IT Specialist - London, United Kingdom - Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

The IT Specialist (Medical Devices) is responsible for the audit, identification and integration of Medical Devices where there is a requirement to connect them onto the Trusts data network.

The main responsibility of the post holder is to act as a lead for the IT Team liaising with Clinical Engineering Teams, Suppliers and System Admins.

Leading in developing and implementing solutions for on-boarding Medical Devices onto the IT Infrastructure.

The post holder will also undertake other operational duties across the IT infrastructure with a focus on the data network and firewall components to ensure smooth day-to-day operations.

This includes maintenance, troubleshooting and development work. They will do so alongside our contracted support partners.

A specialist knowledge of IT network infrastructure demonstrated by up-to-date vocational qualifications is key to the role as the post holder will be required to make decisions and develop solutions for integrating medical devices into our infrastructure.

They may often be under pressure to compromise on the solution in order to meet deadline or budget constraints. The ability to identify and understand risk being pragmatic about finding solutions will be necessary.

The post holder will be based at Harbour Yard (Chelsea Dock) but will be required to travel between locations as required.

The main sites are Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex Hospital. Other community in the South West London area also supported.

The primary function for IT Specialist (Medical Devices) is to manage the integration of specialist medical devices with the IT Infrastructure.

The post holder is responsible for reviewing specifications for device connectivity and identifying how they can be interfaced with the trusts network infrastructure whilst ensuring compliance with the Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT).

The post holder is required to co-ordinate between teams to progress project tasks and to manage operational work maintaining standards around the Medical Device configurations.

The post holder should have exposure to working with medical devices in a clinical environment.

Key to the role is experience configuring and maintaining IT Infrastructure systems including networks, firewalls and servers.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provide services from two main hospitals, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East.

We have over 6,000 members of staff that are PROUD to Care for nearly one million people.

Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children's, in addition to a range of community-based services, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.

We're one of the safest and best performing Trusts in the country and one of the top trusts to work for - our staff say they're engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.

Our priorities

Deliver high-quality patient-centred care
Be the employer of choice
Deliver better care at lower cost

Our staff
Our staff survey results show that our Trust continues to have high levels of job satisfaction. Striving to improve this even further remains our priority of being an employer of choice.

Key working relation relationships:

Clinical Engineering Team
IM&T Team (Network Manager, Project Managers, Technical Architects, Server Team and Cybersecurity Team)
System Administrators and Lead Clinical
3rd party suppliers

Roles and responsibilities

Main Duties:

Support the IT and Clinical Engineering teams to ensure the delivery of third party service products.
Proactively identify the needs of the Trust from a medical devices connectivity point of view and produce solutions to meet these requirements.
Implement the aforementioned solutions.
Undertaking technical configurations.
Work in close collaboration of other colleagues including Clinical Engineering, the IT department, with 3rd party suppliers. Taking a lead role and driving others where their input is required.
Coordinate between stakeholders in designing and implementing network connectivity solutions.
Work with colleagues to highlight the financial resources needed for, and returns of, connectivity solutions.
Maintain existing connectivity systems and databases.
Identify and manage data security risks related to medical devices inline with the Cybersecurity Team.
Document and maintain records of infrastructure & medical device configurations including handover and support information.
Producing solution handover documentation and trains colleagues on systems and solutions that have been implemented.
Maintaining and troubleshooting operational issues related to medical device connectivity.
Supporting the evaluation of new technology developments, to include the recommendation of new technologies,