About this role
Job summary
Job Ref: IM&TS 026Salary Scale: Band 7 (£49,387 - £56,515 depending on experience)Hours: 37.5 hours per weekContract Type: PermanentNote: This post will be asked to contribute to the 24 hour "on call" commitment of IM&T Services for which additional payments apply. A full driving license with access to transport is required for this post as staff may be required to work at multiple OUH sites.
Main duties of the job
Within the Network team, technical responsibility for delivering corporate Network system and services development, Operations and Support
The post-holder plays a leading technical role within the Network team, to ensure that the OUH and Service Level Agreements are either met or exceeded.
Consultancy - Level 5 (CNSL5) The provision of advice and assistance in any area associated with the procurement, provision, delivery, maintenance or effective use of information and communications technology. The consultancy can deal with one specific aspect of ICT, or it can be wide ranging and address many aspects, or it can be of a strategic nature.
About us
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please view OUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Job description Job responsibilities
Carries out assignments, alone or as part of a team, applying knowledge, skills, and experience. Demonstrates an understanding of the issues of interest to the client organisation and proposes viable solutions within the scope of own expertise, considering the needs of those affected. Recognises needs outside own area of knowledge, recognises how these areas relate, calls for and works effectively with additional expertise as necessary. Plans and organises own work accurately. Undertakes assignments in a systematic manner. Produces high quality deliverables in terms of both content and presentation. Examples of deliverables include reports, presentations and reasoned arguments. Plans projects independently, identifying human resource requirements and provides project co-ordination for other staff: across IM&T Services teams; within the client organisations; and within 3rd party supplier organisations. Plans and schedules changes to the network technical infrastructure, requiring a significant level of knowledge, skill and understanding of the impact and risks involved.
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specifications for further details.
Person Specification
Education Background Essential
GCSE 'C' grade or equivalent in English and Maths of Appropriate qualification in a relevant subject
Desirable
Degree or equivalent experience ICT Industry standard qualification or training certification in one or more of the following technologies/products ?CISCO Certification ?Firewall Certification
Personal Attributes Essential
Positive attitude Logical approach Ability to sustain concentration Organised Good interpersonal skills Professional appearance Timely decision-making Enthusiastic Interested in helping people Credibility Analytical approach Attention to detail
Desirable
Mediation skills Patient & sympathetic Calm temperament
Communication & Relationship skills Essential
Team skills Ability to relate appropriately to various professional groups both within and outside the Trust Leadership skills Good communication (spoken and written) skills Ability to document work accurately Ability to write clear reports and present business cases Good presentation skills
Desirable
Thorough understanding of customer and supplier organisations.
Previous experience Essential
Expert levels of technical experience, knowledge and ability Experience in senior role working within a large organisation's, highly technical IT infrastructure related support team environment Experience in a Network related services discipline Experience in delivering high quality productivity and performance of a small groups and or individuals
Desirable
"Project" orientated leadership track record, skills in driving and successfully delivering to time and budget whole projects or subset tasks within a project
Knowledge & Skills Essential
CISCO IOS CISCO ISE & FMC CISCO Secure Client CISCO Router & Switch hardware CISCO Unity, Expressway, UCS and CUCM DHCP and DNS WAN carrier technology and circuitry (ISDN, PSTN, Broadband, Microwave, Wireless, etc) SolarWinds VLAN construction and implementation Network Management and Diagnostic software and tool kits Multitone and PageOne Paging Solutions Netcall system design and management
Desirable
Security standards and protocols International/Industry structured data wiring/cabling standards and regulations Firewall Administration and Configuration to Engineer status Network Switch Configurations PABX to IPT connectivity Project Management methodology (I.E. PRINCE2) Cloud Telephony, such as Microsoft Teams
Miscellaneous Essential
Driver with access to own transport
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details Employer name Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address OUH Sites
Headley Way, Headington
Oxford
OX3 9DU
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)