Specialist Bioinformatics Technologist

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Name: Jack Baldwin Position: Principal Bioinformatician Email: Jack.baldwin@nhs.net Phone number: 0113 2068237 Shortlisting Date: 23/07/2026 Interview Date: 06/08/2026

This is a fixed post created to support two projects within Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust. The first involves supporting Clinical Engineering with their clinical data systems, with a focus on data extraction and processing for clinical audit and operational activities.

The post will also provide critical support for the development of the LIBRA-i (Leeds Imaging Bioinformatics Research & AI) ecosystem, a strategic initiative designed to maximise the value of healthcare imaging data for research, innovation, service improvement and AI deployment across LTHT.

The Department of Medical Physics and Engineering in Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust provides a wide range of scientific and para-clinical services that entail the application of physics and engineering to healthcare. As well as serving Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, services are also provided to other Trusts in the Northern and Yorkshire region, and to some non-NHS customers. The NHS department is organised under six main functions:

• Business management and administration
• Clinical engineering and rehabilitation engineering
• Radiological physics & radiation protection
• Radionuclide and MR physics
• Radiotherapy physics
• Scientific computing

Scientific computing in the Department of Medical Physics and Engineering supports and advances patient care by applying scientific and computing principles to computerised healthcare technology within the clinical bioinformatics field. Computerised healthcare technology is defined as computerised medical devices and clinical computer systems that are used either in isolation or interconnected for direct patient care.

• Work with clinicians and other scientists in the healthcare environment providing specialist physical sciences bioinformatics services to patient care.
• Analyse clinical data including medical images for operational purposes, for clinical audit, and for service development activity.
• Work with academics, scientists, other technologists and clinicians, supporting multi-disciplinary research activity.
• Work in multi-disciplinary teams, optimising and advancing computerised healthcare technology and the use of clinical data to advance patient care.
• Develop bespoke data queries, scripts and reports to as part of operational administrative, technical and clinical services

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

Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:

Patient-centred Collaborative Fair Accountable Empowered

All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values

We’re committed to recruiting exceptional people to deliver outstanding services across Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and helping every colleague reach their full potential. We’re looking for a compassionate, inclusive, and collaborative leader who shares our values and can build strong partnerships. We warmly invite applications from people from a variety of backgrounds and sectors, and are especially keen to hear from individuals from a minority ethnic background. We’re dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, supported, and has a true sense of belonging, as we work together to deliver the best in healthcare to the people of Leeds and beyond.

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.

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Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

St James’s University Hospital

Leeds

West Yorkshire

LS9 7TF

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/