IT Systems Lead - Liverpool - ref. u7921615

Job overview

The Pathology Department at LCL is looking to recruit an Pathology IT Systems Lead role.

We are looking for someone who is committed, self-motivated and enthusiastic, with a solid understanding of IT and pathology data flows and experience of working in an NHS laboratory or similar environment.

Main duties of the job

This post holder will support the Head of Pathology IT and Laboratory Managers, assisting with setting up, training, and troubleshooting of the pathology IT system. This role is focussed on the maintenance of the laboratory information management system (LIMS), but may involve other systems including digital pathology and other laboratory based solutions

Working for our organisation

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit their careers page.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Job Summary

To be considered for the role you must have the appropriate experience and knowledge in working in a hospital pathology laboratory or similar healthcare environment (as documented in the person specification).

• Working with the Directorate Managers in the running of the LCL IT

Systems by supporting the Trust’s requirements of both clinical and nonclinical systems, providing professional execution of Incident, Request

• Managing with software and hardware installations, specifications, testing and

• Providing professional support (related to pathology) to the Trust Digital team

• Complying with corporate governance structures in keeping with the principles

and standards, as set out by the Trust.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent IT qualifications (CNA, MCSA etc)

Knowledge

• Evidence of supervisory/team leader and large-scale project leader skills
• To have a thorough understanding and knowledge of IT systems within Clinical Labs; bespoke and proprietary software, hardware, desktop systems, clinical system (analyser interfaces, Laboratory Information Systems, network infrastructure & network connectivity).
• Thorough Knowledge and understanding X400 addressing, P.K.I. Encryption, Tracking Database, Read Codes, Pathology working practices, GP Clinical System and middleware. To provide routine maintenance and support as well as non-routine fault finding, maintenance and support in all of the above systems
• Be aware of Health and Safety procedures
• Understand and accept the need to maintain confidentiality
• Understand the principles of the Data Protection Act and Caldicott Report

Skills

• To communicate effectively with a range of staff/users/customers on matters ranging from simple to extremely complex IT problems
• To liase with outside departments/organisations to co-ordinate support
• Ability to deal with several suppliers, stake holders, project staff and users all within short spaces of time with a variety of problems and perception of how quickly their individual needs should be attended to
• To liase with CCG project staff, clinical staff, practice staff and system suppliers to make sure that systems are in place to comply with the Pathology Messaging Implementation Project
• To be able to work effectively on own without supervision
• To be able to work effectively as part of a team
• The ability to follow appropriate procedures
• The ability to correctly follow appropriate procedures
• The ability to review, evaluate and modify procedures
• Be able to recognise and report appropriately any hazards

Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.

Posts advertised to ‘internal staff’ are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.

Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria.

Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.

We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

Candidates applying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months’ of their 18^th birthday.

Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.

The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.

Bank posts require upfront payment. DBS applications submitted from 2nd December will be subject to the new DBS fee of £26.50 (standard) and £54.50 (Enhanced).

From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.

Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults’ policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.

Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.

All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.

As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.

If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.

Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.