Clinical Applications Technical Lead (Pathology)

Job description

Salary: Circa 55000 per annum dependent on experience

Contract: Permanent Full Time

Hours: Monday to Friday 8:30am 5:00pm

Location: Hybrid working arrangement

Join Medica and help shape the future of digital pathology

At Medica we are proud to be the leading provider of teleradiology services across the UK and Ireland supporting healthcare organisations to deliver timely high-quality patient care. As our pathology services continue to grow we are looking for a Clinical Applications Technical Lead Pathology to play a pivotal role in the delivery optimisation and ongoing support of our clinical systems landscape.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced clinical systems professional with strong technical expertise in pathology workflows LIMS and healthcare integrations. Youll act as the technical authority for pathology applications while helping to shape the wider clinical applications strategy across Medica.

What youll be doing

As Clinical Applications Technical Lead Pathology you will lead the technical design configuration and optimisation of pathology systems and integrations ensuring they support safe efficient and scalable clinical workflows. Youll work closely with clinicians operational teams clients and technology partners to deliver innovative solutions that improve service delivery and patient outcomes.

Key responsibilities include:

• Acting as the senior technical subject matter expert for pathology systems and LIMS programmes

• Leading the design configuration and optimisation of complex clinical applications and workflow integrations

• Supporting system implementation projects UAT activities go-live readiness and post-implementation optimisation

• Acting as the escalation point for complex application and integration issues

• Ensuring adherence to clinical governance information governance and change control processes

• Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to deliver reliable compliant and user-focused clinical systems

• Supporting system upgrades enhancements and future technology roadmaps

• Participating in the clinical systems on-call rota supporting Medicas 24/7 services

Why join Medica

This is a unique opportunity to join a growing area of the business at an exciting stage of our pathology journey. Youll have the chance to influence the future direction of clinical applications work with leading healthcare technologies and contribute directly to services that support patient care across the UK.

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued respected and supported to reach their full potential. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and experiences and are dedicated to promoting equality diversity and inclusion throughout our recruitment process.

Job requirements

What were looking for

Were seeking a proactive and technically minded professional who enjoys solving complex challenges and can confidently bridge the gap between clinical operational and technical teams.

Essential experience and skills

• Experience configuring maintaining and optimising clinical or healthcare IT systems

• Strong understanding of pathology workflows and Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS)

• Knowledge of healthcare interoperability standards such as DICOM and HL7

• Experience working with clinical system integrations interfaces and data flows

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities

• Excellent attention to detail particularly around system configuration testing validation and documentation

• Experience operating within clinical governance and change management frameworks

• Ability to prioritise workload effectively and work independently or as part of a specialist team

Desirable

• Experience providing technical leadership or acting as a senior SME within a clinical systems environment

• Experience delivering or supporting LIMS PACS AI or wider healthcare technology implementations

• Knowledge of pathology radiology or laboratory workflows

• Experience with UAT go-live planning and post-implementation optimisation

• Familiarity with NICIP SNOMED CT or other healthcare coding standards

• ITIL Foundation certification

• Healthcare IT or Computer Science qualifications

Core benefits for you:

• Flexible and hybrid working

• A company culture that promotes work life balance

• Commitment from employers to continued learning and development

• Access to Employee Assistance Programme

• Annual bonus

• Enhanced holiday allowance bank holidays

• Group life assurance

• Pension

• Social events

• Sick pay

• Cycle to work scheme

• Access to free and regular personal development & wellbeing events

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