Network Support Specialist

☞ Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Update day: 17-05-2024

Location: Slough South East

Category: IT - Software

Industry: Hospitals Health Care

Position: Entry level

Job type: Full-time

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  • Provide support and installation services for the continuing operation of the Trusts’ network infrastructure, LAN, WAN and WLAN, in order to maintain high levels of security, integrity and availability.
  • Taking day to day responsibility for the provision of general network support, and to take a key role in deployments and troubleshooting.
  • Performing detailed network monitoring and produce performance reports.
  • Provide support to service calls and requests from the Trusts’ IT Service Desk.
  • Become involved in network-related projects.
  • To provide expert-level support and maintenance of the network infrastructure and network services for the Trust on the main campus and all offsite locations.
  • In addition, the provision of support and advice to other IT staff, Trust managers and end-users on the use and management of IT network hardware and software.
  • The role will require work across all Frimley Health sites in Berkshire, Hampshire and Surrey but will have a primary base location of Wexham Park Hospital.
  • To provide support for Trust networks (LAN and WAN and WLAN)
  • To ensure that network security is paramount and standard across all switches, routers, firewalls and wireless appliances.
  • To implement patches and changes to network equipment
  • Provide third line support for all network related issues
  • To take a “hands-on” role in resolving issues and troubleshooting across all FHFT locations and network data cabinet environments
  • To keep abreast of new technology and best practice in networking
  • To develop good and effective working relationships with colleagues within IM&T and the wider Trust.
  • To be a member of the IT on-call team on a rota basis for support outside of normal working hours, and to assist colleagues who are on call if required.
  • To work out of hours during system upgrades or during major system failures.
  • To work flexibly to meet user’s requirements.
  • To document, develop and maintain the network systems, policies and procedures
  • To monitor the performance of the service
  • To assist in planning and implementing IT projects such as new systems or network infrastructure
  • Participate in new network installations of large and small sites.
  • Configure and install network equipment, identifying network requirements.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.

We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital’s NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rob Mitchell Job title: Network Manager Email address: robert.mitchell21@nhs.net Telephone number: 0300 614 5000

For further information about this role, please contact the Network Manager Rob Mitchell via robert.mitchell21@nhs.net
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Deadline: 01-07-2024

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