Job overview

Are you an experienced IT professional with a passion for healthcare and innovation? Join our dynamic team at Black Country Pathology Services (BCPS) as a Pathology IT Deputy Lead. In this pivotal role, you will support the implementation, maintenance, and optimisation of our Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) and associated pathology IT systems.
You’ll act as a key technical lead, ensuring effective integration with hospital and regional systems, supporting clinical users, and contributing to the delivery of safe, accurate, and timely pathology services. This is an exciting opportunity to work at the intersection of healthcare and technology, helping to shape the future of pathology service across the region.

Main duties of the job

The Pathology IT Deputy Lead is responsible for the implementation, maintenance, and support of the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) and associated pathology IT systems across the Trust. The role ensures the continuous and reliable integration of laboratory systems with hospital and regional IT infrastructure to support the delivery of safe, accurate, and timely pathology services.

Acting as a lead technical specialist within Pathology IT, the post holder will support the day-to-day operation of pathology systems, manage external interfaces with partner organisations, and ensure systems are secure, reliable, and fit for purpose. This includes technical troubleshooting, integration management, user administration, and first-line support to pathology system users.The role will support the ongoing maintenance of the LIMS and contribute to its building and configuration to meet the evolving needs of the laboratories. This includes working closely with laboratory staff to understand workflow requirements and ensure the system is optimally configured to support efficient and high-quality service delivery.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve.  We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.
We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.
The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.