres across England and North Wales, we collect around 2 million units of blood and tissues per year, converting them into safe and effective blood components, blood, and tissue products for use in the treatments of patients. We also provide a range of Specialist Services supporting transfusion and transplantation.

We are seeking a Consultant Clinical Scientist - Deputy Head of Department in the Histocompatibility & Immunogenetics Laboratory, NHSBT Tooting. The successful applicant will work alongside the Head of Department to provide H&I services and clinical advice to a diverse range of solid organ and haematopoietic stem cell transplant programmes based in the London and Southeast of England. The laboratory is UKAS and EFI accredited and also provides immunogenetic testing services and support for some aspects of blood transfusion.

Main duties of the job

In this role, you will be analysing, interpreting, documenting and reporting routine and specialist/complex investigations and providing consultant advice to laboratory clinicians. Your duties will include:

• Contributing to the development of overall strategy and direction to ensure that H&I Tooting maintains and develops its position as a leader in the field.
• Ensuring that the overall output of the laboratory is of a high quality, appropriate, relevant, consistent, and reliable.
• Managing activities within the laboratory, responsible for the standard of work and deputising for the Head of Department as required.
• Taking a leading role in scientific training supporting STP, HSST, MSc, PhD and FRCPath.
• Being a lead participant in research and being accountable for the high standard of work.
• Leading and promoting NHSBTs Equailty, Diversity and Inclusivity values.
• Providing theoretical and practical scientific and technical input for H&I.
• Managing operational activities within the laboratory.
• Managing a large team and a designated budget.

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'll 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: 17 August 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 8c
• Salary: £66,582 to £91,609 a year
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 008953
• Job locations: NHSBT - Tooting, 75 Cranmer Terrace, Tooting, SW17 0RB, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

What we offer:

• Flexible working options – we promote flexible working where the role allows. We’re happy to discuss what flexibility might look like for you.
• Generous annual leave - 27 days annual leave (pro rata for part-time) plus Bank Holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years’ service and to 33 days after 10 years.
• Inclusive pension scheme - the NHS Pension Scheme is a defined benefit scheme (not dependent on investment returns). Further details and outline of benefits can be found at: http://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/information-about-nhs-pensions‎
• Supportive learning culture - we’ve fostered a culture of continuous learning where colleagues are well-led, engaged, and encouraged to grow. We support you in reaching your full potential, both in your current role and future career. Our Thrive program embodies our commitment to learning and development, offering a wide range of activities to support your personal and professional growth. It’s open to everyone at NHSBT, ensuring you have the resources to succeed and shine in your role.
• Health and wellbeing support – we offer confidential services including occupational health, employee assistance programme, and wellbeing resources. Our support is available to all colleagues and we endeavour to provide tailored workplace adjustments where possible.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applications from disabled candidates. We will talk with you to explore any adjustments that may help you during the recruitment process. You can find more information about accessibility, our culture, and how we support applicants on the NHSBT Careers website.

To learn more, please see the job description and person specification.

UK Registration

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

Certificate of Sponsorship

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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).