Job summary
- Main area
- Digital Services - IT Medical Devices
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (required to work on out of working hours projects)
- Job ref
- 337-NP-8217FA
- Employer
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Northwick Park Hospital
- Town
- Harrow
- Salary
- £51,883 - £58,544 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/09/2024 23:59
Employer heading
IT Specialist (Medical Devices)
NHS AfC: Band 7
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH
Find out more about Our HEART values
Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits
Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy
We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.
Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.
- H onesty
- E quity
- A ccountability
- R espect
- T eamwork
These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
The IT Specialist for Medical Devices plays a crucial role within the Trust's ICT team, collaborating with various groups to foster a culture dedicated to outstanding ICT service delivery. This specialist is tasked with auditing, identifying, and integrating medical devices that need to be connected to the Trust's data network.
Main duties of the job
The primary duty of the role is to serve as the IT Team's lead, coordinating with Clinical Applications Teams, Suppliers, and System Administrators. This includes spearheading the development and implementation of solutions for integrating Medical Devices into the IT Infrastructure.
The role involves assessing device connectivity specifications and determining how to interface them with the trust's network infrastructure, ensuring adherence to the Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT).
The individual will facilitate collaboration among teams to advance project tasks and manage operational work, upholding Medical Device configuration standards.
Additionally, the role encompasses various operational responsibilities within the IT infrastructure, focusing on data networks and firewall components to guarantee seamless daily operations, which covers maintenance, troubleshooting, and developmental tasks, in partnership with contracted support providers.
Possessing specialist knowledge in IT network infrastructure, evidenced by current vocational qualifications, is crucial for the role. The role demands making informed decisions and crafting solutions for the integration of medical devices into the infrastructure, often under the pressure of deadlines or budget limitations.
Key working relationships include:
· EPR IT Technologist
· ICT Teams (Network, Server and Datacentre, End User Compute, and Cyber Security)
Working for our organisation
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 9,000 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Education/ qualifications
Essential criteria
- Qualified to Master or equivalent skills, knowledge or experience in a relevant field.
- Track record of continuous professional development.
Knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience designing technical solutions.
- Experience of fault diagnosis and rectification in complex environments.
Skills, abilities, and attributes
Essential criteria
- Customer focus; able to identify, develop and manage relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
- Excellent trouble shooting and Root Cause Analysis skills, within complex infrastructure environments.
- Able to produce high quality technical documentation.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Karim Nour
- Job title
- EPR IT Technologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- +447711440633
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