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Job reference: 014149
Salary: Band 6 (£30,401 - £38,046)
Job closing date: 04/02/2020
Job Type: Administrative Services
Location: Lynebank Hospital
Employment type: Permanent
Hours Per Week: 37.5
Job posted date: 21/01/2020
Employer (NHS Board): NHS Fife
Department: eHealth

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This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced IT Professional with an Infrastructure / Platform, Server Technician or Systems Administration background.  The Infrastructure Engineer is a key role within NHS Fife to provide expertise, technical excellence and competence on all matters of IT Infrastructure procedures and standards in order to maintain a robust, resilient and available ICT estate to a modern health organisation.

The Infrastructure Team provides maintenance and support to all Infrastructure and Platforms for NHS Fife. Also collaboration with partner organisations on a range of complex technologies providing expert specialist technical skills and advice. You will assist and support the Infrastructure Manager and Senior Management on ensuring that NHS Fife IT maintenance procedures, tools and configurations reflect the latest best practice for a significant ICT Estate.

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 an infrastructure, network or systems administrator type role or be a developing IT professional with demonstrable aptitude for this post. You will also have a very keen interest in new technologies and techniques and be willing to develop professional networking with colleagues nationally.

You must be able to travel throughout Fife regularly and sometimes across Scotland as required. A high level of English language competency and communication skills is necessary to perform this role safely and effectively.  Participation in a 24/7 on-call rota is required along with providing any relevant out of hours support required by the organisation.

For any informal enquiries please contact Malcolm Fowles, Technical Services Manager– fife-uhb.ehealthrecruitment@nhs.net


NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. All applicants are required to confirm their right to work in the UK in their application. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK), European Community (EC) or European Economic Area National please state the visa category under which you are legally entitled to work in the UK on your application form and the expiry date of your leave to remain in the UK.

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