Senior Consultant - Glasgow, United Kingdom - NHS Scotland

NHS Scotland

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Glasgow, United Kingdom

6 days ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Senior Consultant (IT/Digital) - 2 posts

About the Organisation:

National Services Scotland (NSS) is a national NHS Board operating right at the heart of NHSScotland providing invaluable support and advice at a strategic and operational level.

NSS supports customers to deliver their services more efficiently and effectively and we offer shared services on a national scale using best-in-class systems and standards.

Our priority is always the same - to improve the health and well-being of the people of Scotland.

We do this by working in partnership with colleagues across Health and Social Care to deliver fit for purpose solutions and systems, delivering high quality services that help our stakeholders to free up resources so they can be re-invested into essential services.

The Post:

An opportunity has arisen for the role of Senior Networking Consultant to join our Networking team in supporting NHS National Services Scotland's network as it transitions toward a cloud-first approach.

As part of a team, principal responsibilities will be to:

Maintain, update, upgrade and configure NHS National Scotland's network, which supports in the region of 4,000 staff across twenty sites in Scotland and provides high resilience and availability for essential services.
Lead on decisions regarding technology deployments from a technical perspective.
Liaise with other disciplines and project teams to help them realise their requirements.
Diagnose and correct networking issues.
Help to determine the future strategy for NSS's network, working with colleagues and managers to develop technologies and techniques for enabling the Organisation's vision.
Act as a technical lead for other members of the team.

Location and Working Pattern:

Gyle Square, Edinburgh or Meridian Court, Glasgow.

However, it should be noted that NSS is currently in the process of relocating from Meridian Court to nearby Delta House, 50 West Nile Street Glasgow G1 2NP.

Currently hybrid working.

Work pattern - Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week.

It is a condition of this employment that you must live and remain a resident within the UK for the post in which you will be employed with NSS.

Benefits:

Our benefits package includes pension scheme, comprehensive range of work life balance policies, occupational health services, learning resource centres and discounted leisure, financial and shopping benefits

Further information:

NHS National Services Scotland is an equal opportunities employer and as committed participant in the disability confident scheme, guarantees to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies