NHS Fife is seeking an experienced and motivated Network & Telecoms Manager to lead the delivery, development and continual improvement of our enterprise network and communications services.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Digital Operations leadership team and play a key role in delivering secure, resilient and high-performing digital infrastructure that supports patient care and business services across NHS Fife.
As Network & Telecoms Manager, you will be responsible for the leadership and management of a skilled technical team, providing strategic direction and operational oversight for network, telephony and connectivity services across the organisation. You will ensure that critical digital services remain available, secure and fit for purpose while supporting a continuous programme of technological change and service improvement.
You will manage a team of 6-8 skilled technicians and a suite of tools to ensure that NHS Fife achieves and maintains the SLAs and KPIs of availability, capacity and performance demanded by a modern Health Board. You will also organise and manage the team’s contribution towards a constant flow of business change and the wider IT Service Delivery.
The Network & Telephony Team offers expert direction on all digital and voice communications for NHS Fife; collaborating with the other technical teams, partner organisations and suppliers to ensure a robust, reliable and cost-effective service.
You will be a team player with excellent work ethic, communication and organisational skills. You will have the knowledge; skills and competencies typically gathered during the performance of a similar role or be a developing IT professional with demonstrable aptitude for this post. You will also have a very keen interest in IT Networking and voice technologies and architecture and be willing to develop professional networking with colleagues nationally (Scotland). The Network and Telecoms Manager is part of a team of 5 Section Managers within IT Operations.
This role participates in a 24/7 on-call management rota and requires regular travel throughout Fife and occasional travel elsewhere in Scotland.
If you are passionate about delivering reliable digital services that underpin modern healthcare and want to help shape the future of digital connectivity within NHS Fife, we would welcome your application.
Informal Enquiries: Please contact [email protected]
A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment.
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It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsoredBEFORE submitting your application form.
We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
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