# Pathology IT Technician > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/pathology-it-technician/30b57981-b932-481f-be27-1ae1bdfbe238 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/pathology-it-technician/30b57981-b932-481f-be27-1ae1bdfbe238.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Gateshead - **Region:** North East and Yorkshire - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £25,760 - £31,157 per annum - **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed term or secondment) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-05T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-22T07:21:42.252Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Tyne_Wear/Gateshead/Gateshead_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Systems_Administrator/Systems_Administrator-v8031449 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8031449?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.qegateshead.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting FixedTerm/ Secondment opportunity has arisen for an IT Technician to work within the Pathology IT team to support the laboratory equipment refresh. We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic individual who wants to be involved in the laboratory refresh across the three South of Tyne laboratory sites. The post holder will support Pathology and the Pathology IT Team on a day to day basis to assist with the rollout and testing of the new pathology equipment across the South of Tyne laboratories. ### Main duties of the job Able to use initiative and work to tight deadlines. The post holder will act as the first point of contact for Pathology users and will support testing of new equipment, issue resolution and escalation to technical teams or suppliers when required. A flexible approach to working arrangements is essential to meet service needs, which may include working evenings, early mornings and weekend. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Prime Responsibilities - Manning of the Pathology IM&T Service Desk, acting as the first point of contact - Ensuring that all calls are answered within the Trust “First Class Hospitals” standard of under 18 seconds - Provide first level end user support to Trust and supported third party organisations where possible and appropriate, otherwise forwarding calls to the most appropriate person or organisation for second/third level support, including use of remote support tools as appropriate - Ability to actively listen to users of the services and extract relevant information to determine their requirements or the root cause of any issues. - Ability to show empathy for service users experiencing issues and demonstrate an understanding of the business impact caused. - Ability to communicate clearly and concisely with a wide range of end users and support staff from multiple backgrounds and organisations, including “difficult” users, on potentially complex or sensitive information - Provide a customer focused approach to ensure we deliver a responsive and effective service to users. - Work with other support staff in the local Gateshead health community in the implementation of Service Desk facilities to support healthcare delivery. - Liaison with support representatives of other organisations to ensure that problems are directed to the most appropriate support staff for resolution - Work collaboratively with all members of the digital teams to deliver a seamless, efficient and effective service. - Provision of support for the laboratory information system and all associated applications - Ability to communicate through written, electronic and verbal media at a wide range of levels, including the ability to present highly technical and/or complex concepts in readily understandable language - Working with Trust IT department to ensure that orders are processed appropriately, and with support staff to manage installation workloads - Educated to NVQ Level III or with equivalent experience, preferably educated to degree level or equivalent in depth experience in an IT related subject, relevant technical certifications or qualifications - Substantial experience of end user first level support experience - Strong customer service skills gained in dealing with a broad range of users of a service, not necessarily within IT - Knowledge of and experience in using Service Desk software, including call transfer to other organisation helpdesk systems - Technical knowledge of IT hardware, operating systems and end-user productivity tools - Familiarity with on-line technical and support resources - Experience in using and maintaining databases - Willingness to enhance own skill set in relation to developments in desktop technology and software environments - Demonstrated recent development of knowledge and skills in support of the Service Desk role - Knowledge of national coding structure including but not limited to Read Codes, SNOMED, SNOMED-CT  and the Universal Test Library (UTL) - Possess, or working towards  ITIL Green Badge certification - Possess, or working towards  Service Desk Institute Service Desk Analyst qualifications - Maintain personal and professional development to meet the changing demands of the job and participate in appropriate training activities - Flexible, dedicated and with the appropriate combination of practical and theoretical approaches - Knowledge of and exposure to National developments of NHS digital projects and programmes - Relevant NHS experience is desirable - Manage the enrolment and maintenance of system user accounts, ensuring that starters, leavers and movers are correctly processed - Management of the Service Desk call log in association with the second level support teams to ensure that all calls are accurately logged, and that users are appraised of call status where appropriate - Management of hardware and software fault call logs for tracking third party support calls - Tracking and management of all quotes, requisitions and