Workstream Lead

KMPN is implementing a new LIMS across the whole county, replacing four disparate systems across seven hospitals. The new LIMS is the key clinical priority for the network, to be followed by new analytical equipment alongside digital pathology projects and workforce transformation.

We are seeking three highly dynamic, collaborative and engaging work stream leads for the WinPath Enterprise LIMS Implementation across the network.

The roles are based within the LIMS project team and the wider Programme Management Office (PMO). We are hybrid working across ICB offices, hospital laboratories and home. Flexible working is supported to meet the needs of colleagues and the service.

The post holder will manage their workstreams on a day to day basis, ensuring they are planned and managed effectively; and take the lead in assisting in their successful delivery.

**Workstreams**:

- Analyser
- the new LIMS the system is being built to communicate with pathology analysers across the labs in Kent & Medway. The work stream lead will create strong working relationship with pathology leads to create effective functional and user acceptance testing plans. Also to have a good understanding of the electronic communication methods within the laboratory workflow between a LIMS, middleware and analysers and to support delivery of the requirements between the supplier and the pathology teams.
- Data Migration
- the implementation of a new LIMS requires a number of data migrations: patient master index; facility for patient results trending and cross-checking as part of cut-over from legacy to new LIMS, and a data depository that allows look-up of past patient records which is framed by legislation and accreditation standards. The work stream lead will have the ability to create strong working relationship with a wide range of stakeholders with potentially competing requirements to deliver the required outcomes.
- Integration
- WinPath Enterprise sits at the centre of the pathology services across Kent and Medway and will be linked to a wide range of other clinical IT systems across the local health economy. The lead will ensure the build is implemented to the required standard and supports both the functional and user acceptance testing stages through an effective plan co-created with all the pathology disciplines and other stakeholders.

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.
We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people across the county.
The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.
You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.
The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Project Management
- Contribute to performance improvement, taking a lead for identified areas where agreed;
- Provide coordination of and participate in relevant internal and external working groups and provide project advice, expertise and support where requested;
- Provide relevant and timely specialist advice and guidance on own portfolio of projects/function;
- Work with members of the teaM/Function/directorate to investigate the causes of any variance from target/plan and proactively contribute to the implementation of solutions;
- Management of a risk and issues tracking mechanism and its proactive resolution and escalation processes.
- To provide administrative support to the project governance structure. This will require facilitating and attending various meetings associated with the management of the project, including the Project Board, project team meetings and other meetings as required. This will include preparing papers, taking minutes and following up actions from meetings, as well as chairing meetings on various sub-workstreams.

Financial and Physical Resources
- Provide regular reporting on the targeting of resources and monitoring their implementation from a value for money perspective;
- Provide oversight and monitoring of all aspects of teaM/Function/directorate budgets;
- Evaluate projects/function within identified portfolio for delivery against financial recovery/savings plans through providing sophisticated, high quality project analysis.

Staff Management
- Take a lead in the coordination of training, development and recruitment activity across the teaM/Function/directorate;
- Support appraisals, recruitment including progressing any disciplinary or capability issues, as necessary.

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