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Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Information Security Technician (entry level)

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Job summary

Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.

Main duties of the job

Reporting to the Information Assurance and Security Manager, and under the day to day direction of the Technical Information Security Engineers, you will be joining a busy IT Security team that supports and advises the operational Digital Services implementation teams in delivering robust and secure projects and improvements across the Trusts infrastructure.

You will carry out the daily security monitoring tasks, actioning mitigations and responses, and escalating as required.

You will work with the Security Specialists and Engineers to investigate, risk-assess, and mitigate cyebr security issues, and assist with the record-keeping and documentation of team activities,

About us

Northumbria manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England.

Details

Date posted

27 July 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 to £24,336 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

319-5515711JN

Job locations

Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub

Avenue Rd

Seaton Delaval

NE25 0QJ


Job description

Job responsibilities

  • Assist in ensuring high availability, security and usability of Trust digital services.
  • Review daily detections from Trust security systems and ensure they are being managed and have been escalated where required.
  • Monitor CyberSecurity mailbox and ensure escalation of serious issues.
  • Assist in the investigation of routine security enquiries & queries from staff & provide assistance & advice as required.
  • Participate in the testing and deployment of security fixes, changes, and configurations as required.

    Essential Qualifications:

    • ECDL or equivalent academic qualification or course certificates.

    Desirable Qualifications:

    • Cyber security courses, or qualifications

    Essential Knowledge:

    • The principles of cyber security, cyber risk and cyber threats

    Desirable Knowledge

    • GDPR
    • Data Security and Protection Toolkit

    Essential Experience

    • Configuration and support of corporate IT systems.
    • Troubleshooting hardware and software issues, including Windows products.

    Desirable Experience

    • Experience of investigating and resolving incidents
    • System management, administration, and reporting tools.

Job description

Job responsibilities

  • Assist in ensuring high availability, security and usability of Trust digital services.
  • Review daily detections from Trust security systems and ensure they are being managed and have been escalated where required.
  • Monitor CyberSecurity mailbox and ensure escalation of serious issues.
  • Assist in the investigation of routine security enquiries & queries from staff & provide assistance & advice as required.
  • Participate in the testing and deployment of security fixes, changes, and configurations as required.

    Essential Qualifications:

    • ECDL or equivalent academic qualification or course certificates.

    Desirable Qualifications:

    • Cyber security courses, or qualifications

    Essential Knowledge:

    • The principles of cyber security, cyber risk and cyber threats

    Desirable Knowledge

    • GDPR
    • Data Security and Protection Toolkit

    Essential Experience

    • Configuration and support of corporate IT systems.
    • Troubleshooting hardware and software issues, including Windows products.

    Desirable Experience

    • Experience of investigating and resolving incidents
    • System management, administration, and reporting tools.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • ECDL or equivalent academic qualification or course certificates.

Desirable

  • Cyber security courses, or qualifications

Knowledge

Essential

  • The principles of cyber security, cyber risk and cyber threats

Desirable

  • GDPR,

Experience

Desirable

  • Experience of investigating and resolving incidents
  • oSystem management, administration, and reporting tools.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • ECDL or equivalent academic qualification or course certificates.

Desirable

  • Cyber security courses, or qualifications

Knowledge

Essential

  • The principles of cyber security, cyber risk and cyber threats

Desirable

  • GDPR,

Experience

Desirable

  • Experience of investigating and resolving incidents
  • oSystem management, administration, and reporting tools.

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

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub

Avenue Rd

Seaton Delaval

NE25 0QJ


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub

Avenue Rd

Seaton Delaval

NE25 0QJ


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Information Assurance and Security Manager

Simon Sleightholm

Simon.Sleightholm@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk

01916073607

Details

Date posted

27 July 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 to £24,336 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

319-5515711JN

Job locations

Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub

Avenue Rd

Seaton Delaval

NE25 0QJ


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