System Administrator

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; University City (MO); On-site; USD 61,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust seeks a Digital System Administrator to support critical clinical and operational IT systems and ensure secure, reliable services that impact patient care.

Reporting to the Digital Systems Operations Manager, you will work with clinicians, suppliers and IT teams to manage incidents, testing, upgrades and user access, while maintaining documentation and training.

Qualifications

• Proven experience administering IT/clinical systems and providing second-line support.
• Experience diagnosing incidents, faults and data issues with effective resolutions.
• Ability to collaborate with NHS clinicians, suppliers and IT teams.
• Experience creating test scripts, supporting upgrades and new procedures.

Responsibilities

• Provide second-line technical and application support for digital systems.
• Manage system performance, access controls and incident response.
• Support testing, upgrades and rollout of new software.
• Produce documentation, SOPs and user guidance for system use.

Skills

IT System Admin

Incident management

Stakeholder engagement

User access management

System testing

Job description

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

Are you ready to use your Digital Systems Administration skills in a way that makes a positive impact on people’s lives? If so, we have a fantastic opportunity to become a member of our Digital Systems Support team within the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Reporting to the Digital Systems Operations Manager your role will sit within the Digital Systems Support Team. The Digital System Administrator role is a key position within Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, responsible for ensuring critical clinical and operational IT systems are secure, reliable, and effective. The post holder will provide second-line technical and application support, manage system performance and user access, work closely with suppliers and clinical teams, support testing and system upgrades, deliver training and contribute to the continuous improvement of digital healthcare systems. The role requires strong technical expertise, problem‑solving skills, stakeholder engagement, and the ability to manage incidents, data quality and system documentation while supporting patient care through robust digital services.

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 is a highly motivated and inclusive place to work. 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 Trust’s 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. It’s an exciting time to join us, as we offer varied and rewarding opportunities.

We’d love to consider your application if you want to be a part of delivering operational services that allow patients to be treated effectively across Leeds.

If you choose to use Al tools to complete your application, please take the time to edit and personalise your application and ensure that the language used reflects your behaviours, ideas and values. We want to understand what you can bring to LTHT and your reasons for applying, not a version of these created by AI. AI is a tool, it is not a replacement for your thoughts, experience and ideas.

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

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

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 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.