Bioinformatics Specialist

Job summary

The Histocompatibility & Immunogenetics (H&I) function supports haematopoietic stem cell and solid organ transplant programmes for hospitals throughout England. It also provides transfusion, molecular diagnostics for blood grouping and fetal RHD screening and genotyping, platelet and granulocyte immunology investigations and donor services for the British Bone Marrow Registry, NHS Cord Blood Bank and platelet supply chain. The H&I management team support six national H&I laboratories in the delivery of H&I services to the NHS and the wider healthcare community. Were looking for a Bioinformatics Specialist. You will have the ability to work to a high degree of accuracy and precision and be able to work on your own initiative and as part of a team in an environment of changing pressures and practices. This is a role based out of Colindale, North London but can be national for the right candidate.

Main duties of the job

The Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (H&I) function supports haematopoietic stem cell and solid organ transplant programmes at hospitals throughout England. It also provides transfusion immunogenetics, platelet and granulocyte immunology investigations nationally. In this role your duties and responsibilities will include: - Working with the National Head of H&I, the H&I management team and the six Heads of Laboratories (HoLs) to continually develop and improve the delivery of services for patients and donors. Conducting business intelligence analyses - information mining and statistical analyses on data resulting from H&I service delivery; helping to develop performance indicators to improve the services we provide. Contributing to requirements analyses and other related activities for developing new and existing H&I IT systems / NHSBT Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) e.g. Hematos, Pulse, OBOS, SpICE etc. Contributing to the development and maintenance of the configuration requirements library for our LIMS. Contributing to the acceptance testing of new IT systems and new functionality in existing IT system for H&I. Provide training to users of our LIMS. You will be required to travel and spend time away from base, which will involve working irregular hours and overnight stays when required, with prior notice. Your normal working hours are 37.5 hours per week. Your normal working days will be Monday to Friday, working 7.5 hours each day.

About us

At NHS Blood and Transplant, were incredibly proud of the many talented people who come together every day to make our organisation the very best it can be. We have clearly defined values that are centred around offering exceptional care to our donors and their families. We take care of each other too and we focus on building our expertise so we can change lives, provide quality support and offer fulfilling careers. Its an opportunity to contribute to a unique team as part of a service that saves lives 365 days a year. We offer brilliant benefits including 27 days of holiday (plus bank holidays), a comprehensive induction and training programme, and competitive pension scheme. We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with and positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community. Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever