Senior System Administrator

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Dartford; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Senior System Administrator to enhance existing systems and implement new ones. Responsibilities include interpreting complex issues, leading projects, and ensuring data quality in clinical systems. The ideal candidate must have excellent communication skills, be computer literate in relevant software, and possess at least 4 years of NHS experience. Flexibility to work across various Trust sites and remotely is required. The role includes being part of an organization committed to providing exceptional care.

Qualifications

• Must have excellent communication skills to interact with various stakeholders.
• A strong understanding of software packages like Excel, Word, and SQL.
• Experience working with NHS systems such as RiO and eReferrals is essential.
• Attention to detail is crucial for maintaining data quality.

Responsibilities

• Interpret complex issues and drive them to resolution.
• Advise on development of new information systems.
• Lead the Change Advisory Board for information systems.
• Produce team documentation like user guides.
• Maintain data quality of clinical systems.
• Manage projects, system downtimes, and upgrades.

Skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

High level of computer literacy on software packages

Knowledge of specific systems such as RiO, eReferrals

Meticulous attention to detail

4 years NHS experience

Flexibility to work at short notice

Job description

The ICT Department are seeking to fill a vacancy for a friendly, enthusiastic and knowledgeable Senior System Administrator with excellent customer service and project management skills. This role will be responsible for the development of new functionality within existing systems, implementation of new systems and support/maintenance/configuration and fault finding of the Trusts patient information systems. They will need to liaise with 3rd Party Suppliers to resolve some incidents, develop resolution and process documentation. They will regularly floor walk at Trust sites to assist colleagues with their understanding of systems and coordinate planned system downtime and lead on all other team projects as required.

Responsibilities

• Understanding and interpreting complex issues through to resolution
• To advise on the development of new information systems
• Lead the information systems Change Advisory Board
• Produce and maintain team documentation such as user and process guides
• To maintain the data quality of the Trusts clinical systems
• To lead on relevant projects, planned system downtime and system upgrades.

Qualifications

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• A high level of computer literacy on software packages such as Excel, Word and SQL
• Knowledge of specific systems such as RiO, eReferrals, Care Identity Management, Registration Authority (RA)
• Meticulous attention to detail
• At least 4 years NHS experience
• The flexibility to work at short notice from various Trust sites when required as well as remotely

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families.

Our Values

• We’re Kind
• We’re Fair
• We Listen
• We Care