Lung Cancer Screening North Consortia - System Manager

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to lead and manage the Lung Cancer Screening Programme (LCSP) digital systems across the Northern Consortia. The post holder will ensure safe, resilient systems configured for high-quality patient care, reporting and pathway performance.

The role requires specialist advice on complex system issues, governance and cyber security, plus ownership of documentation, tests, and continuity plans across multiple sites and partners.

Qualifications

• Experience in health informatics and handling sensitive patient data.
• Knowledge of governance, cyber security standards and clinical safety expectations.
• Ability to lead system administration, configuration and change control.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day management, configuration and support of LCSP systems.
• Ensure systems comply with trust policies and information governance.
• Provide expert advice on data quality, reporting and system upgrades.
• Coordinate with Northumbria and North Cumbria consortia for system portfolio.
• Develop and maintain system documentation, including DR and training materials.

Job description

The post holder will provide specialist operational, technical and system management leadership for the Lung Cancer Screening Programme (LCSP) CDDFT/Northumbria and North Cumbria. . The role will ensure that LCSP digital systems are safe, resilient, accurately configured, appropriately governed and effectively used to support high quality patient care, programme delivery, reporting and screening pathway performance.

Lead the day-to-day management, administration, configuration, optimisation and support of LCSP systems, ensuring they operate in line with Trust policies (across all Consortia), information governance requirements, cyber security standards and clinical safety expectations.

Act as the senior system management point of contact for LCSP stakeholders, including clinical, operational, administrative, diagnostic, reporting, supplier and Health Informatics teams. Specifically in relation to LCS Manager, HLH/Cimar, HealthCall, Aidence and Synertec

Provide specialist advice on complex system issues, data quality, workflow configuration, reporting requirements, system upgrades, testing, business continuity and service improvement opportunities., To lead and manage the LCSP system portfolio, including system administration, configuration, access control, supplier liaison, change control, testing, release management, documentation and operational support. Working closely with Northumbria and North Cumbria as part of the Northern Consortia.

Act as an expert to provide senior specialist advice to LCSP Consortia clinical, operational and administrative users on complex system, workflow, data quality and reporting issues.

To ensure LCSP systems are configured and maintained to support safe patient pathways, screening programme delivery, referral management, diagnostic tracking, results management and onward care processes.

To develop, maintain and assure LCSP system documentation, including operating procedures, system configuration records, business continuity plans, disaster recovery arrangements, testing evidence, training materials and System Security and Compliance Control documentation where required are consistent across the Northern Consortia.

oTo maintain robust processes for user access, role-based permissions, starter/leaver changes and regular access audits in line with local Trust and Northern Consortia

If you are being interviewed you must accept an interview slot in the system to continue, even if you have arranged with the manager.

You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks.

We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented.

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