LIMS Analyst

at  Synnovis

As a LIMS Analyst with Epic accreditation, reporting to a LIMS Workstream Lead, you will support the delivery and the ongoing operation of the Epic Beaker LIMS and associated laboratory middleware for the South East London Pathology Service for Guy’s and St Thomas’ and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trusts. You will be responsible for configuring, testing, deploying and supporting pathology workflows on the Epic Beaker LIMS in specific pathology disciplines which are Microbiology, Mycology and Virology.
You will work as a member of the pathology multi-disciplinary LIMS programme team, working with clinicians, clinical scientists and pathology operations staff to analyse, improve, harmonise and agree workflows for specific pathology disciplines across the Trusts. You will ensure that the LIMS is configured to ensure patient safety and optimal patient outcomes and to meet best practice ways of working and to achieve process cost efficiency. You will be required to support the Infection Sciences Workstream Lead to demonstrate and present system functionality, in order to gain support and understanding of clinical and operational stakeholders.
In the test phase you will develop test plans and scripts for your own areas of responsibility and conduct testing. You will be responsible for supporting the deployment of the LIMS system to laboratories in the Trusts and for supporting end users once the system is live.
This role is a unique career opportunity to be part of a truly remarkable transformation programme which will implement the largest and most ambitious pathology transformation in the UK using a world leading laboratory information management system (LIMS) in partnership with two of the largest and most prestigious NHS foundation trusts: Guy’s and St Thomas’ and King’s College Hospital.
The core LIMS underpinning the Pathology Transformation Programme will be Epic Beaker which will also be a key component of the Guy’s and St Thomas’ and King’s College Hospital electronic health record (EHR) programme, also known as Apollo. Apollo is the most ambitious programme of clinical pathway transformation the Trusts have ever undertaken and it will be powered by the world’s leading EHR system, Epic. The Epic Beaker LIMS, fully integrated to Trusts’ Epic EHR, will be at the heart of Synnovis Pathology Transformation programme.
As a LIMS Analyst with Epic accreditation, reporting to a LIMS Workstream Lead, you will support the delivery and the ongoing operation of the Epic Beaker LIMS and associated laboratory middleware for the South East London Pathology Service for Guy’s and St Thomas’ and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trusts. You will be responsible for configuring, testing, deploying and supporting pathology workflows on the Epic Beaker LIMS in specific pathology disciplines which are Microbiology, Mycology and Virology.
You will work as a member of the pathology multi-disciplinary LIMS programme team, working with clinicians, clinical scientists and pathology operations staff to analyse, improve, harmonise and agree workflows for specific pathology disciplines across the Trusts. You will ensure that the LIMS is configured to ensure patient safety and optimal patient outcomes and to meet best practice ways of working and to achieve process cost efficiency. You will be required to support the Infection Sciences Workstream Lead to demonstrate and present system functionality, in order to gain support and understanding of clinical and operational stakeholders.
In the test phase you will develop test plans and scripts for your own areas of responsibility and conduct testing. You will be responsible for supporting the deployment of the LIMS system to laboratories in the Trusts and for supporting end users once the system is live.
Your development and learning
You will have a suite of learning opportunities available through The Synnovis Way Development programme which is used across Synnovis to enable you to reach your potential, learn new skills and achieve your goals.
This is managed between you and your line manager in line with your own personal and professional development ambitions.
You can apply for finance to drive innovation and service development for the benefit of patients through our Innovation Accelerator Fund.

Work as a member of the pathology multi-disciplinary LIMS team to implement the Epic Beaker LIMS across Guy’s and St Thomas’ and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trusts.
Work with clinicians, clinical scientists and pathology operations staff to analyse, improve, harmonise and agree workflows for specific pathology disciplines across the Trusts. Ensure that the LIMS is configured to ensure patient safety and optimal patient outcomes and to meet best practice ways of working and to achieve process cost efficiency.
Document agreed workflows, associated quality controls and process rules.
Champion and implement agreed workflows and working practices, building the awareness, support, knowledge and cooperation of all impacted colleagues.
Work, as a member of your team, to configure the LIMS in line with agreed workflows for specific pathology disciplines and ensure design integrity.
Ensure LIMS configuration enables pathology testing procedures to meet required quality controls and auditing requirements.
Support the Workstream Lead (Senior Manager LIMS) to demonstrate and present information, and system functionality, in order to gain support and understanding of all stakeholders.
Develop test plans and scripts for your own areas of responsibility.
Responsibility for system testing your own areas of the LIMS configuration, including pathology test accuracy, and system testing areas configured by others.
Ensure patient information is managed in accordance with information governance and data protection standards and policies.
Ensure all documentation is professional, fit for purpose and meets agreed standards.
Maintain excellent working relationships with stakeholders, EHR and Pathology Transformation team colleagues and with suppliers.
Comply with Trust and Synnovis policies.
Synnovis is a pathology partnership between SYNLAB UK and Ireland, and the NHS, including sites, Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, to deliver and transform pathology services across South East London.
The partnership provides services to 1.7 million people living in South East London, as well as to hundreds of thousands of patients from outside the region who use local healthcare services.
The partnership provides diagnostics, testing and digital pathology for hospital trusts, GP services and other healthcare providers.
Currently our offices are based in Paris Garden, Blackfriars SE1, however at present this is a temporary location. We expect to move to new offices in the Hub building located in Blackfriars in 2024.
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