Job vacancy: Department IT Lead, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 317 02 Royal Victoria Infirmary

Job summary

Main area

317 Corporate Laboratory - Blood Sciences

Grade

Band 5

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Full time
Job share
Flexible working

37.5 hours per week

Job ref

317-2024-31-04-DR-A

Employer: The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Royal Victoria Infirmary
Town: 317 02 Royal Victoria Infirmary
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 09/09/2024 23:59
Interview date: 26/09/2024

Department IT Lead

Band 5

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To coordinate, manage, maintain and implement information technology (IT) throughout the Directorate of Integrated Laboratory Medicine through a system of named individuals with responsibility for IT. The post-holder will be assigned a base Department, but will be expected to provide cover for other Departments within the Directorate on occasions.
All such work will be performed strictly in accordance with the Trust’s IM&T Policy and Procedures.
The post holder will be expected to work closely with the Trust IT Department and the Directorate IT management team on such issues as APEX problem resolution, system development, linking systems between Trusts e.g. NPEX. Pathosys, telepathology, video conferencing, Order Communications and results reporting.
The post holder will be expected to fulfil the Departments IT input into these collaborative ventures

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

Person specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential criteria

BSc in scientific or IT subject or equivalent qualification

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria

Understands the role of Integrated Laboratory Medicine in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and its place within the Trust and/or wider NHS
Experience of solving IT related problems and implementing corrective actions
Knowledge and experience of using and trouble-shooting MS software (including MS Word, Excel, Access, Outlook etc) and other spreadsheets and databases
Knowledge of and experience of installing and trouble-shooting IT peripherals such as printers, bar code readers etc and the associated software e.g. printer drivers
Experience in delivering training and communicating technical information to peers

Desirable criteria

Experience in working with Laboratory Information Management Systems
Understands the computing needs of a pathology department, and the IT issues involved.
Experience of working with lab analyser software and middleware
Knowledge of SQL or other database interrogation methods.
Knowledge of installing and troubleshooting IT peripherals
Knowledge and experience of trouble shooting network problems
Experience of working in an NHS pathology laboratory
Understanding of Health and Safety legislation and safe working practices within medical Laboratories

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

Good interpersonal and communication skills
Ability to organise and manage projects and meet deadlines
Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
Good keyboard and IT related skills
Analytical approach and the ability to make appropriate decisions

Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form

All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.