THIS POST WILL COMMENCE FROM APRIL 2025

The Digital Services Infrastructure Engineer will work as part of our infrastructure teams, supporting the delivery of new infrastructure and improvements to existing infrastructure and process.

You are likely to have skills in areas that include one or more of the below specialisms.

Network Technologies including: - Cisco / Aruba / Extreme

Dell Technology including: - PowerSwitch / Connectrix / VxRail / Sonicwall

Managing Firewalls including : - Cisco, Palo Alto, Fortinet

VMware Technology including: - NSX, Aria Operations for Network

This is an exciting time to join the team as we embark on a long term programme of ambitious digital change toward an Electronic Health Record (eHR).

Main duties of the job

The role will work on specific tasks and assignments individually and as part of a team to develop, design and support the Trusts enabling technology infrastructure. This will involve the design, build, implementation, documentation and support, working closely with Trust project teams and suppliers to ensure new technology meets specified requirements.

The in house team within Digital Services has a full range of skills and specialisms, from programme and project management, to development of apps, technical support and specialist infrastructure and application teams. Anyone joining our department will find they have the opportunity to work with a variety of highly skilled staff as part of a team effort to support the Trust to deliver outstanding care.

About us

Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Pilgrim Hospital is situated beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.

This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.

The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).

Job description

Job responsibilities

What should you do next?

Have a look at the job description, and if you like what you see, then apply today. Dont miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree level qualification or equivalent in a computing related field and/or evidence of on-going personal, technical and management development

Desirable

• Technical Accreditation in relevant subject area.
• ITIL Foundation Qualification
• Project Management Qualification e.g. Prince 2 Foundation

Previous Experience

Essential

• Professional experience in providing technical support for hardware, software and network environments
• Experience of managing an enterprise Inventory of equipment including associated peripherals and supporting applications
• oProfessional experience of Microsoft and VMware hypervisor technology stacks.

Desirable

• Experience of working within an NHS Digital Services environment
• An awareness of NHS national programmes

Evidence of Particular knowledge, skills and aptitudes

Essential

• Expert in Microsoft Desktop and Server Operating Systems
• Expert in Microsoft and other Desktop applications including Cloud.
• Expert in Dell/Intel server/pc hardware architecture
• Knowledge and experience of Active Directory, DNS, DHCP architecture
• Knowledge and experience of Antivirus, Backup and Filtering Software
• Experience of TCP/IP and Internet/HSCN
• Excellent technical awareness with the ability to systematically fault find on complex systems
• Good interpersonal and explanatory skills in dealing with a mixed user skill base
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Awareness and Knowledge of the dignity in care agenda.
• Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework

Desirable

• Knowledge of Cisco or equivalent networking technologies
• Knowledge and experience of Microsoft Exchange, SCCM, SQL, IIS, VMware,

Specific Requirements

Essential

• Confident, self-motivated and enthusiastic
• Methodical approach to work, logical and numerate
• Ability to work under pressure and prioritise work
• Ability to travel
• Flexible approach to work outside normal office hours, when and if the need arises

Employer details

Employer name

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Lincoln County Hospital

Greetwell Road

Lincoln

LN2 5QY

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