Job summary
- Main area
- Administration
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Part time - 18.75 hours per week
- Job ref
- 188-AC050725
- Employer
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Southampton General Hospital
- Town
- Southampton
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Pathology IT Systems Lead
Band 7
Job overview
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Please see below for detailed job description of the role.
Main duties of the job
The Pathology IT team at UHS are looking for support to expand our service with a dedicated role for Order Communications within the team
Working for our organisation
As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to.
All non-clinical roles may involve a mixture of on site and remote working, Specific details and flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process. UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.
Southampton is an attractive place to live and work situated on the south coast, with an international airport and direct trains to London. The New Forest National Park and beaches of the Jurassic coast are also right on our doorstep. The city offers living costs 20% lower than London and 14 schools rated outstanding by Ofsted.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Management & support of LIMS, core IT systems and IT developments within Pathology.
2. Role requires significant IT experience to provide specialist IT knowledge and support for the implementation of complex IT projects at organisational and departmental level.
3. The programmes assigned to the post holder will be strategic and the post holder will be required to deal with stakeholders at all levels.
4. The role requires an excellent knowledge of digital and other IT systems, knowledge and understanding of underlying technical infrastructure and dependencies.
Person specification
Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- Degree or equivalent specialist knowledge and experience.
- Evidence of recent further professional development.
- Strong evidence of detail knowledge of IT Systems.
- Experience of service improvement techniques.
- Experience of delivering IT projects.
- Experience leading change management
- Evidence of presenting complex information to internal and external groups in an understandable way
- Evidence of leading change through empowering people and holding them to account
- Experience of working to demanding and competing timetables
Desirable criteria
- Experience working with databases and systems.
- Knowledge of multi-user systems and database structure
- Significant knowledge of healthcare system configuration and NHS data definitions.
- Experience of managing interfaces and integration between clinical IT systems both internally to Trust and externally to other healthcare clients or networks
- Experience in applying NHS Digital standards within Pathology systems.
- Previous experience of working in a Pathology environment
Skills and competencies
Essential criteria
- Project management
- General IT skills
- Coordination
- Change management
- Collaborative approach
- Communication
- Ability to learn and assimilate information quickly
- Organisational skills
Trust Values
Essential criteria
- Patients First
- Always Improving
- Working Together
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kieran Milton
- Job title
- Head of Pathology
- Email address
- [email protected]
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