Telecoms and Network Support Engineer

A Vacancy at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust.

Telecoms & Network Support Engineer

Join our Digital Services team as a Telecoms & Network Support Engineer, where you’ll play a key role in supporting and maintaining the Trust’s telecommunications and network infrastructure, hardware and systems. This includes IP-based telephony and legacy infrastructure, network hardware, and associated technologies, ensuring they remain reliable, secure, and available in line with Service Level Agreements (SLAs).

Working alongside colleagues in both the Voice and Network teams, you’ll contribute to the smooth operation of critical systems that underpin day-to-day business activities. Collaboration is central to the role, as you’ll work closely with wider Digital Services teams to deliver a high-quality, responsive service to users across the organisation.

This is a hands-on technical role that includes cross-site travel and may require participation in an on-call rota, providing out-of-hours support when required. You’ll report to the Head of Data and Voice Services and may also receive direction from Voice, Network, and Digital Services management teams.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to develop their skills in a supportive environment while contributing to essential IT services.

Closing date of applications

22 October 2026

Interview date

5 November 2026

• Provide operational support for the Trust’s telecommunications and network infrastructure, including IP-based telephony, network hardware, and associated systems.
• Take a proactive role in the configuration, maintenance, and optimisation of voice and network services.
• Investigate, diagnose, and resolve complex incidents and faults within agreed Service Level Agreements.
• Monitor system performance and capacity, proactively identifying risks and taking remedial action to prevent service disruption.
• Support and contribute to infrastructure projects, including system upgrades, migrations, and new implementations.
• Work collaboratively with Voice, Network, and wider Digital Services teams, as well as third-party suppliers.
• Produce and maintain detailed technical documentation, including system configurations, procedures, and support guides, ensuring knowledge transfer across the team.
• Ensure compliance with Trust policies, industry standards, and security requirements, including data protection and cyber security best practices.
• Support business continuity and disaster recovery arrangements for telecommunications and network services.
• Deliver excellent customer service, communicating effectively with stakeholders at all levels, including clinical and non-clinical staff.
• Provide out-of-hours support for planned work and critical incident response
• Take ownership of allocated tasks and workstreams, demonstrating initiative and accountability in delivering high-quality outcomes.

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4thbusiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Please see attached Job description and Person Specification. To apply please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB – this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account.

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Your application (for shortlisting purposes) is assessed based on the Person Specification in the job advert (below).

This advert closes on Thursday 22 Oct 2026