Job Summary
Are you ready to use your telecommunications engineering skills in a way that makes a positive impact on peoples lives? If so, we have a fantastic opportunity to become a member of our Telecoms team within the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
Reporting to the Telecoms Manager your role will focus on leading a team of engineers to ensure systems are maintained and supported to Trust standards
In return, we can offer you a varied, interesting, and challenging role working as part of a fantastic team and offering all the support you need to learn at pace and achieve your career ambitions.
Main duties of the job
You will take responsibility for managing the day-to-day operations of the Telecommunications Workshop and a small team of engineers which form part of it. The post holder will apply their extensive knowledge in telecommunications networks & Wide Area radio paging communications to ensure the numerous clinical and administrative functions are able to function efficiently and any communication issues are resolved quickly. The post holder will take the lead on more demanding support issues or projects.
You will be supported to work within established standards and best practices, contributing to the continuous improvement of Telecoms services.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A degree or equivalent experience in a Telecoms related discipline
Skills & behaviours
Essential
- Mature, Flexible and Highly Motivated approach to work.
- Able to communicate effectively with a wide range of people.
- Able to keep cool under pressure and capable of prioritising tasks.
- Reliable team player, but also able to work on own initiative.
- Accurately estimating how long jobs should take.
- Good organisational skills
- Logical approach to problem solving.
Other
Essential
- Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post (with reasonable adjustments if necessary), including clearance on blood borne viruses in compliance with Trust Policy
Experience
Essential
- Proficient programming Unify Openscape 4000.
- Experience of working with VoIP systems
- Knowledge of voice data cabling
- A good understanding of component level electronics
- A good understanding of a large enterprise telecoms environment, including deployment of resilient, wide area communications
- PABX Programming
- Electronics Experience
Desirable
- Experience gained in a Health environment.
- Understanding of wider NHS health community.
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: 12 January 2026
