Locum Consultant - Haematology & Transfusion Medicine

Job summary

As a Locum Consultant in Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, you'll play a key role in helping save and improve lives through safe, effective blood transfusion practice across the Northeast, North Cumbria and Yorkshire region. Working jointly with NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) and The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, you'll provide expert clinical leadership, support hospitals to deliver high-quality patient care, and contribute to regional and national transfusion initiatives. You'll collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, influence best practice, support research and audit programmes, and help train the next generation of healthcare professionals. This is an exciting opportunity to combine clinical expertise, service improvement and education while contributing to work that directly benefits patients, donors and the wider NHS.

Main duties of the job

• Provide expert clinical leadership in transfusion medicine, helping hospitals deliver safe, effective and patient-centred transfusion practice across the region.
• Support the delivery of national transfusion improvement programmes and recommendations that enhance patient outcomes and service quality.
• Work collaboratively with healthcare professionals, regional networks and multidisciplinary teams to share expertise and promote best practice.
• Deliver specialist transfusion and haematology services, providing expert advice on complex clinical cases and laboratory practice.
• Lead and contribute to clinical audits, quality improvement projects and governance activities that strengthen patient safety and care.
• Participate in clinical research, helping to develop the evidence base for transfusion medicine and improve future patient care.
• Teach and mentor medical, scientific and healthcare colleagues, supporting education and professional development at local and national level.
• Contribute to specialist haematology clinics, multidisciplinary team meetings and diagnostic services, delivering high-quality care for patients.
• Support service development and innovation, helping shape the future of transfusion and haematology services across the NHS.
• Maintain your professional expertise through continuous learning, appraisal and active participation in clinical governance activities.

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: 19 October 2026
• Pay scheme: Other
• Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year
• Contract: Fixed term
• Duration: 12 months
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 009534
• Job locations: Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7DN, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

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UK Registration

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