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Main area
Admin
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Home or remote working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
247-SS-IMT-Cl-0624-A
Employer
East of England Ambulance Service Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Flexible - EEAST site
Town
Chelmsford / Norwich / Bedford
Salary
£50,952 - £57,349 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
17/07/2024 23:59

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East of England Ambulance Service Trust logo

Cloud & Microsoft Suite Consultant

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Great healthcare requires great people. That’s why we are doing everything we can to recruit committed, skilled people – and to make sure we support our new and existing employees, so they choose to stay with us.

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Job overview

EEAST is seeking  applications for an experienced consultant to join as  a core member of the Digital Delivery team within the IM&T directorate.

The Microsoft Office 365 Suite Consultant role is central to the delivery of critical integration services across multiple systems which are central to the overall delivery of the Trusts Digital Strategy.

A high degree of autonomy is required in this role to delivery a quality service.

This role is key in designing and assisting in the development of Office 365 across the Trust and to support the Trust to make more efficient use of the suite of solutions as well implementing new solutions in line with the IM&T Digital Strategy.  In addition to technical ability, an engaging, innovative, and collaborative approach will be crucial in making this role a success. The post holder is accountable for leading and driving progress in identified areas of responsibility and within the parameters of established national and local priorities.

Hybrid working is available with the post holder required to attend one of our three Regional Trust bases - Bedford, Chelmsford or Norwich as required.

This vacancy is not open to candidates who have been unsuccessful for this role within the last 3 months.

Main duties of the job

The Cloud Technologies Specialist will play a key role in the development of the Trusts Cloud strategy, and lead in the design for the programme of Cloud infrastructure enabling projects.

The core principles for the Cloud Technologies Specialist are: 

  •  Reducing the burden on clinicians and staff, so they can focus on patient care and not search for information  Ensuring clinical information can be safely accessed, wherever it is needed
  •  Improving patient safety across the Trust 
  •  Improving data and information visibility so the value can be exploited with Trust operational areas
  •  Improving NHS productivity with digital technology

The post holder will ensure that the benefits of digital transformation are realised within the organisation. This will be through ensuring we are supporting our workforce with the capabilities required to use digital technologies, as well as drive innovation in the use of digital health services. This role will also play a key part in joining up the digital system across the local health and social care economy to enable us to deliver outstanding care and treatment.

Please refer to detailed job description for more detail.

Working for our organisation

East of England Ambulance Service is an organisation that is leading the way across the UK in providing patients and the NHS with innovative solutions to provide the best levels of care.

Great healthcare requires great people. That’s why we are doing everything we can to recruit committed, skilled people – and to make sure we support our new and existing employees, so they choose to stay with us

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job description for a detailed overview and the main responsibilities of this role

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Degree/HND level qualification in computing or similar discipline or an equivalent experience
  • Recognised qualification in the field of IT, computing, Business Systems or similar.Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE)
  • Experienced in being the technical specialist and used to having the responsibility and freedom to act
  • Experience with Cloud hosted solutions
  • Substantial experience across a wide range of IT technologies.
  • Experience of all of the following: LAN, WAN, Wireless technologies / Computer Aided Dispatch systems / The CAD associated interfaces. / Telephony Systems including analogue, digital and VoIP services. / Windows Server and workstation operating systems. / Exchange Server. / Firewall technologies / Active directory
Desirable criteria
  • Significant experience of working in an IT team in an Ambulance Service/ Health sector

Knowledge

Desirable criteria
  • Development and Testing toolsets

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Communications
  • Analytical skills
  • Planning skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Self Driven and Self motivated
Desirable criteria
  • experience of migration of on-premise solutions to Cloud

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Michael Hackney
Job title
Head of Digital Delivery
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07702 484186
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