Job vacancy: Advanced Network Infrastructure Engineer, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, Plymouth

Job summary

Main area: Digital and Innovation
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 216-LT-CO8052046

Employer: University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Derriford Hospital
Town: Plymouth
Salary: £49,387 - £56,515 Per Annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 28/07/2026 23:59

Advanced Network Infrastructure Engineer

NHS AfC: Band 7

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To be a lead specialist network engineer in support of the Plymouth Health Community network and telephony infrastructure including:
- LAN, WLAN & WAN
- Computer network security – Firewalls, encryption, and authentication
- TCP/IP including DNS and DHCP
- VPN
- NAC
- BGP
- STP
- OSPF
To manage the Trust’s Comms Rooms including:
- Access / Security
- Environment issues – heat and power usage
- Panel patching standards
- Network space allocation
- Tidiness
- Disposal of redundant equipment using Trust process
To analyse, investigate and resolve highly complex queries, problems, and user’s requirements of the network infrastructure, liaising with the Corporate Systems, Systems Operations and End User Compute professionals where necessary.
To introduce, adapt, test, improve, repair and maintain the network infrastructure equipment ensuring that equipment operating system and software/firmware are at the correct revision level, completing Change Management Requests where necessary.

To configure networking equipment, ensuring appropriate access control and management of the secure systems.

To ensure the maximum availability of the network including Disaster Recovery planning and implementation, involving out of hours work where necessary.

To provide specialist advice, implement, enforce, monitor, report incidents and assist the investigation into breaches of the IT security policies, ensuring safe and appropriate use of computer network resources.

We are a people business – where every member of staff matters and can make a difference. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Joining University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust means becoming part of a team of dedicated staff, who are committed to leading the way through innovation, clinical excellence and great customer care.

The Trust has great opportunities for career development in a highly progressive working environment. We offer all of this in a vibrant, modern city with a historic reputation for adventure.

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COMMUNICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT REGULARLY.

If you have any issues with applying online and need additional support including reasonable adjustments with the application process, please contact the recruitment manager for this post who will put you into contact with the recruitment team.

We recognise that work life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applicants around less than full time/flexible working for our advertised roles. Please contact the recruiting manager to discuss this prior to your application submission. We commit to giving this full consideration in each case.

We encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles, as diversity strengthens our teams. It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date.

If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.

Person specification

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria

In-depth proven knowledge and demonstrable experience of specialist networking technologies including IP addressing, Ethernet switching and network routing, both wired and wireless, across Local Area Network and Wide Area Network environments.
In-depth proven knowledge of enterprise wireless networking. Demonstrable experience in network troubleshooting techniques using specialised tools such as the Fluke LAN Meter and proven knowledge and demonstrable experience of cabling technologies including structured and fibre optic cabling specifications.
In-depth proven knowledge and demonstrable experience of specialist voice networking technologies including: IP Telephony, Analogue telephone systems Convergence

Desirable criteria

Awareness: up to date with the NHS Programme for IT and other national directives
To be able to plan and implement IT projects in conjunction with IT and non-IT staff.
Demonstrable experience of working in a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Educated to an IT or Technical Master’s degree level or Cisco Certified Networking Professional (CCNP) or equivalent demonstrable experience

Desirable criteria

Industry recognised HP Accredited Integration Specialist (HP AIS) certifications obtained through short courses, extensive self-study and examination.

Aptitude & Abilities

Essential criteria

Proven ability to act on own initiative to solve highly complex technical problems within a short period of time.
Proven ability to work effectively with critical network and system failures.
Proven ability to prioritise effectively and communicate priorities to users and staff.

Desirable criteria

Good interpersonal skills
Effective communication and influencing skills
Proven ability to serve on task forces and/or committees

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COMMUNICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT REGULARLY INCLUDING YOUR JUNK FOLDER.

If you need support with the online application process or require reasonable adjustments with the application and/or interview process please contact the Recruiting Manager for this post.

We recognise that work life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applicants about less than full time/flexible working for our advertised roles. We recommend contacting the manager of the role prior to applying and we commit to giving requests full consideration.

We welcome and encourage applicants who identify with all protected characteristics to apply for our roles. We believe that diversity strengthens our teams and improves our patients' experience. At UHP we aim to create an inclusive workplace and hospital where everyone feels they belong and included.

It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.

Providing false information is an offence & could result in the application being rejected or summary dismissal/police action if an applicant is successful.

Please note that if you are successful in your application & accept the position you agree that the Staff Health and Wellbeing Department can access your health records from your current/previous employer in order to check the status of your inoculations & screening tests. This is an automated process & the information will only be used for these purposes prior to your taking up the position with us.

For Doctors Roles:

Unsolicited CVs and Candidate Profiles/Details
University Hospitals Plymouth has a commitment to sourcing candidates directly and as such we do not accept speculative CVs from agencies.

We do, however, work with a defined list of preferred HTE Framework suppliers who may be invited to support us in sourcing candidates for particular roles.

In line with our preferred supplier list, we only pay agency fees where we have a signed agreement in place and an agency has been instructed by a member of the Trust’s Medical Workforce team.

We do not pay agency fees where speculative and unsolicited CVs are submitted to the Trust or Trust employees by any other means than the official route above. Where this is not observed the Trust reserves the right to contact these candidates directly and initiate discussions without payment of any agency fee.

Any candidate details (whether written or spoken) or CVs that are referred directly will not constitute an introduction. The Trust will under no circumstances be responsible for any recruitment fees in relation to these contacts.

Submission of any unsolicited CVs, candidate’s details and/or proposals to the Trust will not be considered further and will be deemed evidence of full and unlimited acceptance of this Agency Protocol.

In order to establish and maintain good working relationships with the Trust’s agency suppliers, we ask that this Protocol is adhered to and thank you for your co-operation.