Deputy Pathology IT Manager

Stockport; Stockport; Hybrid; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27-33 days annual leave

Salary sacrifice schemes

Cycle to work scheme

Salary finance

Stockport Credit Union

Job summary

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust's Cellular Pathology Department at Stepping Hill Hospital is seeking an IT professional to deputise for the Laboratory IT Manager and maintain pathology IT systems across clinical and non-clinical labs.

You will manage, develop, train users on Telepath, Review, tQuest, Keystone, DAWN, Blood Track and Sectra Digital Pathology, ensuring ISO 15189 compliance and data integrity while supporting service improvements across the pathology department.

Qualifications

• A Degree acceptable to the HCPC or relevant IT degree
• A wide knowledge of developments in IT
• Understand the following Pathology IT systems: Winpath Enterprise, Telepath, Review, tQuest, Review, Keystone, Dawn, Dart, Qpulse, Blood Track, Roche Vantage, Sectra Digital Pathology, and Stalis Care View.

Responsibilities

• To provide IT support across Laboratory medicine.
• To manage, develop, maintain, and train users for various Pathology and Hospital systems including Telepath, Review, tQuest, Keystone, DAWN, Blood Track, Roche Vantage, and Sectra Digital Pathology.
• To represent the department at relevant meetings or strategy groups and support decision-making on behalf of the department.
• To continuously monitor standards of service in line with the National plan, local requirements, activity, and financial targets.
• To produce monthly statistics covering Pathology departmental workloads.

Skills

IT support

Pathology IT systems

Education

Degree acceptable to the HCPC or relevant IT degree

Tools

Winpath Enterprise

Telepath

Review

tQuest

Keystone

DAWN

Dart

Qpulse

Blood Track

Roche Vantage

Sectra Digital Pathology

Stalis Care View

Job description

From the exceptional opportunities we offer, to the remarkable care we provide for our patients, we think there is something special about working here.

If you feel like you would like to be a part of our friendly team, please complete an application and start your journey to become a part of Team Stockport.

Main area Pathology IT Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent: [e-mail] Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 362-AHP7PATH-10-26

Site Stepping Hill Hospital - Cellular Pathology Department Town Stockport Salary £49,387 - £56,515 pro rata per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 21/10/2026 23:59

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

There are lots of good reasons to choose to come and work at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. A dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. Exactly the same qualities you’ll see in yourself. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff. In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce.

Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four ‘specialist’ hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a ‘specialist’ hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester.

In your application for this post, please describe how your experience and skills align with 'Our values-based behaviours' ( see additional documentation) and provide examples.

Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment

As well as recognising previous NHS service, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is a member of the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. If you are currently employed by Greater Manchester Local Authority, Combined Authority, GMFRS, TfGM as well as other public service organisations, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust will recognise your previous service for sickness and maternity/paternity/adoption entitlement and also for annual leave purposes (providing there has been no break in service). If you currently work for one of the above organisations and successfully apply for a post with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, please ensure the Recruitment team are aware so that this service is reflected in your contract of employment.

Job overview

Deputise for and assists the Laboratory IT Manager in order to maintain a high quality service within the resources available. The day-to-day management of clinical and non-clinical IT systems within pathology (includes collating of statistics and monitoring systems).

Main duties of the job

• To provide IT support across Laboratory medicine. This covers clinical, and non-clinical lab systems, plus first line support for other IT equipment.

• To manage, develop, maintain, and train users for various Pathology and Hospital systems including Telepath, Review, tQuest, Keystone, DAWN, Blood Track, Roche Vantage, and Sectra Digital Pathology.

• To be a member of the Directorate team providing policies and procedures meeting ISO 15189 accreditation and guidelines within National programme for IT.

• To represent the department at relevant meetings or strategy groups and support decision-making on behalf of the department

• To continuously monitor standards of service in line with the National plan, local requirements, activity, and financial targets.

• To produce monthly statistics covering Pathology departmental workloads.

• To undertake project work as required by the department.

• To undertake specific tasks to assist in the delivery of the corporate agenda.

• To stock control IT consumables and equipment within the department.

• To be responsible for IT Asset management.

• To be responsible for Regular Data archiving of the Laboratory information system to ensure data integrity and validity.

• To support the production of business cases in support of service developments as directed by senior Pathology management.

• To manage ward-order communications for Laboratory medicine.

Working for our organisation

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

Our mission is to make a difference every day. Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

The salary for the role is only one part of the excellent package of benefits we offer to you:

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focuses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.

The person specification below is not the full personspecification,butoutlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person specification

Either a Degree acceptable to the HCPC or relevant IT degree

• Pass

A wide knowledge of developments in IT

• Application form
• Understand the following Pathology IT systems: Winpath Enterprise, Telepath, Review, tQuest, Review, Keystone, Dawn, Dart, Qpulse, Blood Track, Roche Vantage, Sectra Digital Pathology, and Stalis Care View.

A wide knowledge of laboratory practices

• Application form

Applicants are encouraged to read the documents attached to this vacancy before applying, including the job description and person specification and the information for applicants which includes useful information to assist you in completing your application.

From time to time we may need to close a vacancy early when in receipt of a sufficient number of applications. If you are interested in this post and wish to be considered, we strongly advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.

Please note that all correspondence will be via your NHS Jobs account. Unfortunately we are not able to acknowledge each application. If you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please consider that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. Please also note that Stockport NHS Foundation Trust are unable to refund Interview expenses or re-location costs.

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting and championing a culture of diversity, fairness and equality for all applicants and employees. Applications are welcomed from all backgrounds and we strive to reflect the community we serve in our diverse workforce. Our two tick kite mark guarantees a candidate with a disability, who fulfills the essential criteria, an interview at the Trust. We can make reasonable adjustments, and offer support and advice in a variety of ways on request.

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Application numbers

The vacancy may close early if it attracts a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.