invoices for IT related hardware and software, liaising with the Pathology IM&T Manager to ensure that appropriate technical and other standards are enforced - Responsible for following and implementing policies relating to working within the IT function - Management of documentation, procedures and, in association with the Pathology IM&T Manager, policies relating to the operation of the pathology  systems applicable to Trust and supported third party organisations - Assist with development and assessment of new operational policies and guidelines within the IT function - Responsible for proposing changed or updated policies relating to working within the IT function - Work with the Pathology IM&T Manager on the implementation of pathology related solutions for the Trust - Responsible for the safe and secure receipt, handling and storage of expensive equipment - Responsible for purchase of IT related assets - Tracking and management of all orders, requisitions and invoices for IT related hardware and software, liaising with the Pathology IM&T Manager to ensure that appropriate technical and other standards are enforced - Management and development of the Pathology IT hardware and software asset log on QPulse to ensure that all relevant Trust and supported third party organisation assets are accurately recorded and tracked - Use the Laboratory Information System according to the authorised procedures and policies - Enter and retrieve Patient data using the Laboratory Information System - Comply with local and national policies for the safe, secure and confidential processing, and storage of patient and other laboratory data - Daily management of the electronic results messaging solutions to ensure results are distributed to primary care requestors in a timely manner and any identified issues are resolved without significant delay - Production of performance statistics to assist the Pathology IT in management and improvement of the support function, including the production of the necessary reports for managing third party service level agreements - Collate information and produce reports from various information systems using appropriate reporting tools, both on a regular and ad hoc basis - Regularly undertake equipment testing - Regularly undertake end user satisfaction surveys - Regularly undertake audits of asset log accuracy and completeness - Regularly undertake quality audits - Communications & Relationship skills - Knowledge, Training & Experience - Maintain up to date knowledge of technical hardware and software used within Pathology and supported third party organisations, including but not limited to Meditech LIMS, ICE Desktop, analyser data managers - Analytical & Judgemental Skills - Able to identify and understand key facts and issues from caller telephone conversations, and triage this in relation to following the lost appropriate resolution course - Demonstrated analytical skills and technical skills - Planning & Organisational Skills - Responsibility for Policy & Service Development - Responsibility for Financial & Physical Resources - Responsibility for Information Resources - Responsibility for Research & Development ## Job Details An exciting FixedTerm/ Secondment opportunity has arisen for an IT Technician to work within the Pathology IT team to support the laboratory equipment refresh. We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic individual who wants to be involved in the laboratory refresh across the three South of Tyne laboratory sites. The post holder will support Pathology and the Pathology IT Team on a day to day basis to assist with the rollout and testing of the new pathology equipment across the South of Tyne laboratories. ## Job Description Able to use initiative and work to tight deadlines. The post holder will act as the first point of contact for Pathology users and will support testing of new equipment, issue resolution and escalation to technical teams or suppliers when required. A flexible approach to working arrangements is essential to meet service needs, which may include working evenings, early mornings and weekend. ## Responsibilities Prime Responsibilities ·         Communications & Relationship skills ·         Knowledge, Training & Experience ·         Maintain up to date knowledge of technical hardware and software used within Pathology and supported third party organisations, including but not limited to Meditech LIMS, ICE Desktop, analyser data managers ·         Analytical & Judgemental Skills ·         Able to identify and understand key facts and issues from caller telephone conversations, and triage this in relation to following the lost appropriate resolution course ·         Demonstrated analytical skills and technical skills ·         Planning & Organisational Skills ·         Responsibility for Policy & Service Development ·         Responsibility for Financial & Physical Resources ·         Responsibility for Information Resources ·         Responsibility for Research & Development ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational and presentation skills - Effective written and verbal communication with all levels of user - Able to work with support staff from third party organisations - Strong telephone call handling skills ### Education **Essential** - Able to demonstrate recent interest in own personal development - Educated to NVQ or equivalent ### Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge of PC hardware and operating systems, including installation, support and troubleshooting ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of working in a customer service environment, not necessarily IT - experience of first and second line IT support - Familiarity with use of Service Desk software systems - Familiarity with Microsoft end user productivity applications ## Documents - [job description and person spec (pdf, 376.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10319019) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.