Transfusion Practitioner

For questions about this job, contact:

Stephanie Ferguson
Interim Service Lead- Blood Bank
Email- stephanie.fergoson@nhs.net
Phone number:01132067577

Shortlisting Date: 27/07/2026
Interview Date:10/08/2026

Job Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our dedicated team of professionals, as a full-time band 6 Transfusion Practitioner.

The post holder will work as a member of the Hospital Transfusion Team (HTT) alongside experienced Transfusion Practitioners and the Consultant Haematologist for Transfusion Medicine. You will work closely with the Blood Transfusion Laboratory Manager and Specialist Biomedical Scientists.

You will be a registered healthcare professional (NMC or HCPC or other appropriate professional body).

As part of the team, you will ensure Trust compliance with Blood Safety and Quality Regulations 2005 SI 2005/50 and will maintain, and where needed, develop the service guided by national guidelines and recommendations from the MHRA and other relevant bodies.

The role of the HTT is to promote and support safe and effective working practices to all staff involved in blood transfusion within Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and for all patients receiving blood components and blood products.

Why you should join our Team

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care. We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities. Central to it all is The Leeds Way; our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.

This role offers the successful candidate an excellent opportunity to challenge themselves in a unique role.

The department has a very engaged multi-disciplinary senior team. The successful candidate will be well supported by the Hospital Transfusion Team and the wider Blood Transfusion and Pathology Teams

What you will bring to the role

The role involves working trust-wide with staff from all disciplines, ensuring that patients requiring transfusion of blood components and blood products receive the highest standard of safe and effective care.

The successful candidate will be a keen, well organised and motivated individual with excellent verbal and written communication skills. The role requires a high level of contact with the blood bank team and clinical teams across the Trust and includes the occasional requirement to liaise with patients and relatives. Being able to work both autonomously and as part of a team are also essential skills required for the role.

To apply, you must be a state registered healthcare professional (NMC, HCPC), educated to an appropriate level with a minimum of two years post registration experience. Knowledge and experience of the transfusion processes is essential.

The post will be based within the Blood Bank departments of both the Leeds General Infirmary and St. James’s University Hospital sites, but there is an expectation to occasionally travel to our other hospital sites when required.

Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.

About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

Our Trust values

The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.

We are.

Responsible
Open and Honest
One Team
Kind

Our Trust priorities

Our purpose: Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time

Our priorities:

People
Improvement and Innovation
Partnerships
Outcomes

Sponsorship Eligibility

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.