Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Solution Specialist

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Job summary

We have a great opportunity to join the Frimley Health Digital Services department. To to help with the designing, developing, implementing and adopting of Digital Solutions across the Trust.

You will be working with our technical teams, key suppliers, specialist IT/Digital partners, clinical and non-clinical stakeholders. To support, implement and develop existing solutions within the Trust. And to also design fit-for-purpose solutions which align to our digital strategy moving forward.

Based at our Greenwood Offices site in Ascot,you will be working with our technical teams, key suppliers, specialist IT/Digital partners, clinical and non-clinical stakeholders. To design fit-for-purpose solutions for the benefits of the Trust and patients we service.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will be responsible for

  • Designing solutions across the Trusts technology and service portfolio which includes planning, implementation, development, and operational guidance to the service teams that will manage it in BAU.
  • Providing design assurance during the build / test phases and ensuring the solution design and implementation meets technical, functional, and non-functional requirements.
  • Driving the definition and adoption of best practice and standards across the Trust, service teams and wider operational IT/Digital areas. This will include identifying issues, risk, dependencies and developing mitigation strategies.
  • Ensuring the NHS Digital Service developments align and adhere to local Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) policies and act as an active voice in the future development of the strategy for deliverables to local trusts.
  • As Technical Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Infrastructure across FHFT, interpret strategy information from NHS Digital; implementing transition and operational changes, ensuring continuous service improvement methods are embedded within FHFT.
  • Acting as the lead specialist contributing in the delivery of the technical projects including any Support and Security updates or Feature Updates within the Microsoft release cadence.

About us

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital servicesforaround 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.

We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.

Our threecore values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other,Committed to Excellence,WorkingTogether and Facing the Future.

We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnelworkingalongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties

Details

Date posted

23 August 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£39,205 to £47,084 a year per annum incl HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

151-NH048-D

Job locations

Greenwood Offices (Heatherwood Hospital).

Brook Avenue,

Ascot,

SL5 7GB


Job description

Job responsibilities

The post-holder will be responsible for

  • Designing solutions across the Trusts technology and service portfolio which includes planning, implementation, development, and operational guidance to the service teams that will manage it in BAU.
  • Providing design assurance during the build / test phases and ensuring the solution design and implementation meets technical, functional, and non-functional requirements.
  • Driving the definition and adoption of best practice and standards across the Trust, service teams and wider operational IT/Digital areas. This will include identifying issues, risk, dependencies and developing mitigation strategies.
  • Ensuring the NHS Digital Service developments align and adhere to local Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) policies and act as an active voice in the future development of the strategy for deliverables to local trusts.
  • As Technical Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Infrastructure across FHFT, interpret strategy information from NHS Digital; implementing transition and operational changes, ensuring continuous service improvement methods are embedded within FHFT.
  • Acting as the lead specialist contributing in the delivery of the technical projects including any Support and Security updates or Feature Updates within the Microsoft release cadence.

Please see the attached Job Description.

Please see the attached Person Specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post-holder will be responsible for

  • Designing solutions across the Trusts technology and service portfolio which includes planning, implementation, development, and operational guidance to the service teams that will manage it in BAU.
  • Providing design assurance during the build / test phases and ensuring the solution design and implementation meets technical, functional, and non-functional requirements.
  • Driving the definition and adoption of best practice and standards across the Trust, service teams and wider operational IT/Digital areas. This will include identifying issues, risk, dependencies and developing mitigation strategies.
  • Ensuring the NHS Digital Service developments align and adhere to local Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) policies and act as an active voice in the future development of the strategy for deliverables to local trusts.
  • As Technical Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Infrastructure across FHFT, interpret strategy information from NHS Digital; implementing transition and operational changes, ensuring continuous service improvement methods are embedded within FHFT.
  • Acting as the lead specialist contributing in the delivery of the technical projects including any Support and Security updates or Feature Updates within the Microsoft release cadence.

Please see the attached Job Description.

Please see the attached Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to Degree level or equivalent experience.
  • Professional qualifications e.g. MCP, MCSE or relevant experience.

Desirable

  • PRINCE2 Practitioner.
  • ITIL
  • TOGAF

Skills

Essential

  • Server architecture and peripherals
  • Expert in MS Windows Server and support tools
  • Expert in Mail services
  • MS SQL Server
  • Citrix Client, Imprivata or Epic
  • SharePoint & PowerPlatform
  • VMware ESX or equivalent
  • VMware View 5+ or equivalent
  • Expert in Desktop Virtualisation techniques
  • Expert in Storage Area Networks (SAN) and Network Attached Storage (NAS) technologies - deploying, managing, monitoring

Experience

Essential

  • Minimum of 3 years IT system management in the NHS, public sector or major private sector organisation
  • Any experience with Project Management or Solution design
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to Degree level or equivalent experience.
  • Professional qualifications e.g. MCP, MCSE or relevant experience.

Desirable

  • PRINCE2 Practitioner.
  • ITIL
  • TOGAF

Skills

Essential

  • Server architecture and peripherals
  • Expert in MS Windows Server and support tools
  • Expert in Mail services
  • MS SQL Server
  • Citrix Client, Imprivata or Epic
  • SharePoint & PowerPlatform
  • VMware ESX or equivalent
  • VMware View 5+ or equivalent
  • Expert in Desktop Virtualisation techniques
  • Expert in Storage Area Networks (SAN) and Network Attached Storage (NAS) technologies - deploying, managing, monitoring

Experience

Essential

  • Minimum of 3 years IT system management in the NHS, public sector or major private sector organisation
  • Any experience with Project Management or Solution design

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).

Additional information

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Greenwood Offices (Heatherwood Hospital).

Brook Avenue,

Ascot,

SL5 7GB


Employer's website

https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Greenwood Offices (Heatherwood Hospital).

Brook Avenue,

Ascot,

SL5 7GB


Employer's website

https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Technical Solutions Design Manager

Lesley Pang

lesley.pang1@nhs.net

03006143946

Details

Date posted

23 August 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£39,205 to £47,084 a year per annum incl HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

151-NH048-D

Job locations

Greenwood Offices (Heatherwood Hospital).

Brook Avenue,

Ascot,

SL5 7GB


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