As the Deputy Chief Scientific Officer, you will play a pivotal national leadership role within NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT). You will support the Chief Scientific Officer to shape and deliver our long-term scientific strategy, ensuring that our largest professional workforce, the scientific workforce, of over 1,500 staff continue to drive innovation in transfusion, transplantation, genomics and digital health.
You will lead multiyear scientific and clinical education programmes, align research with operational priorities, and represent NHSBT at senior national and international forums. Working collaboratively with partners across government, academia and the NHS, you will help ensure our services continue to save and improve lives. If you are a forward-thinking scientific leader who brings clarity, ambition and compassion, this is an opportunity to make a lasting impact.
Note: This is a national role requiring travel across the United Kingdom and abroad in line with business requirements. It offers hybrid working, and you will be assigned a base location at an NHSBT centre, to be mutually agreed with the hiring manager following the final interview and confirmed at the verbal offer stage.
Main duties of the job
Provide visible, strategic leadership for NHSBTs scientific workforce and act as a national ambassador for NHSBT science.
Lead scientific and clinical education strategies, including multiyear training plans and delivery frameworks.
Drive research translation, innovation and horizon scanning to keep NHSBT at the forefront of scientific developments.
Build strategic partnerships across the NHS, government, academia, industry and professional bodies.
Align scientific activity, research, and operational goals to improve patient outcomes and service quality.
Manage multimillion pound budgets and oversee funding portfolios for education and research activities.
Lead digital, scientific and educational systems integration, ensuring robust data governance and key performance indicators reporting.
Represent NHSBT at national and international conferences and policy discussions.
Oversee succession planning, talent development and an inclusive culture aligned with NHSBT values.
Contribute to risk management, corporate planning and regulatory compliance.
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
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