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Biomedical jobs with UK visa sponsorship

Verified biomedical scientist, research, and lab roles at licensed sponsors across the UK.

Exceptional talent? The Global Talent Visa lets you skip sponsorship entirely.

UK biomedical hiring splits three ways: NHS pathology and clinical labs, university research, and commercial biotech and drug discovery. Every role listed here is at an employer holding a valid Home Office sponsor licence, checked against the current gov.uk register.

For NHS Trust biomedical scientist roles (SOC code 2113) the Health & Care Worker visa is usually the better route than Skilled Worker - lower application fees, no Immigration Health Surcharge, and faster processing when the sponsor is an approved health and care employer. University-led research assistant, research fellow, and postdoctoral posts typically use Skilled Worker or Global Talent (for candidates with peer-reviewed publications and endorsement from a UK research body). Commercial biotech at firms like Isomorphic Labs, Healx and Nucleome operates through Skilled Worker.

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87 sponsor-verified roles

Clinical Research Nurse

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust Epping CM16 6TN Healthcare Science
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Biomedical Scientist

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Swindon SN3 6BB Healthcare Science
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Microbiology Specialist Biomedical Scientist

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Prescot L35 5DR Healthcare Science
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Band 6 Research Biomedical Scientist - Histology

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust Hampstead NW3 2QG Healthcare Science
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Senior Specialist Biomedical Scientist

Synnovis Analytics London SE5 9RS Healthcare Science
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Research Fellow

UCL London, England, United Kingdom Department of Epilepsy / Queen Square Institute of Neurology
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Biomedical Scientist

Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Cambridge CB2 0QQ Healthcare Science
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Clinical Fellowships (Fully Funded)

The Francis Crick Institute London, England, United Kingdom
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Senior Biomedical Scientist – Application Specialist

UK Health Security Agency Porton Down, Salisbury SP4 0JG Healthcare Science
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Senior Biomedical Scientist – Quality Lead

UK Health Security Agency Porton Down, Salisbury SP4 0JG Healthcare Science
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Biomedical Scientist (rotating Neuropathology & Histopathology)

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust Plymouth PL6 8DH Healthcare Science
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Research Fellow

University of Birmingham Birmingham, England, United Kingdom College of Medical and Dental Sciences - Department of Cardiovascular Sciences and Department of Cancer and Genomic Sciences
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Associate Professorship of Cancer Biology

University of Oxford Oxford, England, United Kingdom Sir William Dunn School of Pathology in association with The Queen’s College
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Research Assistant (850713)

University of Strathclyde Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences
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Associate Director, Clinical Supply Chain, Cambridge, MA

Isomorphic Labs Limited Cambridge, MA Clinical
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Specialist Biomedical Scientist

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board Newport NP20 2UB Healthcare Science
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Research Fellow

UCL London, England, United Kingdom Institute of Ophthalmology / Department of Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering
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Senior Optical Instrumentation Development Technician

UCL London, England, United Kingdom Biomedical Optics Research Laboratory (BORL) / Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering
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Biomedical Scientist

University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust Southampton SO16 6YD Healthcare Science
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Research Assistant

University of Warwick Coventry, England, United Kingdom Warwick Medical School - Biomedical Sciences
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Specialist Biomedical Scientist in Cytology

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust Ashford TN24 0LZ Healthcare Science
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Clinical Research Nurse

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust MANCHESTER M40 5BP Healthcare Science
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Clinical Data Programmer

Imperial College London London, England, United Kingdom School of Public Health
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Computational Senior Research Fellow

Queen Mary University of London London, England, United Kingdom Barts Cancer Institute
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Postdoctoral Research Associate

The University of Edinburgh Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom CMVM - Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
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Research Assistant

The University of Edinburgh Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom Institute of Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Research - CCBS
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(Senior) Research Fellow in Software Development

UCL London, England, United Kingdom Professor Jasmin Fisher’s laboratory / Cancer Institute.
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Lecturer/Senior Lecturer - Clinical Psychology

University of Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent, England, United Kingdom School of Health, Education, Policing and Sciences
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Specialist Biomedical Scientist Microbiology

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Worcester WR5 1DD Healthcare Science
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Senior Legal Counsel, Clinical

Isomorphic Labs Limited Cambridge, MA Central
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Clinical Studies Assistant/Research nurse

East London NHS Foundation Trust Luton LU1 2PJ Healthcare Science
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Senior Biomedical Scientist - Peterborough

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust Cambridgeshire PE3 9GZ Healthcare Science
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Senior Clinical Scientist/Biomedical Scientist

