Pathology IT Manager
Accepting applications until: 23-Jul-2024 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 23-Jul-2024 23:59
Key details
Location
- Gwefan
- Pathology department - Victoria Hospital site - Blackpool Teaching hospitals
- Cyfeiriad
- Whinney Heys Road
- Tref
- Blackpool
- Cod post
- FY3 8NR
- Major / Minor Region
- Lancashire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Oriau
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm)
Salary
- Gradd
- NHS AfC: Band 7
Specialty
- Prif leoliad
- Pathology IT Manager
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.
We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year. We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.
We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as: part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.
Trosolwg o'r swydd
The Pathology IT Manager is responsible for managing and coordinating all aspects of IT (support, installations & and project implementations) for
the Pathology at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Trust to include Biochemistry, Haematology, Blood Transfusion, Microbiology, Cellular Pathology and the Mortuary.
This comprises the development, installation and support of new and existing systems, providing training and documentation and a point of
contact between the Trust, Suppliers and Stakeholders.
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The Pathology IT Manager is responsible for managing and coordinating all aspects of IT (support, installations & and project implementations) for
the Pathology at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Trust to include Biochemistry, Haematology, Blood Transfusion, Microbiology, Cellular Pathology and the Mortuary.
This comprises the development, installation and support of new and existing systems, providing training and documentation and a point of
contact between the Trust, Suppliers and Stakeholders.
The post holder is responsible for all hardware and software in the laboratories as well as LIMS, CyberLab and integrity of data held.
The post holder will be expected to liaise with Lancashire and South Cumbria Pathology Collaboration with anticipated new LIMS project.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, and offers a full range of district hospital services
and community health services to a population of 1.6 million in Lancashire and South Cumbria.
The Pathology Directorate encompassed several disciplines: Anti-Coagulation Dosing Advisory Service, Biochemistry, Blood Transfusion, Cellular Pathology, Haematology, Microbiology, Mortuary, Point of Care Testing, Phlebotomy & Virology.
The department has approximately 280 staff comprised of Consultants, Biomedical Scientists, Medical Laboratory Assistants, other laboratory or
technical personnel and administration staff.
Swydd ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
• To undertake and manage new IT projects as and when required within the labs. This will entail discussions with suppliers, users, providing documentation, installation, and configuration and testing until such point that the project has either gone live or can be safely handed over to other stakeholders.
• Responsibility for all hardware and software within the laboratories, the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) and Ordercomms, the integrity of the data it holds and the effective and accurate distribution of that data to clinicians and other systems as appropriate, across the Trust and to the local health community.
• To provide fault finding investigation in all systems; (desktop, hardware, software, network, connectivity): take ownership of highly complex faults to resolution and to liaise with hospital IT services and other parties should they be required to resolve the issues and co-ordinate support.
• Installations & fault finding work undertaken in both offices and contaminated lab areas.
• Proactive management of systems to provide on going improvement of service offered by the labs.
• Be responsible for solving of highly complex problems regarding programming and interface issues that arise between the analytical platforms and the Laboratory Information System. This may involve the safe and expeditious retrieval of erroneous results before they are available to clinical staff.
• To provide documentation of systems installed, user instruction documentation and report logging.
• To ensure that all new or upgrades to clinical systems function correctly and have been tested before going live.
• To ensure that departmental workload data is available as and when required by Pathology Services Manager.
• To contribute the Pathology Directorate meetings on all IT matters and projects, communicating highly complex issues and resolutions
to scientific and medical staff in the Directorate.
• Line manager for the Pathology IT Admin Support.
• Provide training and support for Pathology IT Admin Support.
• Responsible for training of staff at all grades in the Directorate, from basic system use to highly complex interfacing and problem solving.
• To communicate effectively with all levels of staff on multifaceted issues relating to IT systems.
• To ensure that daily pro-active management and regular housekeeping tasks are undertaken to maintain system integrity and that these are documented appropriately in order to keep patient and their information safe.
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Any invitation to interview will be sent to the email account stated on your application form.
If the role you have applied for requires a Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) check we will administer this as part of your pre-employment checks. Please note, you will be required to repay the cost on appointment. This will be collected via a salary deduction. You can choose whether to pay this over 1-3 months from your salary or as a one-off payment on commencement in post. The level of check required depends on the role that you have been offered. Currently the charges are - Basic DBS check £22.00, Standard DBS check £22.00 and Enhanced DBS check £42.00.
You are encouraged where possible, to register for the DBS update service. This is an annual registration fee of £13. By registering for the update service you will not have the additional cost of repeated disclosures.
Should you withdraw your application, you may be required to reimburse the cost of the DBS check.
DBS checks remain free of charge for volunteer positions.
By submitting an application for this vacancy you are confirming your agreement to the above in the event you are successfully appointed.
The DBS Code of Practice can be accessed here.
Please ensure that you read the Person Specification attached below as your application will be judged against this.
Please note that every effort will be made to keep the vacancy live until published closing date, though there may be instances where such interest is generated, that for administrative reasons the post may close earlier.
Please note that in line with national NHS guidelines this Trust operates a strict non-smoking policy. Members of staff are not permitted to smoke on Trust premises or grounds at any time nor take breaks during working hours for the purposes of smoking.
The Trust does not offer interview expenses to shortlisted candidates unless indicated in the advert.
Applicant requirements
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Degree or equivalent level of experience in a pathology IT related role
Meini prawf dymunol
- Project management qualification
Experience and Knowledge
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Proven ability of developing and managing Pathology centered computer systems
- Extensive experience of Pathology IT interfacing
- Systems management experience
- Experience of working within Pathology
Meini prawf dymunol
- Project management experience
Skills and Ability
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Current knowledge of data flows and reporting methodologies within Pathology
- Strong interpersonal skills demonstrating the ability to communicate effectively with staff at all levels
- Proven ability to solve serious problems encountered in laboratory services
- Strong organisational skills
- Able to work using own initiative
- Ability to build effective working relationships
- Good understanding of clinical governance
- Ability to work as part of a team and organise fluctuating workload around competing priorities.
- Good analytical and report writing skills
- Capable of working under pressure
Further details / informal visits contact
- Enw
- Dawn Singleton
- Teitl y swydd
- Pathology Directorate Manager
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 01253956726
- Gwybodaeth i gefnogi eich cais
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