Job overview
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust (LGT) is a community-focused provider delivering local and acute care to over one million people across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and support communities to live healthier lives and care for them when they need us most. We employ almost 7,500 colleagues, known as Team LGT, across Queen Elizabeth Hospital (Woolwich), University Hospital Lewisham, and over a dozen community settings in Lewisham, with some services at Queen Mary’s Hospital (Sidcup).
LGT has launched a new vision and values for the LGT10 anniversary (2013). Our vision is to be exceptional in patient care, support for colleagues, and partnerships in our communities. Our values are Respect, Compassion, and Inclusion; Being accountable over staying comfortable; Listening over always knowing best; and Succeeding together over achieving alone.
Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, including emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as "good" or "outstanding" in over three-quarters of services inspected by the Care Quality Commission. Each year we perform thousands of procedures in theatres, deliver many births, provide home visits, and handle large volumes of emergency care in our Urgent and Emergency Departments. LGT is a centre for education and training for medical students and a training centre for nurses, midwives, and allied health professionals. We are a major employer of physician associates and actively pursue new roles to meet patient needs.
We work with partners to deliver the best outcomes for local communities and participate in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS) and related partnerships.
Job overview
Reporting to the Cybersecurity Manager, the post holder will be directly responsible for LGT's efforts to secure and maintain a resilient IT infrastructure and its regulatory compliance. The post holder will support the Cybersecurity Manager in maintaining information technology network and cybersecurity systems, including functions related to endpoint patching. Responsibilities include implementing patch and software updates Trust-wide, managing security configurations, demonstrating system health and compliance based on predefined standards, and routine maintenance of endpoints. The post holder will work with team members to protect digital assets and maintain statutory compliance standards.
Previous applicants need not apply.
Main duties of the job
1. Conduct quarterly comprehensive reviews of LGT's cybersecurity posture, incorporating threat intelligence and security assessments. Update and enhance the cybersecurity strategy to address identified risks and emerging threats.
2. Develop knowledge of the Cyber Security industry to improve the Trust's technical, procedural, and staff response. Maintain a cybersecurity dashboard. Produce management reports on key risks, exceptions, countermeasures, vulnerabilities & trends.
3. Support the Cybersecurity Manager in working with NHSD and other government agencies to understand and respond to actions, requests and establish good working relationships within the support team and amongst clients within the organisation.
4. Support the Cybersecurity Manager in being responsible for information and cyber security tools and services, investigating and dealing with IT network and cyber security incidents and issues as they arise, and supporting information security across the wider Trust.
5. Support the Infrastructure and Desktop teams and Network Security Manager, in aspects relating to cybersecurity as well as system and OS configurations and providing cover for BAU processes.
Working for our organisation
Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches the patients we serve. We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks and an EDI Team with programmes and events that aim to advance five aspirations:
1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds, LGBTQ+ identifyers, and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development.
2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability.
3. Improving the experience of staff with disability.
4. Improving EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development.
5. Making equalities mainstream.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Network and Cyber security vulnerabilities – Identify all IP addresses currently in use by the Trust. Take responsibility for a regular scan of all identified IP addresses based on a recommended set of TCP and UDP ports. Help the cybersecurity manager to manage IT network aspects to ensure attainment and maintenance of Cyber Essentials Plus certification for Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust. Undertake continuous IT network and cybersecurity threat horizon scanning to ensure vulnerability reduction.
Please refer to the JD attached and person specification for full details.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
* Educated to degree level in IT
* Cyber Security / IT Network Certifications
* Evidence of Continued Professional development
Desirable criteria
* CCSP or similar certifications
* Postgraduate qualifications or similar training in IT/Cyber Security
* Microsoft Certifications
Experience
Essential criteria
* IT Network Management
* Firewall Management
* IT Network and Technical support
* Experience of Microsoft Office including Excel
Desirable criteria
* Experience in an acute NHS healthcare organisation.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
* Ability to communicate effectively at all levels in a complex, multi-disciplinary environment, both orally and in writing.
* Ability to generate management reports for staff management purposes.
* Ability to troubleshoot problems.
Desirable criteria
* Understanding and knowledge of confidentiality guidance.
* Knowledge of the Information Governance Toolkit requirements.
We reserve the right to close the post before the stated closing date; we do not contact applicants with the outcome of shortlisting. If shortlisted, you will receive an invite to an assessment day or interview.
As a local employer and anchor institution we recruit locally and welcome applications from a diverse range of people to reflect the communities we serve. We encourage all suitable candidates to apply, including those who are Black, Asian or from other ethnic minorities, live with a disability (visible or not), or are LGBT+. We have active staff networks to support diversity across the workforce.
Please note that not all roles will meet the criteria for a skilled worker visa.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Application numbers
To ensure fairness and manageable shortlisting, some vacancies may have an application cap. This means the vacancy will close once a set number of applications have been received, even if this happens before the closing date. Apply early; all applications received before the cap is reached will be considered equally against the person specification.
Documents to download
* JD and Person Specifications (PDF, 821.1KB)
* Working at LGT (PDF, 4.2MB)
* Visa and Certificate of Sponsorship Information for Applicants (PDF, 3.8MB)
* Candidate Guidance on the use of AI (PDF, 3.8MB)
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