Pathology IT systems Manager
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
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Job summary
Pathology serves Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust, GPs in Worcestershire, Health and Care Trust as well as private health care providers. High quality IT provision is essential to the safe and efficient provision of the Pathology service. The role of Pathology IT Systems Manager is pivotal to how this high quality IT provision is delivered. This individual will be responsible for managing IT Systems within Pathology across all sites, including development and installation of new and existing systems. Providing support and training for systems managed by Pathology and ensuring the provision of pathology requests is sustained, including first line maintenance/trouble shooting of the Pathology Laboratory Information Management system. Being a key point of contact between Pathology, the Trust and stakeholders to manage and deliver projects, as well as business as usual processes. As part of the role there will be management of information flow and statistical data gathers to assist business intelligence within the Directorate. The role will also include staff management of the Pathology IT team and attendance at key meetings to report directly on operational developments.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is responsible for co-ordinating and managing all aspects of IT within Pathology at WAHT. This includes 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 ensuring the provision of electronic requesting and reporting for pathology tests, this includes 24/7 first line maintenance of the Pathology Laboratory Information system.
The post holder will provide professional leadership for Pathology IT services, and will provide specialist and expert IT advice to Pathology stakeholders and users.
The post holder will manage the process of statistical data gathers, to provide and maintain automated billing data for Finance and Information departments.
The post holder will work with Trust IT Services and Pathology staff to ensure Trust guidelines and policies are followed.
The post holder is responsible for facilitating the service continuity of Pathology IT services and be responsible for the resolution of unprecedented technical issues involving centralised Pathology IT systems
The post holder will be responsible for development of countywide Pathology IT strategies for server, storage and Disaster Recovery.
About us
Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester
Our workforce is nearly 6,800 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Our objectives are simple:
- Best services for local people
- Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
- Best use of resources
- Best people
Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.
We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.
Date posted
22 August 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£50,952 to £57,349 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
C9365-23-0102-2
Job locations
Charles Hastings Way
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR5 1DD
Employer details
Employer name
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Charles Hastings Way
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR5 1DD
Employer's website
https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)



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