Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Server Specialist

The closing date is 09 March 2026

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Job summary

We have an excellent opportunity for an experienced Server Specialist engineer to join the Server team at Hampshire. This role will be focused on managing and maintaining server operating systems and hosting systems across a wide array of clinical and administrative disciplines.The post is full-time and permanent

Benefits include- Excellent NHS pension- 28 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays- Flexible working options- Working from home may be available

Main duties of the job

The Server team supports 1000+ Servers of which 90% are virtualized. The Server Specialist role is a key asset in maintaining operational activities of the IT servers and storage and hosting environments including critical business systems.

Duties will involve the following skillsets:

Customer engagement, negotiation and communication

Project management

Risk Management

Change Mangement

Windows Server Operating System migrations/upgrades

Nutanix HCI

VMWare

About us

At Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three hospitals in Basingstoke, Winchester and Andover, as well as in the care we provide in the community. We provide medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire and specialist services to people across the UK and internationally.

Based in Winchester, you will also be required to work at the other HHFT sites at Basingstoke and Andover as required and participate in the Server Team on-call rota so personal transport is essential

Details

Date posted

23 February 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Home or remote working

Reference number

251-CORP6931-SS

Job locations

The Royal Hampshire County Hospital

Romsey Road

Winchester

SO22 5DG


Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree level or equivalent knowledge and skills
  • Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

  • ITIL Practioner Qualification
  • Microsoft Certification
  • PRINCE2 Certification
  • Relevant IT Vendor Certification

Experience

Essential

  • Extensive IT experience gained within an enterprise environment
  • Evidence of depth and breadth of delivering it solutions across multiple disciplines
  • Specialist knowledge and expertise of at least one of the key IT areas

Desirable

  • Knowledge and experience of clinical systems
  • Thorough understanding of IT Security

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to understand, interpret and communicate highly complex IT Functionality issues, whilst working under extreme pressure.
  • Able to plan and prioritise work
  • Analyses, investigate and resolve complex IM&T issues/problems
  • Flexible approach to working hours
  • Able to fit and rack server/ storage equipment

Desirable

  • Project management
  • Change management
  • Risk management
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree level or equivalent knowledge and skills
  • Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

  • ITIL Practioner Qualification
  • Microsoft Certification
  • PRINCE2 Certification
  • Relevant IT Vendor Certification

Experience

Essential

  • Extensive IT experience gained within an enterprise environment
  • Evidence of depth and breadth of delivering it solutions across multiple disciplines
  • Specialist knowledge and expertise of at least one of the key IT areas

Desirable

  • Knowledge and experience of clinical systems
  • Thorough understanding of IT Security

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to understand, interpret and communicate highly complex IT Functionality issues, whilst working under extreme pressure.
  • Able to plan and prioritise work
  • Analyses, investigate and resolve complex IM&T issues/problems
  • Flexible approach to working hours
  • Able to fit and rack server/ storage equipment

Desirable

  • Project management
  • Change management
  • Risk management

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Royal Hampshire County Hospital

Romsey Road

Winchester

SO22 5DG


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Royal Hampshire County Hospital

Romsey Road

Winchester

SO22 5DG


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Server Manager

Marc Scanlon

marc.scanlon@hhft.nhs.uk

07769720219

Details

Date posted

23 February 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Home or remote working

Reference number

251-CORP6931-SS

Job locations

The Royal Hampshire County Hospital

Romsey Road

Winchester

SO22 5DG


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