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NHS Jobs; Leeds; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is seeking a Digital System Administrator to support and enhance clinical and IT systems, driving improvements in patient care through digital solutions. You will work with clinicians and technical teams to manage incidents, perform testing, and implement new procedures while maintaining security and governance in line with NHS standards.

You will join the DIT team at LTHT, contributing to system resilience, up-to-date documentation, and staff training to ensure

Qualifications

• Proven experience administering IT/clinical systems, including support, maintenance and user management.
• Experience diagnosing and resolving complex incidents and data issues.
• Experience with NHS clinical information systems and electronic patient records.
• Ability to train staff and support adoption of digital systems.

Skills

IT systems administration

Incident diagnosis

NHS clinical information systems

Stakeholder collaboration

System testing & upgrades

SOPs & documentation

Staff training & adoption

Security & data protection

IT service management (ITIL)

Effective communication

Job description

For questions about this job, contact: Name: Jason Clark Position: Digital Systems Operations Manager Email: [e-mail] Shortlisting Date: 17/09/2026 Interview Date: 01/10/2026

Job Summary

The Digital System Administrator role offers an opportunity to make a direct impact on patient care through innovative digital solutions in one of the UK's largest NHS trusts. The role aligns with candidates who are passionate about technology, service improvement and collaboration, providing the chance to work with clinical and technical specialists while contributing to large-scale healthcare transformation. The Trust's values of being patient-centred, collaborative, accountable, fair and empowered create an environment where skilled digital professionals can develop their expertise, influence positive change and support the delivery of high-quality healthcare services. In return, we can offer you a varied, interesting, and challenging role working as part of a fantastic team and offering all the support you need to learn at pace and achieve your career ambitions.

Why you should join our Team DIT at LTHT

We hold our Leeds Way Values in high esteem and respect all colleagues. Within the trust we are always looking to improve and give the best service possible, and we are looking for individuals with the same drive to join us. DIT look after the Trusts information technology, responsible for delivering and embedding the latest digital innovations, finding the right hardware and software to meet business needs, turning information into insight and everything in between. Its an exciting time to join us, as we offer varied and rewarding opportunities.

What you will bring to the role

• Proven experience administering IT/clinical systems, including support, maintenance, troubleshooting and user management
• Experience investigating, diagnosing, and resolving complex incidents, faults, data issues and technical problems
• Experience working with NHS clinical information systems, patient-based systems and electronic patient records
• Ability to work effectively with suppliers, third parties, clinicians, managers, consultants and technical teams
• Experience developing test scripts, conducting system testing, supporting upgrades/releases and implementing new procedures
• Knowledge of security, role-based access controls, confidentiality, Data Protection requirements and NHS governance standards
• Experience producing and maintaining SOPs, system documentation, guidance, logs, change records and user procedures
• Ability to train staff, provide guidance to users, deliver system training and support adoption of digital systems
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain complex information to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Understanding of IT service management principles (ITIL), incident management, problem management, system resilience and service continuity

Details

Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.

About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

Our Trust values The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients. We are. Responsible Open and Honest One Team Kind Our Trust priorities Our purpose: Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time Our priorities: People Improvement and Innovation Partnerships Outcomes.

Sponsorship Eligibility

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here. We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.