NHS Blood and Transplant

Senior Business Analyst

The closing date is 28 September 2025

Job summary

NHSBT enables people to make a lifesaving difference by donating blood, organs, tissues, or stem cells. This role offers the chance to apply your professional expertise to a respected organisation dedicated to saving lives.

As a Senior Business Solutions Analyst, youll deliver expert analysis to help shape services, processes, and digital solutions within the ambitious Donor and Session Programme (DASP).You'll work in a multi-disciplinary team driving transformation of business and user experiences, requiring strong stakeholder management and leadership of business analysis activities.

The role includes managing or supporting other analysts, handling multiple projects with varying timelines, and balancing your own workload with team coordination. It requires initiative and autonomy, particularly in remote, virtual teams, while knowing when to seek support.

Every improvement you deliver contributes to NHSBT's mission to keep costs low and ensure more funding goes to front line NHS carehelping to save and improve lives every day.

Main duties of the job

You will develop business-focused, digital-led solutions to support NHSBTs operational and strategic change agenda. Key responsibilities include:

  • Aligning digital solution options with NHSBTs strategy and effectively communicating with stakeholders Leading and managing Business Solutions Analysts and Business Analysts where required
  • Producing requirement specifications, process maps, interface guides, and functional documentation while maintaining standards and policies
  • Providing governance across the systems lifecycle to ensure business needs are met
  • Coordinating cross-functional teams to validate and improve processes and resolve service or software issues
  • Researching and developing solutions that best fit NHSBTs corporate needs
  • Designing workflows and processes that deliver high performance and ensuring process assurance
  • Managing compliance and quality in line with regulatory standards

The role involves travel, irregular hours, and occasional overnight stays with notice.

About us

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 communities we work with, and we positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Details

Date posted

12 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,690 to £62,682 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

24 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

007330

Job locations

England

Barnsley Blood Centre, Capitol Way, Dodworth

England

United Kingdom

S75 3FG


NHSBT

Liverpool Speke Blood Centre, 14 Estuary Banks, The Estuary Commerce Park, Speke

Liverpool

L24 8RB


NHSBT

Birmingham Blood Centre, Vincent Drive, Edgbaston

Birmingham

B15 2SG


NHSBT

Barnsley Blood Centre, Capitol Way, Dodworth

Barnsley

S75 3FG


NHSBT

Bristol Filton Blood Centre, 500 North Bristol Park, Northway, Filton,

Bristol

BS34 7QH


NHSBT Colindale Blood Centre

Charcot Road, Colindale

London

NW9 5BG


NHSBT

Tooting Blood Centre, 75 Cranmer Terrace, Tooting

London

SW17 0RB


NHSBT

Manchester Blood Centre, Plymouth Grove,

Manchester

M13 9LL


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached recruitment profile which is a summary of the detailed Job Description and Person Specification for the full personal attributes we require for the role. You will need to demonstrate these throughout the recruitment process. What we offer:

  • NHSBT promotes flexible working opportunities where the role will allow.
  • 27 days annual leave (pro rata for part-time) plus Bank Holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years service and to 33 days after 10 years.
  • NHS pension scheme. The NHS Pension Scheme is a defined benefit scheme (not dependent on investment returns) Further details and outline of benefits can be found at: www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/pensions
  • Weve fostered a culture of continuous learning where colleagues are well-led, engaged, and encouraged to grow. We support you in reaching your full potential, both in your current role and future career. Our Thrive program embodies our commitment to learning and development, offering a wide range of activities to support your personal and professional growth. Its open to everyone at NHSBT, ensuring you have the resources to succeed and shine in your role.

This vacancy will close at 23:59 on 28th September 2025 Interviews are anticipated to be held on w/c 13th October 2025 subject to confirmation

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached recruitment profile which is a summary of the detailed Job Description and Person Specification for the full personal attributes we require for the role. You will need to demonstrate these throughout the recruitment process. What we offer:

  • NHSBT promotes flexible working opportunities where the role will allow.
  • 27 days annual leave (pro rata for part-time) plus Bank Holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years service and to 33 days after 10 years.
  • NHS pension scheme. The NHS Pension Scheme is a defined benefit scheme (not dependent on investment returns) Further details and outline of benefits can be found at: www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/pensions
  • Weve fostered a culture of continuous learning where colleagues are well-led, engaged, and encouraged to grow. We support you in reaching your full potential, both in your current role and future career. Our Thrive program embodies our commitment to learning and development, offering a wide range of activities to support your personal and professional growth. Its open to everyone at NHSBT, ensuring you have the resources to succeed and shine in your role.

This vacancy will close at 23:59 on 28th September 2025 Interviews are anticipated to be held on w/c 13th October 2025 subject to confirmation

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to masters level or equivalent experience
  • Demonstrates commitment to own continued professional development (CPD)

Experience

Essential

  • In-depth understanding of current state and good practice of business process management
  • Significant experience of process mapping and continuous improvement methodologies
  • Significant experience of best practice methods for eliciting and managing requirements
  • Good understanding of the principles associated with the development and introduction of new and novel systems and processes
  • Significant experience of digital strategic planning and successful management of large-scale change
  • Significant experience of digital business process management to support significant business change and development across a range of different business models e.g. manufacturing, health, clinical, customer service, logistics
  • Strong stakeholder management
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to masters level or equivalent experience
  • Demonstrates commitment to own continued professional development (CPD)

Experience

Essential

  • In-depth understanding of current state and good practice of business process management
  • Significant experience of process mapping and continuous improvement methodologies
  • Significant experience of best practice methods for eliciting and managing requirements
  • Good understanding of the principles associated with the development and introduction of new and novel systems and processes
  • Significant experience of digital strategic planning and successful management of large-scale change
  • Significant experience of digital business process management to support significant business change and development across a range of different business models e.g. manufacturing, health, clinical, customer service, logistics
  • Strong stakeholder management

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Blood and Transplant

Address

England

Barnsley Blood Centre, Capitol Way, Dodworth

England

United Kingdom

S75 3FG


Employer's website

https://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Blood and Transplant

Address

England

Barnsley Blood Centre, Capitol Way, Dodworth

England

United Kingdom

S75 3FG


Employer's website

https://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Recruiter

Daniel Madzikanda

daniel.madzikanda@nhsbt.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

12 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,690 to £62,682 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

24 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

007330

Job locations

England

Barnsley Blood Centre, Capitol Way, Dodworth

England

United Kingdom

S75 3FG


NHSBT

Liverpool Speke Blood Centre, 14 Estuary Banks, The Estuary Commerce Park, Speke

Liverpool

L24 8RB


NHSBT

Birmingham Blood Centre, Vincent Drive, Edgbaston

Birmingham

B15 2SG


NHSBT

Barnsley Blood Centre, Capitol Way, Dodworth

Barnsley

S75 3FG


NHSBT

Bristol Filton Blood Centre, 500 North Bristol Park, Northway, Filton,

Bristol

BS34 7QH


NHSBT Colindale Blood Centre

Charcot Road, Colindale

London

NW9 5BG


NHSBT

Tooting Blood Centre, 75 Cranmer Terrace, Tooting

London

SW17 0RB


NHSBT

Manchester Blood Centre, Plymouth Grove,

Manchester

M13 9LL


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