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Clinical Fellow in Transfusion Medicine

NHS Blood and Transplant

Barnsley, S75 3FG · Birmingham, B15 2SG · Filton, BS34 7QH · London, NW9 5BG · London, SW17 0RB · Cambridge, CB2 0PT · Oxford, OX3 9BQView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Salary

£76,582 to £77,348

Contract

Fixed-Term

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

11 November 2026

22 days left

Job description

This post, which commences in August 2027, is for haematology specialty trainees or haematology specialty (locally employed) doctors working in the UK...

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.)

To learn more, please see the job description and person specification. These can be accessed via the link below, or by clicking ‘Apply’ if you are viewing this advert on another site.

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.

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.