Blood Sciences Subject Matter Analyst

Job overview

We are seeking to appoint a Blood Sciences Subject Matter Analyst who will play a key role in the implementation of the new Electronic Patient Record (EPR) incorporating LIMS across the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Pathology (SYBP) Service.  This is a fixed term post until May 2026.

The postholder will provide analytical and practical support to the laboratory teams to take forward improvements and new ways of working, enable successful service transition, drive operational change and help realise the qualitative and quantitative benefits available with a fully integrated LIMS. Business Analysts / Subject Matter Analysts are already in place for each of the following disciplines:

• Haematology
• Chemistry
• Virology
• Microbiology
• Histopathology.

We are looking for an individual who has held HCPC Registration within the last 5 years, who is digitally minded and is keen to bring their expertise to the Blood Sciences Workstream within the Programme.

The experienced Subject Matter Analyst will be a champion in their own field and must carry credibility with colleagues. They will play a vital role in enabling successful service transition and therefore must have an aptitude for understanding digital systems and its enablers in healthcare.

Main duties of the job

Working collaboratively within a LIMS workstream with members of the Implementation Team, the postholder be responsible for ensuring their workstream activities are delivered within agreed timescales, appropriately escalating when problems arise to ensure the programme timeline is adhered to.

The postholder will collaborate with a team of change partners to work with the supplier, laboratory and operational transformation leads to design the clinical configuration. They will provide updates and produce standard operating procedures for the new processes developed for the Oracle Health LIMS module.

Together with the laboratory teams the postholder will ensure that all priorities are aligned to achieve the whole programme plan. They will support staff to develop and improve the new LIMS for all Laboratory services across SYB Pathology and will work with the clear objective that LIMS will improve patient safety, quality of care and patient experience.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria and give specific information about your qualifications/experience in Blood Sciences as this is the area that this role will focus on.

Please also note any secondment to Sheffield Teaching Hospitals must first be agreed with your current line manager.

This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term contract basis until 31 May 2026 due to the post being recruited as part of a limited term project within the Trust. The fixed term contract status of the post holder will be reviewed in accordance with the Trust's legal obligations regarding fixed term contracts taking into consideration the requirement for the post to be maintained as a part of the project’s implementation and the timescales associated with this.

Interviews will be held 8th November 2024