ITCS Database Administrator | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 09 March 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £56,276 - £63,176 p.a inc. HCA |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 April 2026 |
| Location: | London, SE1 7NJ |
| Company: | Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7842983/196-ITCS152 |
Summary
We are a small team of 3 responsible for maintaining the SQL farm for King' College hospital (KCH) as well as the EPIC Cogito data warehouse for Guy's and St Thomas Hospital (GSTT) utilised by the individual Business Intelligence teams.
This an opportunity for an experienced SQL database administrator with prior clustering experience to join our team, become EPIC Cogito accredited and support our SQL farm and Cogito estate.
The role will require working across sites based in both Denmark Hill and Waterloo and also requires some occasional out-of-hours working to support overnight SQL ETL processes as well as some late night Cogito software deployments.
• To maintain the Microsoft SQL Database Farm
• Tosupport the EPIC Cogito databases and infrastructure and provide support to Caboodle business intelligence developers via code migrations, ETL support and deployment of EPIC upgrades.
• To troubleshoot ETL issues and Cogito platform issues when required.
• Act as a training resource for developers, EPIC, and other Secure Data System support roles.
• Provide 3rdline support for Database Farm technical issues.
• Help define system requirements for new developments in conjunction with clinicians, clinical analysts and project managers.
• Provide expert advice to other Trust system managers and the Trust in relation to procurement of high cost data systems.
• Develop software which is needed to support and complement the Trusts databases.
• Provide expert technical documentation to support systems and system development.
• Demonstrate software solutions to other technical and clinical staff.
• To act as a technical liaison person for third party suppliers.
• Implements ICT policies and proposes changes to improve service.
• On occasions where out-of-hours working is required to support either SQL farm or Cogito platform, the post-holder would be required to do overtime/on-call and escalate any serious problems to senior members of the team.
For further information please refer to the job description and person specification document attached.
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (KCH) and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT) are advancing their digital transformation ambitions in a period of increasing operational demand, technological complexity, and rising expectations of service responsiveness.
• Manage the MS SQL Database Farm which houses over 100 clinical important databases and any associated systems.
• To support the EPIC Cogito databases and infrastructure and provide support to Caboodle business intelligence developers via code migrations, ETL support and deployment of EPIC upgrades.
• To troubleshoot ETL issues and Cogito platform issues when required.
• Act as a training resource for developers, EPIC, and other Secure Data System support roles.
• Provide 3rdline support for Database Farm technical issues
• Help define system requirements for new developments in conjunction with clinicians, clinical analysts and project managers.
• Provide expert advice to other Trust system managers and the Trust in relation to procurement of high cost data systems
• Analyses, investigates and resolves complex IM&T queries and issues/problems including, System errors, breaches of security or confidentiality, user requirements, which may require configuration of software and hardware, unusual data trends, training requirements, based on needs analysis.
• Develop software which is needed to support and complement the Trusts Databases
• Test and research new hardware and software platforms to ascertain suitability for Trust deployment
• Provide expert technical documentation
• Demonstrate software solutions to other technical and clinical staff
• To act as a technical liaison person for third party suppliers.
• Implements ICT policies and proposes changes to improve service
• To troubleshoot ETL issues and Cogito platform issues when required.
• To deploy EPIC cogito upgrades
• On occasions where out-of-hours working is required to support either SQL farm or Cogito platform, the post-holder would be required to do overtime/on-call and escalate any serious problems to senior members of the team.
Professional, technical and innovative skills:
• Ability to provide and present information ranging from simple to highly complex to an audience of any size that will contain listeners of differing levels of understanding
• Ability to analyse and form an opinion on solutions ranging from simple to highly complex when presented by several different suppliers
• Ability to accurately produce written documents relating to standards and technical specifications
• Stakeholder engagement – the ability to engage with the local organisations and third party suppliers
• Resource management – ability to identify resource needs
• Ability to work with and deliver within a fixed project timescale
• Willingness to ‘roll-up the shirt sleeves’ and deliver
• Communication skills – the ability to communicate clearly and effectively within the local organisation and External Suppliers.
• Ability to manage and undertake formal testing activities
• Ability to suggest and implement novel software and hardware solutions to particular clinical and non-clinical IT related issues
System Support
• To troubleshoot SQL farm and Cogito platform issues and resolve system issues quickly and responsibly.
• Installation and support of Database/cogito Systems Software.
• Monitor the Database Farm and cogito platform, identifying any issues and respond to them appropriately.
• To be the key contact for 3rdparty supplier’s support teams.
• Ensure that the good relationships that Kings and GSTT has with its suppliers are maintained.
• Ensure that the databases and services are running efficiently and effectively.
• Ensure that the procedures for the management of all of the Farm servers meets the need of the system(s).
• Ensure that all databases are properly backed-up and the disaster recovery procedures are effective and up to date.
• Regular health checks of the software & database
For further information please refer to the job description and person specification document attached.
This advert closes on Sunday 22 Mar 2026