Lung Cancer Screening North Consortia - System Manager

County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

Lung Cancer Screening North Consortia - System Manager

The closing date is 29 October 2026

The post holder will provide specialist operational,technical and system management leadership for the Lung Cancer ScreeningProgramme (LCSP) CDDFT/Northumbria and North Cumbria. The role will ensure that LCSP digitalsystems are safe, resilient, accurately configured, appropriately governed andeffectively used to support high quality patient care, programme delivery,reporting and screening pathway performance.

Lead theday-to-day management, administration, configuration, optimisation and supportof LCSP systems, ensuring they operate in line with Trust policies (across allConsortia), information governance requirements, cyber security standards andclinical safety expectations.

Act asthe senior system management point of contact for LCSP stakeholders, includingclinical, operational, administrative, diagnostic, reporting, supplier andHealth Informatics teams. Specifically in relation to LCS Manager, HLH/Cimar,HealthCall, Aidence and Synertec

Providespecialist advice on complex system issues, data quality, workflowconfiguration, reporting requirements, system upgrades, testing, businesscontinuity and service improvement opportunities.

Base to be Confirmed.

Main duties of the job

To leadand manage the LCSP system portfolio, including system administration,configuration, access control, supplier liaison, change control, testing,release management, documentation and operational support. Working closely withNorthumbria and North Cumbria as part of the Northern Consortia.

Act as anexpert to provide senior specialist advice to LCSP Consortia clinical,operational and administrative users on complex system, workflow, data qualityand reporting issues.

To ensureLCSP systems are configured and maintained to support safe patient pathways,screening programme delivery, referral management, diagnostic tracking, resultsmanagement and onward care processes.

Todevelop, maintain and assure LCSP system documentation, including operatingprocedures, system configuration records, business continuity plans, disasterrecovery arrangements, testing evidence, training materials and System Securityand Compliance Control documentation where required are consistent across theNorthern Consortia.

oTo maintain robust processes for user access,role-based permissions, starter/leaver changes and regular access audits inline with local Trust and Northern Consortia

About us

If you are being interviewed you must accept an interview slot in the system to continue, even if you have arranged with the manager.

You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks.

We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented.

Full Job Descriptions can be found in the adverts supporting documents.

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Please note that we may close any vacancy early once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

Job responsibilities

To leadand manage the LCSP system portfolio, including system administration,configuration, access control, supplier liaison, change control, testing,release management, documentation and operational support. Working closely withNorthumbria and North Cumbria as part of the Northern Consortia.

Act as anexpert to provide senior specialist advice to LCSP Consortia clinical,operational and administrative users on complex system, workflow, data qualityand reporting issues.

To ensureLCSP systems are configured and maintained to support safe patient pathways,screening programme delivery, referral management, diagnostic tracking, resultsmanagement and onward care processes.

Todevelop, maintain and assureLCSP system documentation, including operatingprocedures, system configuration records, business continuity plans, disasterrecovery arrangements, testing evidence, training materials and System Securityand Compliance Control documentation where required are consistent across theNorthern Consortia.

Tomaintain robust processes for user access, role-based permissions,starter/leaver changes and regular access audits in line with local Trust andNorthern Consortia information governance and cyber security requirements.

Tomonitor, investigate and resolve system faults, incidents and data qualityissues, ensuring timely escalation to suppliers, Health Informatics colleaguesand operational leads as required.

To configuration changes,reporting changes and new functionality, ensuring appropriate clinical andoperational sign-off.

To ensureLCSP data is accurate, complete and available for programme assurance, audit,performance reporting, pathway monitoring and statutory or national reportingrequirements.

To workwith suppliers and internal technical teams to maintain system performance,availability, interfaces, resilience, disaster recovery and business continuityarrangements.

Operationalreporting and dashboard production.

Programmeassurance exception reporting and patient pathway monitoring.

Consortiumcommunications, audits and shared mailbox administration.

Eitherpersonally or supporting departmental system managers, including IT supportservice for Northern Consortia LCS colleagues to manage operationally andcontrol the systems. This will include either directly or through designated ITsupport for Northumbria and North Cumbria.

Directlyor through Northern Consortia to administer system operations, includinginterfaces andattached devices, printing, housekeeping, archiving and backupregimes.

Todevelop and implement procedures for monitoring the system using error logs andstatistics. This could include system performance, system job management, filespace, processing capacity, database usage and disk maintenance.

Tomaintain a full record of the data dictionary with supporting documentation.

