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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.
NHS Highland eHealth Department has a vacancy for a Systems Specialist (Database Administrator). Working as part of a small team you will be responsible for the development and maintenance of databases to manage data security. Creation, monitoring and managing of Disaster Recovery solutions for these databases will also fall under your remit.
Working closely with other teams to design optimum performance into the infrastructure and to devise and implement data strategies, build models and assess organisational needs and goals, this is a varied role. Researching and recommendation of emerging technologies and toolsets will also form part of your role to ensure that NHS Highland have a modern, secure and cost effective database infrastructure.
The successful applicant should ideally have knowledge of NHS clinical systems, SQL server and other database technologies. Personal initiative and innovative thinking are key to achievement of objectives.
Informal enquiries should be made to Duncan Alexander, Interim eHealth Applications Systems Manager, on 07773 210667 or at duncan.alexander@nhs.scot.
Closing date for completed Applications: 23/10/2022
Please note that we are unable to accept late applications
You should apply for this post by completing the application process on Job Train: https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/. We suggest you use Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge as your internet browser.
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Once you have submitted your application form you will be unable to make any amendments. We do not accept CVs and any uploaded CV will not be used for short listing purposes.
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For more information on living and working in the Highlands go to https://nhshighland.medical.careers.global