Job Summary
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides health and social care services in acute and primary care settings, community hospitals, and care centres, through the 11,000 employed staff. The Trust spans over two counties of North Tyneside and Northumberland, and has a main WAN MPLS between the main hospitals in those regions.
Northumbria Digital Services team provide, IT services to all of the Trusts directorates, departments and subsidiaries and this role is to support the team to ensure the campus LAN, WAN and Wifi services are correctly designed, implemented, secured and supported to match the digital delivery needs and ambitions of the Trusts digital strategy
Main duties of the job
To provide Management and support for the Trust’s wide and Local Area Networks in conjunction with the Network Infrastructure Manager.
Provide infrastructure support to ensure high availability, security and usability of the network that is transparent to users.
Work closely with the Network infrastructure engineers and associates to ensure any routine work is up to standard with quality assurance checks.2nd line escalation for problems that network engineers and associates need assistance with.
Person Specification
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- Significant experience of managing a network infrastructure across multiple sites.
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Degree level in computer related discipline or equivalent / demonstrable level of network knowledge. Additional specialist network related knowledge is advantageous.
- Good understanding of Networking infrastructure and protocols
Desirable
- Appropriate industry recognised qualifications e.g. CCNA or equivalent.
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.
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).
Closing Date: 11 December 2025
