Job summary
- Main area
- IT
- Grade
- 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 289-CR-12
- Employer
- Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- All Trust Sites
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £54,320 - £60,981 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Cyber Security Analyst
7
Job overview
The cyber security analyst is an exciting role within the cyber security team, ensuring the overall digital safety and security of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Main duties of the job
- Key responsibilities Working closely with technical operations teams to assess and mitigate any outstanding security risks to the trust. In addition to planning, testing and implementing specific upgrades and maintenance, with those technical operational teams.
- Assessing any NHS Cyber Alerts (formerly CareCERT) that effect the trust, responding to and mitigating with other teams, where necessary.
- Maintaining the trusts Cyber security risk register.
- Co-ordinating with external security providers, including the provision of regular independent assessments of the trusts overall cyber security risk.
- Providing support to assist information governance with the trust annual data security and protection toolkit submission and developing additional security controls and/or policies where gaps exit as the DSPT continues to evolve.
- Investigate and review new cyber security technologies and toolsets and advise on how the Trusts overall cyber security standpoint can be improved.
- Works closely with operations teams to understand and minimise any potential service impact of system upgrades and risk mitigation strategies.
- Oversee identity and access management to trust information systems, ensuring least privilege principle including confirming security clearance of individuals to critical systems where applicable.
Working for our organisation
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital—along with award-winning clinics across North West London.
Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5 million, providing full clinical services, including maternity, A&E, and children’s services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health clinics. The Care Quality Commission rates us 'Good' in safety, effectiveness, care, and responsiveness, and 'Outstanding' in leadership and resource use.
We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and Westminster and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Middlesex.
We are committed to equal opportunities and believe that diversity drives innovation and excellence. As part of our dedication to equity, we actively welcome applications from individuals from the global majority, veterans and underrepresented communities. We value the unique perspectives and experiences that diverse teams bring and are committed to creating an environment where all voices are heard, respected, and empowered to succeed."
If you haven’t heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, your application was likely unsuccessful. Employment is subject to a six-month probationary period.
Some roles may require weekend shifts at multiple sites.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The analyst keeps informed with the constantly changing wider cyber security environment, through a pro-active approach to understanding new threats and exploring new technologies.
Technically skilled and responsible for the provision and security for all cyber security toolsets, the cyber security analyst works closely with the trusts technical operational teams and operations teams, to report on and mitigate threats to the trust.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Cyber Security Experence
- IT Experence
Desirable criteria
- Professional Cyber Security Qualifiations
- IT Qualifications
- NHS Experience
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Emma Cowen
- Job title
- Cyber Security Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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