Computer Engineer Northwood, South East England, England
Job description
We are recruiting for a Specialist Computer Engineer who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
This is an exciting opportunity to use your digital and IT skills to help in the treatment of cancer patients. Radiotherapy treatment machines are increasingly driven by computers, with patient treatment plans stored in large databases and the whole department linked by multiple networks.
Ideal candidates will be multi skilled, with an understanding of server and client architecture, networking, databases and security. You will be people focused, happy to help individual users with desktop support issues but equally at home trouble shooting issues on servers. You will work as part of a small team with close links to the radiographers and scientists providing patient care.
ENHT is seeking to maintain and expand the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre staff as we move to an exciting new future.
Our Values areInclude,Respect andImprove. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
To be a part of a team providing IT services to the Physics Department, Radiotherapy Department and Medical Equimpent local area network (MEL)
To assist in training and support of a wide range of professional staff who constitute the users of these systems.
To assist in ensuring the safe operation of systems connected to the MEL.
To assist in the IT aspects of the implementation of new treatment techniques in Radiotherapy.
To implement hardware and software solutions as part of the treatment planning system, including backup and security solutions
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
We welcome applications from those who would relish the opportunity to be part of new and developing cancer service, building on the excellent reputation, research and patient experience the Cancer Centre already delivers.
In addition, you will receive a High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of your basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £4,108 and a maximum payment of £5,177per annum pro rata.
