Lead Specialist

As a Lead Specialist in Technical & Scientific Development, youll play a key role in shaping how NHS Blood and Transplant deliver safe, highquality blood and components to patients across the UK. You will lead complex, highimpact changes and projects that introduce innovative technologies, develop improved products and services, and enhance national standards across the blood supply chain. You will develop your expertise to translate innovative ideas into practical solutions, collaborate with colleagues across multiple directorates to deliver consistent, dependable, and futureready practices. Your work will help strengthen essential systems, support regulatory compliance, and ensure we continuously improve for the benefit of donors, staff, and patients. This is a role where your leadership and expertise will directly contribute to saving and improving lives.,

• Lead the delivery of major, complex and highimpact programmes and change projects, ensuring delivery on time and within budget.
• Act as a recognised subject matter expert within a specialist manufacturing, testing or quality discipline.
• Own and manage product and service development lifecycles from concept through implementation and postmarket surveillance.
• Provide expert advice on standards, processes, equipment and procurement.
• Lead cross functional and national project teams.
• Analyse complex data to inform decisions and manage risk. Work in partnership with senior leaders across NHSBT.
• Develop and deliver workshops, training and presentations.
• Contribute to national policy, standards and best practice. Deputise for Heads of Function as required.
  
  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