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Oxford OX3 7LE Healthcare Science
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Research Fellow

University of Leeds Leeds, England, United Kingdom Faculty of Biological Sciences - School of Molecular & Cellular Biology - Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology
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Specialist Biomedical Scientist

Barts Health NHS Trust London SE13 6LH Healthcare Science
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Senior Lecturer / Reader in Immunotechnology / Molecular Biology, Microbiology and Immunology

Queen Mary University of London London, England, United Kingdom Medicine & Dentistry
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Bioinformatician/Computational Biologist

The Francis Crick Institute London, England, United Kingdom The Malanchi Lab
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Research Training Fellow in Cancer Data Science and Epidemiology

The Institute of Cancer Research London, England, United Kingdom Division of Genetics & Epidemiology
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Research Assistant

The University of Edinburgh Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom CMVM - Institute of Genetics and Cancer
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Band 7 Senior Biomedical Scientist

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Birmingham B15 2TH Healthcare Science
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Specialist Biomedical Scientist - Coagulation

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust Bournemouth BH7 7DW Healthcare Science
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L/SL in Analytical Chemistry

De Montfort University Leicester, England, United Kingdom Faculty of Health and Life Sciences - Leicester School of Pharmacy
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Paediatric Clinical Research Nurse

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust London W2 1NY Healthcare Science
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Registered/Specialist Biomedical Scientist

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 317 02 Royal Victoria Infirmary NE1 4LP Healthcare Science
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Senior Biomedical Scientist - Virology

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Bedford MK42 9DJ Healthcare Science
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Senior Biomedical Scientist - Haematology

North West London Pathology London W6 8RF Healthcare Science
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Senior AI / ML Bioinformatician

The Francis Crick Institute London, England, United Kingdom Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Team
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Advanced Biomedical Scientist

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 317 02 Royal Victoria Infirmary NE1 4LP Healthcare Science
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Biomedical Scientist Practitioner / Healthcare Scientist Practitioner

UK Health Security Agency Colindale, London NW9 5EQ Healthcare Science
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Specialist Biomedical Scientist

iPP Analytics Limited Basildon SS14 3BY Healthcare Science
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Which UK employers sponsor biomedical scientists?
NHS Trusts are the largest single group - Plymouth, Cardiff, Newcastle, Cambridge University Hospitals, Manchester Foundation Trust, Buckinghamshire, and dozens more all hold Skilled Worker licences and hire internationally for biomedical scientist grades. On the research side: University of Cambridge, Oxford, UCL, Imperial, Manchester, Edinburgh, KCL, Glasgow, and specialist institutes like the John Innes Centre and Cambridge Stem Cell Institute. Commercial biotech includes Isomorphic Labs, Healx, Nucleome Therapeutics, and Faculty.
What's the difference between the Skilled Worker and Health & Care Worker visas for lab roles?
Both grant leave to work for a specific sponsor. Health & Care Worker is available only to eligible healthcare occupations (biomedical scientist SOC 2113, laboratory technician SOC 3111, healthcare science practitioner, clinical scientist, etc.) working for an approved UK health and care sector employer (NHS, NHS suppliers, adult social care providers). Its application fee is £628 for stays up to 3 years versus £943 for the same length on Skilled Worker (inside-UK applications), and Health & Care Worker applicants are exempt from the Immigration Health Surcharge (£1,035 per year on Skilled Worker). Its salary threshold is also lower - £25,000 versus £41,700 general on Skilled Worker. If the role and employer are both eligible, Health & Care Worker is almost always the better route.
What salary do I need to qualify for sponsorship?
For Health & Care Worker (typical NHS biomedical scientist), the minimum is £25,000 or the "going rate" for your occupation code, whichever is higher. For Skilled Worker general, the minimum is £41,700 (or the going rate). Research and academic posts at universities need the same £41,700 unless they qualify for reduced-rate options (new-entrant discount, PhD-relevant discount, or the immigration salary list).
Can I switch from a Student visa to a sponsored research role after my PhD?
If you complete a PhD in the UK on a Student visa, you can apply for a Graduate visa (2 or 3 years, unsponsored) or switch directly to Skilled Worker if a sponsoring employer offers you a Certificate of Sponsorship. Most research assistant and research fellow roles at UK universities qualify. See the switching-employer guide for the mechanics.
How often is this list updated?
Daily. The scraper pulls fresh listings from NHS Jobs, jobs.ac.uk, and biotech applicant tracking systems each morning, then cross-references every employer against the current gov.uk sponsor register. Any role at an employer that has since lost its licence is dropped automatically.