Job Description

Tavistock House, Central London


Dependent on Experience

Job Title:

Laboratory Systems Specialist

Department:

Information And Technology

Location:

Tavistock House, London, WC1H 9LT

Contract /Hours:

Fixed Term, Full Time (40 hours)

Salary range:

Dependent on Experience

About us:

Sonic Healthcare

is an internationally renowned healthcare provider with a demonstrable track record of medical services across the world. Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Sonic is an ASX Top 50 company that has grown to become one of the world's leading healthcare providers, specialising in pathology, radiology and primary care medical centres. We have operations in Australia, the USA, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Ireland and New Zealand.

Sonic Healthcare UK

encompasses the two main entities in the UK, The Doctors Laboratory (TDL) and Health Services Laboratories (HSL). HSL is a partnership between The Doctors Laboratory (TDL), Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH). HSL was formed to provide pathology services to the NHS Trusts and has expanded further to provide services to other NHS Trusts. Over 2,500 staff work at Sonic Healthcare UK, primarily under the TDL or HSL banner.

Our purpose is to deliver medically-led diagnostics, innovation, value and long-term investment to healthcare. With our core laboratory based at The Halo Building in London WC1H 9AX, we also have an expanding site in Manchester as well as smaller hospital-based laboratories across the country. We maintain rigorously high standards of quality, whilst also delivering efficiencies to healthcare through careful workforce planning, pioneering technology and significant investment in infrastructure and IT.

About the Role:

We're excited to announce new opportunity within the The Doctor's Laboratory IT department. As a full-time member the Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) team, you'll play a crucial role in supporting our laboratory operations and our current LIMS transformation projects.

Ideal Candidate:

Passionate about pathology IT Experience with LIMS (Laboratory Information Management Systems) and analyser interfacing Committed to exceptional customer service Experience in a laboratory setting, IT operations or MSP

Responsibilities:

Handle day-to-day support requests from the laboratory and external clients. Implement and support analyser and middleware interfacing (including CDM and CITM systems). Manage laboratory pre-analytics systems (sample sorting and routing). Configure LIMS for the laboratories (new codes, rules, workflows) and assist with system installations. Collaborate with development and business intelligence teams to generate data from Winpath and other data stores. Address queries from external clients related to order communications and client results systems. Represent the IT department in new projects (e.g., implementing new laboratories or client systems). Work closely with Windows, network, and governance specialists. Develop proactive monitoring systems for IT infrastructure.

Why Join Us?

Be part of a dynamic team driving innovation in pathology IT. Contribute to critical healthcare solutions. Collaborate with experts across various domains. Make an impact from day one!
At HSL we offer a variety of excellent staff benefits including:

Training and development opportunities

- supporting professional development

Annual salary review

- No banding restrictions: As we are a private company we are not restricted by salary bandings and so are able to negotiate appropriate salaries based on experience. This also means that annual salary reviews do not hit a band ceiling.

Discounted gym membership

- we have a corporate gym membership scheme with Better Gyms

Cash healthcare plan

- cash back on a variety of healthcare costs including dentist and opticians

Sick Pay Entitlement

- 5 paid days in the first year of employment, 20 days thereafter

Permanent Health Insurance and Death in Service Cover

Life Assurance

- providing salary continuation for long term illness (six months qualifying period)

Employee Assistance Programme

- supporting staff wellbeing

Season Ticket Loan Scheme

- interest free loan for the cost of annual travel ticket

Perkbox

- Access to additional staff perks and benefits such as high street discounts

Company Pension Scheme -

company and staff contributions which increase with service

Competitive annual leave allowance

- 23 days

Flexible working hours

- we support and offer flexibility around shift patterns and working schedule
Please read the job description and person specification carefully and ensure that your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience required.

We respect and value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from diverse communities.

PLEASE NOTE: WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CLOSE THIS VACANCY AT ANY TIME EVEN IF A CLOSING DATE IS SHOWN HERE OR IN ANY OTHER MEDIA


Vacancy ID : 034089 Closing Date : 15-Aug-2025


Contact Person : Nazaria Swortzel Contact Email : nazaria.maxey@tdlpathology.com