West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust is looking for an experience network and telecoms engineer to join our technical infrastructure team. This role will support the network and telephony specialists and more junior staff.
You will be required to work independently on network and telephony configuration changes, supporting during incidents and new network implementations. Our teams support our technical infrastructure across our acute and community sites so the ability to travel around the west Suffolk area is essential. You will interact with colleagues across the organisation so an approachable manner is key. You will need to have an eye for detail and documentation as well as the required technical skills in the person specification.
This role would suit an engineer with existing experience looking to develop further, or a senior engineer looking for a new role in the healthcare environment.
You will join a mature digital organisation who are striving to deliver high quality, digitally enabled healthcare.
The primary roles for the post holder will be to provide specialist technical support in respect of Digital Communications Infrastructure as part of the third line Engineering Team. Working under the guidance of the Senior Network Specialist the post holder will support the design, planning, development, implementation and documentation of new and existing Digital Communications Infrastructure for the Trust. The post holder will also diagnose, trouble shoot, repair and maintain Digital Communications Infrastructure against IT helpdesk tickets, risk incidents and in-line with Trust and Vendor maintenance schedules.
The post holder will also be expected to share their extended knowledge with other members of the team, supporting other network engineers in the resolution of issues that are more complex in nature. This may include accompanying network engineers as incidents are being addressed.
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Nathan Abbott Job title: Network Technical Specialist Email address:
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