To ensurethe system is updated as necessary and in an accurate and timely fashion, interms of central reference files and core system tables and coordinate withprogramme managers and suppliers of interface applications.

To ensurea full record of the system configuration, both software and hardware ismaintained.

Tooperate the Trusts standard change control procedures in respect of thesystems relating to LCSPand provide support to the other Northern Consortiamembers to ensure implemented correctly

Toprovide expert knowledge on and assist with extraction of data as requested bymembers of the Northern Consortium (using as required SQL or other tools).

To leaddevelop and run, , user definable reports and data extraction reports (using asrequired SQL or other tools).

Supervisionof hardware and software engineers while on-site during system installations,upgrades or repairs to support the systems maintenance.

Toprovide technical and application knowledge on IT problem solving and faultresolution and monitor faults reported by the LCS Northern Consortium in orderto identify and resolve any problem areas

Liaisewith system hardware and software engineers, when necessary, in order toidentify appropriate solutions to faults logged by users within the Trust.

Lead andcoordinator project service improvements with the LCS programme managers acrossthe Northern Consortia.

Tosupport the information governance team. This will include:

Tosupport data quality awareness training

To ensureNHS data standards are implemented and maintained

Tosupport the Trust Data Quality Policy

Tomonitor, improve and promote data quality on the system, working proactivelywith the Information department

Tocontribute to the strategic development, optimisation and future roadmap ofLCSP systems, ensuring alignment with Trust digital strategy, programmepriorities, clinical safety, information governance and national screeningrequirements.

To lead,support or project-manage system developments, upgrades, new functionality andservice improvement activity using recognised project, change control andservice management approaches.

To act asan advocate for effective system use across the LCSP pathway, supporting usersto adopt best practice and ensuring changes are embedded safely andconsistently.

Toprovide effective line management for designated system support staff,including supervision, workload prioritisation, objective setting, appraisal,performance support, development planning and ensuring appropriate cross-coverarrangements are in place.

Toparticipate in service continuity arrangements, including out of hours work oron-call arrangements where required by the service.

Otherduties as required, commensurate with banding.

Person Specification

Experience

• Extensive experience of managing, administering, configuring or supporting clinical application systems in an integrated healthcare environment.
• Experience of problem identification, investigation, resolution, testing, change control and end user support for complex systems.
• Experience of supplier liaison, system upgrades, operational documentation, business continuity or disaster recovery planning.
• Experience of leading, supervising, mentoring or developing staff or system users.
• Experience of lung cancer screening, cancer pathways, diagnostic services, radiology, respiratory services or population health screening programmes.
• Experience of managing change, service improvement or digital transformation within an NHS environment.
• Experience of reporting, data extraction, audit or performance monitoring.

Special Requirements

• Commitment to developing own expertise and keeping up to date with current clinical, technical, digital and management practice.
• Able to participate in appropriate service continuity, out of hours or on-call arrangements where required.
• Able to travel independently across Trust sites and partner locations to meet the requirements of the post.

Special Skills & Knowledge

• Specialist knowledge of clinical systems management, system configuration, data quality, access control, reporting and operational support.
• Knowledge Of SQL reporting tools,
• Ability to analyse, interpret and resolve complex system, workflow and data issues where there may be a range of options and no obvious precedent.
• Knowledge of information governance, data protection, cyber security, clinical safety principles, change control and business continuity requirements.
• High level communication, negotiation, influencing and training skills, including the ability to explain highly complex technical information to non-technical audiences.
• Ability to plan and prioritise complex workloads, lead improvement activity and work effectively across organisational and professional boundaries.
• Knowledge of lung cancer screening pathways, diagnostic pathways, NHS screening programme requirements or population health programmes.
• interoperability, interfaces or clinical application integration.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level in an information technology, digital systems, healthcare informatics or related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Evidence of continuous professional development relevant to digital systems, clinical applications or service improvement. Ability to analyse, interpret and resolve complex system, workflow and data issues where there may be a range of options and no obvious precedent.
• Knowledge of information governance, data protection, cyber security, clinical safety principles, change control and business continuity requirements.
• High level communication, negotiation, influencing and training skills, including the ability to explain highly complex technical information to non-technical audiences.
• Ability to plan and prioritise complex workloads, lead improvement activity and work effectively across organisational and professional boundaries.
• Project management qualification such as PRINCE2 or equivalent experience.
• Qualification or training in clinical safety, information governance, data quality, business analysis or digital transformation.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

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