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Senior Research Data Scientist

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust • Plymouth, South West England

Salary

£40k – £48k

Posted

5 November 2026

Work mode

Full-time

Sponsor match

high

Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)

Role overview

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust is hiring a Senior Research Data Scientist in Plymouth, a full-time scientific & qa role advertised as contract. The advertised salary is £40k – £48k. University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust holds an active licence on the UK Home Office register of sponsors for the Skilled Worker route, which means it can sponsor a visa for this hire if it chooses to.

Job summary The post holder will act as a specialist health data scientist and technical lead within the Research & Development department at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (UHP). They will provide advanced analytical, machine learning, governance, reporting and service-development expertise across diverse medical and clinical datasets.Working at Band 6, the post holder will work with a degree of autonomy within defined operational policies, exercising independent judgement on complex …

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Employer: University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: Skilled Worker
Advertised salary: £40k – £48k
How this salary compares: about 18% above the £40,820 median across 1,107 scientific & qa roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
Location: Plymouth, South West England · Full-time
Similar roles nearby: 1 other live scientific & qa role in Plymouth — browse them
Posted: 5 November 2026
How we verify sponsors: employers are matched against the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors — read our methodology.

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Scientific and quality assurance roles span pharmaceutical, biotech, clinical research, and laboratory sectors. The UK life sciences industry actively recruits internationally for research scientists, QA managers, regulatory affairs specialists, and clinical trial coordinators, with many employers maintaining well-established sponsor licence operations.