Biomedical Scientist; Haematology

Position: Biomedical Scientist (Haematology)

Job summary

Are you looking for an exciting new challenge in a place to take your career to the next level? Would you like to join a friendly, progressive, innovative team in pathology services across South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw based at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals? Do you want to work in a fully UKAS-accredited, modern laboratory environment where you can make a difference?

Then read on.

The South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw (SYB) Pathology Network is a fully integrated network providing pathology services across five regional sites

• Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (DBTHFT)
• The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust (TRHFT)
• Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust (SCFT)
• Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (STHFT
• Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (BHFT)

We are inviting applications from enthusiastic, driven individuals to join our Haematology teams at the Doncaster site.

SYB Pathology aims to provide the best possible service for patients and clinicians, improving health outcomes, driving research and innovation, delivering healthcare efficiencies, and ensuring a sustainable workforce, providing job satisfaction and career progression opportunities for all staff.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will act as an HCPC-registered Biomedical Scientist providing scientific services to patients as an aid to clinical diagnosis. The successful candidate will be required and undertake a wide range of complex analytical procedures, performing a range of manual, semi-automated and automated tests using scientific knowledge and experience to comment upon and validate results in line with ISO 15189.

Suitable candidates will require Haematology experience and be nearing completion of their registration portfolio and ideally have experience of working out of hours.

Please also note this vacancy is banded dependent upon applicants experience relevant to this post. The banding of the successful applicant will start at Band 5 unless applicants meet the necessary threshold of skills and experience required to start on Band 6.

About us

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

STHFT operates with a budget of £1.2 bn, has a workforce of over 18,500 employees, covers five hospital sites, provides care from over forty community settings, and has an excellent reputation for research.

As an organisation we value and respect our staff and the community we serve. We provide excellent staff benefits; this includes commitment to professional development but also many initiatives to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

The South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Pathology Network are invested in training, developing, and supporting staff in all aspects including academic courses from certificates of achievement, registration, specialist and higher specialist IBMS portfolios, apprenticeships and leadership and management qualifications.

We pride ourselves in enabling opportunity across all our sites to develop staff and provide a strong and sustained service for the future.

24/7 working and cross site working for Biomedical Scientists (BMS) within the Blood Sciences services within SYB Pathology.

Details

Date posted: 12 August 2026

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 5

Salary: £32,073 to £48,117 a year

pa/pro rata for part time staff

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 190-1849-DIR

Job locations: Doncaster Royal Infirmary, Armthorpe Road, Doncaster, DN2 5LT
, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• (Band 5 &
  6) IBMS accredited BSC in Biomedical Sciences
• (Band 5 &
  6) Registered with HCPC as a Biomedical Scientist
• (Band
  6) IBMS Specialist Diploma in a relevant specialist subject or a Masters degree and equivalent experience.
• (Band
  5) Completion of IBMS post graduate registration portfolio
• (Band 5 &
  6) Commitment to complete and maintain Mandatory Training and required Laboratory competencies
• (Band
  5) Commitment to complete the relevant Specialist BMS IBMS portfolio
• (Band
  6) Commitment to continuous professional development required to maintain HCPC registration

Desirable

• (Band 5 &
  6) Evidence of continued CPD including relevant courses with regards to H&S, leadership, quality or training

Experience Essential

• (Band 5 &
  6) Experience of range of laboratory techniques
• (Band
  6) Discipline specific NHS experience in a UKAS accredited laboratory (Microbiology/Virology laboratory)
• (Band
  6) Experience working…