NHS Blood & Transfusion Chief Scientific Officer

Applications are now open for NHS Blood & Transfusion Chief Scientific Officer until 19th January 2025.

Job reference: 005545

Salary: £88,168 – £101,677 per annum (HCAS where applicable)

Closing date: 19/01/2025

Department: Clinical Services

Location: England

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours Per Week: 37.5

Contract Duration: Not applicable

Summary

The NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) scientific workforce use science and their technical skills to help diagnose and treat diseases and disorders of the blood and in organ and tissue transplantation. They are in a unique position as a scientific workforce, working as part of an integrated health system, to be world leaders in transformational science such as genomics.  NHSBT are looking for a Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) to provide professional leadership for the science profession within the organisation, ensuring we offer a place for professionals to develop their career.

To ensure we have the skills and capabilities we will need for the future, you will develop the workforce through learning and development, including defining career pathways and proactive talent management, so that healthcare scientists have the clinical leadership capacity and capability to provide frontline scientific leadership and science-based intelligence for service planning and delivery. This will be through the Higher Specialist Scientist Training programme and other programmes and delivered alongside the Clinical Tutor and Scientific and Clinical Training team.

You will be a registered professional (HCPC/GMC/NMC) with wide experience of healthcare science disciplines, currently or recently employed in a senior role and will be an ambassador for the scientific profession. If you are not registered with HCPC you must have a strong scientific background.

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If you have any questions, feel free to contact: lorraine.tresnak@nhsbt.nhs.uk