Principal Network Engineer: Sponsorship Available

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job Summary

The Principal Network Engineer has lead responsibility for voice and data network services delivered to users at LUHFT. Working together with the Network Manager they will ensure the provision of an efficient and reliable 24 hour 365 day service.

The post holder will be required to participate in an out of hours on-call rota, working autonomously to resolve all IT incidents critical to the Trust functioning out of normal working hours. This may involve visits to all areas where IT is used, which includes but not limited to patient areas such as wards, labs, theatres, AED etc.

Main duties of the job

The Principal Engineers will provide technical support at a senior level and, with appropriate support from the Network Manager, will be responsible for problem management within the networks team.

The post holder will provide specialist 2nd & 3rd line support and resolving incidents that are often very complex in nature across multiple disciplines.

The aim of this role is to provide Network/Telecoms support for the systems and services used by the Trust, resolving incidents passed from 2nd line support and supporting the Network Manager in order to maintain ‘business as usual’. Where appropriate act as technical lead when delivering Trust project implementations.

In conjunction with the Network Manager the post holder will contribute towards the strategic development of voice and data network services and will provide a Technical Architect function in the planning and execution of the strategic development of other systems and services.

About us

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities – from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • CISCO Certified Network Professional (CCNP) (or working towards one) or equivalent knowledge of voice/data
  • Relevant degree or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

  • Substantial knowledge and experience in telecoms and/or data networks and systems – particularly Cisco networking data networks
  • Knowledge and experience of procurement procedures and contract negotiation, and the ability to write detailed output based specifications.
  • Experience of being responsible for financial and physical assets, particularly the management ofcontracts and contractors

Desirable

  • Experience of clinical practices and working within specialist environments

Communication

Essential

  • Ability to deal with staff at all levels within a Informatics Service, its Partner Organisations and with service providers, service users, and professional bodies outside of the Informatics Service
  • Ability to share technical knowledge with others and contribute to the training of more junior grades of staff
  • Make formal presentations to technical and nontechnical groups on complex technical subjects not readily understood by them

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).

Closing Date: 18 December 2024

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