The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

Pathology IT - Haematology & BT IT Deputy Lead

The closing date is 12 September 2025

Job summary

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 Technical Specialist 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.

About us

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.

Details

Date posted

22 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £46,580 a year Per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

225-BCPS-7372732

Job locations

Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust New Cross

Wolverhampton Road

Wolverhampton

WV10 0QP


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description/Person Specification for a full detail of role and main responsibilities

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description/Person Specification for a full detail of role and main responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree or equivalent experience in IT, Biomedical Science, or related discipline

Desirable

  • Experience working with LIMS (e.g., WinPath, Clinisys), middleware, or system interfaces
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree or equivalent experience in IT, Biomedical Science, or related discipline

Desirable

  • Experience working with LIMS (e.g., WinPath, Clinisys), middleware, or system interfaces

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

Address

Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust New Cross

Wolverhampton Road

Wolverhampton

WV10 0QP


Employer's website

https://www.royalwolverhampton.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

Address

Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust New Cross

Wolverhampton Road

Wolverhampton

WV10 0QP


Employer's website

https://www.royalwolverhampton.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Pathology IT Service Lead

Tobi Alabi

o.alabi@nhs.net

01902481562

Details

Date posted

22 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £46,580 a year Per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

225-BCPS-7372732

Job locations

Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust New Cross

Wolverhampton Road

Wolverhampton

WV10 0QP


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