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Flexible Location: Based throughout Scotland, NES is a remote friendly employer supporting office and hybrid working. We’re happy to talk about how you want to work.
Work Pattern: Permanent, Full Time, 37.5 hours per week
You must have eligibility and entitlement to work in the UK which is required to be maintained throughout your period of employment.
Who We Are
NHS Education for Scotland (NES) is the national health board with statutory responsibilities to effect sustainable change through workforce development, education and training across the health and social care system in Scotland, while working at UK level with partner organisations.
NES Technology Service (NTS) has created a strategic programme for the transformation of digital based services to allow NES to become a leading digital organisation in Scottish Health, digital by default and fully aligned with the Scottish Government’s technology strategies.
Our Technology
We are in the business of providing safe, secure and innovative technology products and services that aim to improve outcomes across education, training, workforce, health and care in the public sector in Scotland. Using modern cloud-based technology we deliver sustainable products and services for the future.
The Opportunity
We have an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled Technical Lead to join our small, talented, and growing team to collaborate and problem-solve complex technical challenges relating to the delivery of technology enhanced learning approaches across health and social care.
Do you want to play a key role in ensuring the organisation’s digital infrastructure is fit for the purpose of delivery of digital products and services, essential for hosting our health and care digital systems?
Do you want to help improve the technical security and monitoring of our digital infrastructure while maintaining optimal performance?
Do you enjoy working in a multi-disciplinary team at the edge of technological innovations?
Do you want to play a key role in discovering, evaluating, and implementing suitable established and emerging technologies that support and enhance NES Technology Service products and services?
Do you want to play an important role in delivering the NES Strategy, Digital Health and Care Strategy and Data Strategy for Scotland?
Working within the NTS Infrastructure and Operations Team you will have the opportunity to highlight your technical skills and enthusiasm for digital infrastructure.
Does this sound like you?
What We Love to See
Technical Leads – Infrastructure offer a broad range of skills and experience, if you can offer some or all of these, we’d love you to apply:
- Proven experience of architecting, deploying, and managing digital infrastructure and services in a multi-site environment
- Highly experienced in working in the field of network infrastructure, including switching protocols, server/storage hardware and virtualisation technologies
- Highly effective communicator knowing how to make complex technical information and language simple for diverse senior and external stakeholders (both verbally and in writing)
- Experience of cloud computing platforms and architecture
- Demonstrate honesty, integrity, care and compassion when dealing with others, utilising tact and persuasion skills when necessary
- Ability to work on own initiative, to organise and prioritise own workloads, to meet strict deadlines
- Line management and coaching/mentoring experience
Benefits Which Matter
As a valued employee of NHS Scotland, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:
- Life-work balance - with opportunities for flexible working and remote working
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Annual incremental salary progression (up to the maximum of the salary band) plus annual NHS salary scale review
- Annual Leave - 27 Days increasing in line with service plus 8 days public holiday
- NHS discounts and more
Diversity and Inclusion
Developing a successful national service for Scotland is impossible without ensuring we consider the diverse needs, perspectives and backgrounds of everyone in Scotland in our work.
We are focused on hiring the very best talent available for NES, and actively encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and aim to ensure everyone is treated fairly, with respect and has a positive recruitment experience – regardless of the outcome.
It’s not essential to be in a technical lead in digital infrastructure role right now. You may be returning from a career break (e.g. maternity, paternity, caring for others) or returning after working in another field. Your experiences elsewhere can bring a fresh perspective to our work.
If you are considering applying and feel it would be helpful to discuss this initially, please contact Paul Kennedy, Principal Lead, paul.kennedy@nhs.scot
Next Steps
Our recruitment process is currently 100% remote and if successful you would initially work remotely, working from our offices as operationally required.
All applicants who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail.
Online interviews (including a scenario-based exercise) will take place on 23 - 26 April 2024. The scenario-based exercise topic will be sent to candidates selected for interview.
For further information please refer to the Job Information Pack below.
Unless otherwise stated the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date. Please note, CV’s will not be accepted.
If you have any queries regarding the NHS Scotland National Recruitment Portal or the recruitment process, please don't hesitate to contact our recruitment partners, the East Region Recruitment Service, at: EoS.ERRS@nhs.scot