Go back Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Network & Telecoms Consultant The closing date is 03 July 2025
Job Ref: IM&TS 061a Salary Scale: Band 7 (£46,148 - £52,809 depending on experience) Hours: 37.5 hours per week Contract Type: Secondment until 26/11/2026 Note: This post may be asked to contribute to the 24 hour "on call" commitment of IM&T Services for which additional payments apply.
Main duties of the job Within the Network team, technical responsibility for delivering corporate Network system and services development, Operations and Support
The post-holder plays a leading technical role within the Network team, to ensure that the OUH and Service Level Agreements are either met or exceeded.
Consultancy - Level 5 (CNSL5) The provision of advice and assistance in any area associated with the procurement, provision, delivery, maintenance or effective use of information and communications technology. The consultancy can deal with one specific aspect of ICT, or it can be wide ranging and address many aspects, or it can be of a strategic nature.
About us Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please view OUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
Job responsibilities Carries out assignments, alone or as part of a team, applying knowledge, skills, and experience. Demonstrates an understanding of the issues of interest to the client organisation and proposes viable solutions within the scope of own expertise, considering the needs of those affected.
Recognises needs outside own area of knowledge, recognises how these areas relate, calls for and works effectively with additional expertise as necessary.
Plans and organises own work accurately. Undertakes assignments in a systematic manner.
Produces high quality deliverables in terms of both content and presentation. Examples of deliverables include reports, presentations and reasoned arguments.
Plans projects independently, identifying human resource requirements and provides project co-ordination for other staff: across IM&T Services teams; within the client organisations; and within 3rd party supplier organisations.
Plans and schedules changes to the network technical infrastructure, requiring a significant level of knowledge, skill and understanding of the impact and risks involved.
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specifications for further details.
Person Specification Education Background GCSE 'C' grade or equivalent in English and Maths of Appropriate qualification in a relevant subject
Degree or equivalent experience
ICT Industry standard qualification or training certification in one or more of the following technologies/products ?CISCO Certification ?Firewall Certification
Personal Attributes Logical approach
Ability to sustain concentration
Organised
Good interpersonal skills
Professional appearance
Timely decision-making
Interested in helping people
Credibility
Analytical approach
Calm temperament
Communication & Relationship skills Ability to relate appropriately to various professional groups both within and outside the Trust
Good communication (spoken and written) skills
Ability to document work accurately
Ability to write clear reports and present business cases
Thorough understanding of customer and supplier organisations.
Expert levels of technical experience, knowledge and ability
Experience in senior role working within a large organisation's, highly technical IT infrastructure related support team environment
Experience in a Network related services discipline
Experience in delivering high quality productivity and performance of a small groups and or individuals
Project" orientated leadership track record, skills in driving and successfully delivering to time and budget whole projects or subset tasks within a project
Knowledge & Skills CISCO IOS
CISCO ISE & FMC
CISCO Secure Client
CISCO Router & Switch hardware
CISCO Unity, Expressway, UCS and CUCM
DHCP and DNS
WAN carrier technology and circuitry (ISDN, PSTN, Broadband, Microwave, Wireless, etc)
VLAN construction and implementation
Network Management and Diagnostic software and tool kits
Multitone and PageOne Paging Solutions
Netcall system design and management
Security standards and protocols
International/Industry structured data wiring/cabling standards and regulations
Firewall Administration and Configuration to Engineer status
Network Switch Configurations
PABX to IPT connectivity
Cloud Telephony, such as Microsoft Teams
Driver with access to transport
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.
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
£46,148 to £52,809 a yearper annum pro rata
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