Digital Pathology Change Agent – Kent and Medway Pathology Network

Job summary

This Change Agent role vacancy is a fantastic opportunity for those working in clinical/clerical (General Practices, Acute or Community Trusts) roles to help shape the future of Cellular Pathology users in Kent and Medway Pathology Network.

We are looking for an individual who is enthusiastic to uptake a new challenge and develop their skills.

This is an exciting chance to be part of this dynamic team during a time of exponential growth in digital pathology transformation in Kent and Medway.

The Networks have approved the establishment of Change Agents in providing support to the Digital Pathology Transformation program development and deployment across the region.

As a Digital Pathology Transformation Change Agent you will engage with clinicians, managers, laboratory staff and Digital pathology suppliers across Kent sites, to develop the future ways of working and to support the smooth transition from current practices to the new ones.

This role will be part of a small established project team comprising project managers, subject matter experts and will have supplier support.

Working for the Kent and Medway Pathology Networks you will be surrounded by a collaborative, creative and encouraging team who will ensure all support is offered to you.

Being part of a warm, vibrant and engaging team there will be lots of team work and other times where you will be working autonomously.

Main duties of the job

• As a Change Agent for the Kent and Medway Pathology Network Digital Pathology programme, your work will be varied and will be key to enabling the Digital Pathology process across Kent.
• You will provide high quality project support including current state analysis, future state drafting, reporting and support delivery, working with suppliers and laboratory teams to optimise process design, training and implementation across the Pathology services
• You will streamline and manage business change processes and enable provision of effective administration support to ensure the project is delivered in the most effective and efficient way including management of the project calendar, appropriate area of FutureNHS, forward planning and communication between all involved teams.
• To provide business change input into the design and implementation of the Digital Pathology Project systems.
• To support the review and analyses of current business processes in order to design new pan Kent harmonised pathways and documents for Digital Pathology.
• To support the Digital Pathology Project manager and Digital Pathology IT lead and liaise with laboratory leads and clinical staff to ensure comprehensive delivery and integration.

About us

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust in the county of Kent.

The Trust provides a full range of general hospital services and some areas of specialist complex care to around 760,000 people living in the south part of West Kent and the north part of East Sussex.

The Trust's core catchment areas are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and their surrounding boroughs. We work from two main clinical sites: Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. Tunbridge Wells Hospital opened in 2011 and provides single rooms with en-suites for all in-patients - the first of its kind in the country.

We employ more than 7,000 full and part-time staff in a huge range of clinical and non-clinical roles across both of our hospital sites.