Infrastructure Technician Band 5

Job summary

As an experienced IT professional, you will work within the Digital Infrastructure team, within a new team with responsibility for providing support to all aspects of infrastructure including, server, network and EUC functions. The team will focus specifically on delivery of the trusts key programmes and projects.

Over the coming months and years the infrastructure will undergo significant changes. Our current and future programme of work is heavily focussed on ensuring we have the correct building blocks in place to support the Trusts transformation, under pinned by technology. Our work over the next few years will be heavily focussed on ensuring that we have the right infrastructure in place, addressing key risks, adding capacity and ensuring that our technology platforms are as resilient as they can be to support a digital ULHT.

Main duties of the job

Please see the job description for a full list of expected duties.

Essential Skills & Experience

This role is to be part of a new team dedicated toward implementing new digital services, delivering improvement and supporting the 3rd line infrastructure team. This is a great opportunity to develop skills toward a future career specialising in network, server & storage and end user computing with exposure to technologies across the full spectrum of Digital.

About us

Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £643 million (20/21) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.

Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement - "Outstanding Care Personally Delivered" - stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.

We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good'. Our rating for caring remained as 'Good'.

This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.

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 in an ICT related subject or equivalent experience.
Desirable
  • ITIL Foundation Qualification or equivalent experience of IT service management.

Previous Experience

Essential
  • Experience of operating systems, software and associated technologies. (MS/Cisco/Dell/Aruba)
  • Experience of enterprise infrastructure such as data centres, networking, storage and servers
  • Experience of managing/supporting enterprise software such as Microsoft/VMware/Cisco.
  • Experience of effective team working.
Desirable
  • Experience of Microsoft SQL Server.
  • Experience of configuration and / or development of Enterprise security systems
  • Experience of working within an NHS IT Environment.

Evidence of Particular

Essential
  • Awareness and Knowledge of the dignity in care agenda.
  • Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework
  • Good written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal skills.
  • Knowledge of using scripts in a Microsoft environment. Good negotiation skills.
  • Good technical awareness with the ability to fault find on complex systems.

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 to meet the requirements of the post.
  • Flexible approach to work outside normal office hours, when and if the need arises.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Employer details

Employer name

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Pilgrim Hospital Boston & Lincoln County Hosptial

Sibsey Road

Boston

PE21 9QS


Employer's website

https://www.ulh.nhs.uk/

Company
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Location
Boston, United Kingdom PE21 9QS
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£28407.00 - £34581.00 a year
Posted
Company
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Location
Boston, United Kingdom PE21 9QS
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£28407.00 - £34581.00 a year
Posted