Network & Telecoms Consultant

Main area IM&T Services Grade NHS AfC:
Band 7 Contract Permanent:
This post will be asked to contribute to the 24 hour "on call" commitment of IM&T Services for which additional payments apply. Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (This post will be asked to contribute to the 24 hour "on call" commitment of IM&T Services for which additional payments apply.) Job
-CORP-7989047-B7

Site OUH Sites Town Oxford Salary £49,387 - £56,515 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 04/08/2026 23:59

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital
, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

Job : IM&TS 026
Salary Scale: Band 7 (£49,387 - £56,515 depending on experience)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Note: This post will be asked to contribute to the 24 hour "on call" commitment of IM&T Services for which additional payments apply. A full driving license with access to transport is required for this post as staff may be required to work at multiple OUH sites.

Within the Network team, technical responsibility for delivering corporate Network system and services development, Operations and Support.

The post-holder plays a leading technical role within the Network team, to ensure that the OUH and Service Level Agreements are either met or exceeded.

Consultancy - Level 5 (CNSL5) The provision of advice and assistance in any area associated with the procurement, provision, delivery, maintenance or effective use of information and communications technology. The consultancy can deal with one specific aspect of ICT, or it can be wide ranging and address many aspects, or it can be of a strategic nature.

For a detailed job description and main responsibilities please refer to the attached document.

• GCSE ‘C’ grade or equivalent in English and Maths of Appropriate qualification in a relevant subject
• Degree or equivalent experience
• ICT Industry standard qualification or training certification in one or more of the following technologies/products CISCO Certification Firewall Certification

• Logical approach
• Ability to sustain concentration
• Organised
• Good interpersonal skills
• Professional appearance
• Timely decision-making
• Interested in helping people
• Credibility
• Analytical approach
• Calm temperament

• Ability to relate appropriately to various professional groups both within and outside the Trust
• Good communication (spoken and written) skills
• Ability to document work accurately
• Ability to write clear reports and present business cases
• Thorough understanding of customer and supplier organisations.
• Expert levels of technical experience, knowledge and ability
• Experience in senior role working within a large organisation’s, highly technical IT infrastructure related support team environment
• Experience in a Network related services discipline
• Experience in delivering high quality productivity and performance of a small groups and or individuals
• “Project” orientated leadership track record, skills in driving and successfully delivering to time and budget whole projects or subset tasks within a project

• CISCO IOS
• CISCO ISE & FMC
• CISCO Secure Client
• CISCO Router & Switch hardware
• CISCO Unity, Expressway, UCS and CUCM
• DHCP and DNS
• WAN carrier technology and circuitry (ISDN, PSTN, Broadband, Microwave, Wireless, etc)
• VLAN construction and implementation
• Network Management and Diagnostic software and tool kits
• Multit…