Job summary
- Main area
- Technology
- Grade
- Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 396-7791867-DE-DK-A
- Employer
- Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- KRFT
- Town
- Kingston
- Salary
- £72,719 - £83,505 Pro rata pa incl. HCAS (outer london)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Networks Manager
Band 8b
Home, community, hospital
Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust offers a range of fantastic opportunities to grow your career across both hospital and community settings in south London. Whether you're looking to build new skills or take your experience to the next level, we are uniquely placed to provide the right environment to support your professional development. With colleagues working in people’s homes, in community clinics, and in our two hospitals, we have an outstanding breadth of knowledge and experience to draw from.
Our commitment to exceptional care is reflected in being the first trust of our kind in London to achieve an ‘Outstanding’ rating from the CQC for both overall quality and leadership. We exist to provide the best possible care for our patients and we do that by giving our colleagues what they need to be their best at work. We have won numerous awards from the HSJ and Nursing Times for the way we support our colleagues across all our services.
We are proud to be recognised for our outstanding cancer care, children's services, pioneering surgical teams, and exceptional rehabilitation services. Our maternity services have been rated the "Best in London" by women surveyed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), with parents travelling to Kingston to take advantage of our considerable experience and expertise.
Our Trust values
These words are important reminders, but it’s our behaviours that tell people who we are. We expect all colleagues to bring our values to life in their work.
- Compassionate: We provide care with kindness, understanding, and empathy for all.
- Inclusive: We embrace diversity and respect the unique contributions of every individual.
- Collaborative: We foster teamwork across all levels, working together and with our partners to deliver the best outcomes.
- Inspiring: We are committed to continuous improvement and excellence in patient care, staff development, and innovation.
Job overview
The Network Manager is responsible for the design, operation and optimisation of the organisation’s LAN, WAN and wireless network services, ensuring secure, reliable and high‑availability connectivity across clinical and corporate environments. The role requires expert knowledge of enterprise networking, security technologies, TCP/IP, firewalls and large‑scale network infrastructure, as well as the ability to lead complex technical projects and manage specialist engineers. The postholder also oversees network performance, risk management and supplier engagement, ensuring safe and compliant delivery of critical network services.
Main duties of the job
The Network Manager is responsible for the design, operation and optimisation of the organisation’s LAN, WAN and wireless network services, ensuring secure, reliable and high‑availability connectivity across clinical and corporate environments. The role requires expert knowledge of enterprise networking, security technologies, TCP/IP, firewalls and large‑scale network infrastructure, as well as the ability to lead complex technical projects and manage specialist engineers. The postholder also oversees network performance, risk management and supplier engagement, ensuring safe and compliant delivery of critical network services.
Working for our organisation
Development and staff wellbeing
Your growth and personal happiness matters to us. After all, we can’t expect the best from you if we don’t invest in your development and nurture your wellbeing. From the moment you join us, we’re committed to fostering your professional and personal development within a supportive, empowering environment. Whether you’re just starting your career or looking to advance further, we provide you with the tools and opportunities you need to succeed. We actively support colleagues to take part in research, quality improvement and innovation, whatever their role or level in the organisation.
To support your wellbeing, we offer an extensive range of resources, including an on-site staff nursery at Kingston Hospital, wellbeing practitioners, regular wellbeing classes, dedicated staff physiotherapist, comprehensive occupational health services, 24/7 employee assistance programme, and a range of other support and activities.
We also take every opportunity to thank and recognise the work our teams do, through weekly ‘shoutouts’ and patient feedback, monthly and annual awards.
Wherever you work across our organisation, we look forward to welcoming you.
At KRFT we are committed to supporting flexible working arrangements. Applicants are encouraged to discuss any flexibility they may need during the recruitment process.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
***Please see the attached supporting document/s which contains more information about the role in the job description and person specification***
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Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
- Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) certification or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant demonstrable experience of delivering and supporting IT networks in a Cisco / Checkpoint operating environment (or similar technology).
- Experienced in motivating, developing, and managing technical professionals to deliver high‑quality, innovation‑led results.
- Experience of producing reports and documentation,service redesign and of overseeing improvement plans, negotiating and managing 3rd party contracts
- Expert at developing procedures to cover areas such as equipment installation and system security and configuration and change management systems and procedures
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to manage multiple complex workstreams / projects, providing oversight of technical resources and requirements realisation
- Expert analytical skills and a methodical approach to problem solving. Able to gather and interpret complex data to inform analytical and problem-solving tasks
- Excellent relationship management skills, experience of liaison with senior management and the ability to manage expectations, balancing supply with demand
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- James Wright
- Job title
- Chief Technology Officer
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 8546 7711
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