• Job Description

  Req#: C9188-25-0640?language=en&page=58&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  The Pathology IT team at UHS are looking for support to expand our service with a dedicated role for Order Communications within the team

  Main duties of the job

  Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.

  For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.

  About us

  As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to.

  All non-clinical roles may involve a mixture of on site and remote working, Specific details and flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process. UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.

  Southampton is an attractive place to live and work situated on the south coast, with an international airport and direct trains to London. The New Forest National Park and beaches of the Jurassic coast are also right on our doorstep. The city offers living costs 20% lower than London and 14 schools rated outstanding by Ofsted.

  Details

  Date posted

  21 July 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 7

  Salary

  £47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum pro rata

  Contract

  Fixed term

  Duration

  12 months

  Working pattern

  Part-time

  Reference number

  188-AC050725

  Job locations

  Southampton General Hospital

  Tremona Road

  Southampton

  SO16 6YD

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  1. Management & support of LIMS, core IT systems and IT developments within Pathology.2. Role requires significant IT experience to provide specialist IT knowledge and support for the implementation of complex IT projects at organisational and departmental level.3. The programmes assigned to the post holder will be strategic and the post holder will be required to deal with stakeholders at all levels.4. The role requires an excellent knowledge of digital and other IT systems, knowledge and understanding of underlying technical infrastructure and dependencies.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  1. Management & support of LIMS, core IT systems and IT developments within Pathology.2. Role requires significant IT experience to provide specialist IT knowledge and support for the implementation of complex IT projects at organisational and departmental level.3. The programmes assigned to the post holder will be strategic and the post holder will be required to deal with stakeholders at all levels.4. The role requires an excellent knowledge of digital and other IT systems, knowledge and understanding of underlying technical infrastructure and dependencies.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications, knowledge and experience

  Essential

  • Degree or equivalent specialist knowledge and experience.
  • Evidence of recent further professional development.
  • Strong evidence of detail knowledge of IT Systems.
  • Experience of service improvement techniques.
  • Experience of delivering IT projects.
  • Experience leading change management
  • Evidence of presenting complex information to internal and external groups in an understandable way
  • Evidence of leading change through empowering people and holding them to account
  • Experience of working to demanding and competing timetables

  Desirable

  • Experience working with databases and systems.
  • Knowledge of multi-user systems and database structure
  • Significant knowledge of healthcare system configuration and NHS data definitions.
  • Experience of managing interfaces and integration between clinical IT systems both internally to Trust and externally to other healthcare clients or networks
  • Experience in applying NHS Digital standards within Pathology systems.
  • Previous experience of working in a Pathology environment

  Skills and competencies

  Essential

  • Project management
  • General IT skills
  • Coordination
  • Change management
  • Collaborative approach
  • Communication
  • Ability to learn and assimilate information quickly
  • Organisational skills

  Trust Values

  Essential

  • Patients First
  • Always Improving
  • Working Together

  Person Specification

  Qualifications, knowledge and experience

  Essential

  • Degree or equivalent specialist knowledge and experience.
  • Evidence of recent further professional development.
  • Strong evidence of detail knowledge of IT Systems.
  • Experience of service improvement techniques.
  • Experience of delivering IT projects.
  • Experience leading change management
  • Evidence of presenting complex information to internal and external groups in an understandable way
  • Evidence of leading change through empowering people and holding them to account
  • Experience of working to demanding and competing timetables

  Desirable

  • Experience working with databases and systems.
  • Knowledge of multi-user systems and database structure
  • Significant knowledge of healthcare system configuration and NHS data definitions.
  • Experience of managing interfaces and integration between clinical IT systems both internally to Trust and externally to other healthcare clients or networks
  • Experience in applying NHS Digital standards within Pathology systems.
  • Previous experience of working in a Pathology environment

  Skills and competencies

  Essential

  • Project management
  • General IT skills
  • Coordination
  • Change management
  • Collaborative approach
  • Communication
  • Ability to learn and assimilate information quickly
  • Organisational skills

  Trust Values

  Essential

  • Patients First
  • Always Improving
  • Working Together

  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.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  Additional information

  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.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust

  Address

  Southampton General Hospital

  Tremona Road

  Southampton

  SO16 6YD

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.uhs.nhs.uk/home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust

  Address

  Southampton General Hospital

  Tremona Road

  Southampton

  SO16 6YD

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.uhs.nhs.uk/home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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