Deputy IT Manager - Pathology

Integrated Care System; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic organization seeks a Deputy IT Manager for Pathology to oversee a diverse IT team in Sheffield. The role involves leading IT initiatives, managing complex situations, and ensuring high-quality IT services. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills, expertise in IT processes, and a commitment to service delivery within the healthcare sector.

Benefits

Commitment to professional development

Support for work-life balance

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant field.
• Experience in managing and developing teams.
• Strong focus on service delivery and project management.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Pathology IT team across multiple locations.
• Manage incidents to ensure business continuity within the pathology service.
• Oversee the development and implementation of IT initiatives and policies.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical Skills

Negotiation

Interpersonal Skills

Education

Degree in relevant subject

Masters level qualification

ITIL qualification

Project management qualification

Tools

SQL

Python

PowerBI

Labgnostic

ICE

JMIS

Job description

Go back Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Deputy IT Manager - Pathology

The closing date is 03 August 2025

South Yorkshire & Bassetlaw Pathology are recruiting to the post of Deputy IT Manager.

This is a challenging and varied role, taking leadership of a dynamic and diverse team of IT professionals during a period of significant change and across a number of sites.

We are looking for someone with experience of successfully managing a team, and with the ability to learn and adapt quickly to the complex technical landscape of the service.

We are not expecting candidates to be experts in every technical aspect of the service, but rather have the ability to work closely with and get the best out of the skilled team that we have in place.

The candidate will however need the ability to understand and manage complex technical situations, and be able to quickly bring themselves up to speed with the issues at hand.

Direct experience in a laboratory/pathology environment is not essential, but will be an advantage.

The candidate will need a strong focus on service delivery, and the ability to oversee a number of diverse projects at any one time. They will need to liaise with senior managers across a number of organisations and be able to effectively hold suppliers to account when required.

Please ensure you have read the Trust guide to using AI in your application. We are interested in hearing about you and what you have to say. Applications which appear to be computer generated are unlikely to be shortlisted.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide overall leadership of the Pathology IT team across a number of locations in the region.

They will take a leading role in managing incidents to ensure business continuity within the regional Pathology service.

They will be responsible for development and implementation of new IT initiatives, policies and procedures, liaising and negotiating with Trust and External Suppliers where appropriate and ensuring minimum clinical risk to patients and financial risk to the Service.

They will advise the SYBP Senior Leadership Team on relevant IT issues and strategies based on changing technologies and legislation or guidelines, ensuring that our systems continue to meet user and stakeholder needs.

They will be responsible for Quality and Governance of IT systems within the Service, ensuring provision of training for staff in the use of IT systems and documentation relating to the Quality Management System (QMS).

About us

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Person Specification

Education & Qualification

• Educated to degree level or equivalent level of experience in a relevant subject (e.g. Biomedical Science, Information Management or other Scientific/IT related discipline).
• Masters level qualification, or equivalent experience in a Scientific or Informatics related discipline.
• ITIL qualified or equivalent experience.
• Formal qualification in project management (PRINCE 2 practitioner) or equivalent experience
• Evidence of continuing professional and personal development.
• UKCHIP registration.
• BCS Membership.
• Qualification in advanced IT Use (e.g. MCSA, MCSE, Microsoft Certified Professional.
• Qualification in data analytics, coding or related discipline.
• Formal training/qualification in service improvement (i.e. Lean, MCA, FCA, 6?)

Skills & Knowledge

• Possess in depth specialist knowledge of IT process and procedures in a laboratory setting.
• Possess leadership, supervisory and negotiation skills.
• Possess highly developed judgmental and analytical skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and negotiate where necessary.
• Ability to prioritise a wide range of competing priorities of own workload and that of the team.
• Ability to manage complex workload under pressure and prioritise to meet deadlines
• Highly developed communication skills with the ability to communicate on complex, sensitive or contentious matters in difficult situations, responding openly to questions to ensure full understanding and engagement.

Experience

• Significant experience of working with enterprise level IT systems in a large organisation.
• Track record of producing and delivering IT system strategies within a complex organisation
• Proven record of operational delivery of IT systems across a large and complex service.
• Proven record of management of successful and substantial / service-wide software implementation.
• Significant experience in managing and developing teams
• Experience of working with Pathology IT systems in an NHS Laboratory environment.
• Experience of working with Pathology related systems such as NpEX/Labgnostic, ICE, JMIS
• Experience of tools and processes related to data analytics such as SQL/Python/PowerBI etc.
• Experience of managing teams through periods of change.
• Involvement in conducting high value procurement exercises.

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.

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£55,690 to £62,682 a yearpa/pro rata for part time staff