Job overview
Are you passionate about advancing healthcare through innovative technology?
We are looking for a dedicated Biomedical Scientist with a strong understanding of digital pathology systems and their integration with related platforms, to join the Division of Neuropathology. In this role, you will support the implementation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of digital pathology systems, ensuring a seamless transition from traditional histopathology workflows to state-of-the-art digital imaging platform.
The postholder will closely collaborate with laboratory, clinical and technical teams, to ensure the effective, safe, and compliant delivery of digital pathology services in alignment with clinical and regulatory requirements.
In this role, you will play a vital part in revolutionising patient care through cutting-edge technology. By driving digital transformation, you’ll enable faster diagnoses, improve collaboration, and help shape the future of pathology services.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will:
-Support the implementation and maintenance of digital pathology systems ( slide scanning, troubleshooting, digital file management).
-Act as a central liaison between the pathology laboratory, IT services, system suppliers, and clinical users.
-Facilitate system integration with Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), PACS, Electronic Patient Records (EPR), Staining and Tissue Tracking Systems.
-Deliver user training, troubleshoot system issues, writing of SOPs, and provide day-to-day support for digital pathology services.
-Contribute to quality assurance processes and ensure robust documentation and service continuity.
Working for our organisation
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040