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Senior Digital Network Technician - Voice & Data | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 10 June 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £35,392 - £42,618 per annum (pro rata) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 July 2024 |
| Location: | Manchester, M13 9WL |
| Company: | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6310512/349-COR-V6310512 |
Summary
Job Purpose:
We are seeking an experienced Senior Digital Network Technician specializing in Data & Voice to join our Group Digital team. In this role, you will support the development, maintenance, and administration of our data and voice infrastructure, ensuring optimal performance in support of clinical and business operations.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
• Oversee day-to-day operations of Trust-wide data and voice networks.
• Provide expert technical support for incident resolution and service requests.
• Identify critical gaps/issues and make recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Contribute to the installation and enhancement of data communication network equipment.
• Supervise junior network team and manage own workload efficiently.
• Monitor network stability, availability, capacity, integrity, resilience, and security.
• Ensure compliance with NHS Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT) requirements.
• Provide technical support for complex software and hardware communication problems.
• Maintain comprehensive network documentation and inventory.
• Contribute to the strategic development of the Trust’s data and voice infrastructure.
• Support service continuity and disaster recovery planning.
• Serve as a technical liaison between the Network team and other technical teams.
• Provide support for Windows server operating systems and associated hardware.
• Stay updated on IT technical issues relevant to healthcare environments.
• Act as a point of contact for network-related advice and expertise.
• Monitor key performance indicators and service delivery metrics.
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
This advert closes on Monday 24 Jun 2024
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