Laboratory Medicine IT Specialist

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an aspiring, self‑motivated individual to join Bolton Foundation Trust's Families and Diagnostics Division as a Lab IT Specialist. The post will primarily support the Laboratory IT Lead in delivering upgrades to ICE Order Communications and advancing Digital Pathology within Histology along with maintenance of systems and supporting users.

You will work collaboratively with colleagues from a range of disciplines and backgrounds, providing technical and operational support across multiple laboratory IT initiatives. This role focuses on assisting with implementation, troubleshooting, and integration tasks to ensure successful delivery of small to medium‑scale projects across the Trust.

The post holder supports the Lab IT Lead in delivering and maintaining Laboratory Medicine IT systems and digital transformation projects across the Trust and Greater Manchester. Key responsibilities include supporting the implementation, development, integration, testing, troubleshooting and optimisation of laboratory information systems such as Win Path, Instrument Manager, ICE and EPR‑related applications. The role involves working closely with laboratory staff, IT teams, suppliers and stakeholders to deliver projects, provide technical support, training and user guidance, manage system changes, maintain programme records, analyse data, contribute to business cases, support audits, monitor project progress, identify risks and promote the effective use of technology to improve laboratory services and patient care.

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.