Band 7 Senior Network Operations Engineer

This role represents a great opportunity for a skilled individual to join a dedicated team of network engineers in supporting and maintaining the trusts network infrastructure. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country we are looking for a flexible, well organised and highly motivated individual who can work autonomously or a team and has line management responsibility for a small team to deliver high quality infrastructure services aligned with the trust's digital strategy. The trust has recently completed refreshing it's core network (Nov 2025) and has just commenced a Wireless infrastructure refresh which will be ongoing throughout 2026.

Based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham but support all 4 hospital sites and remote support for community/satellite sites"], The Network Team is responsible for maintaining a resilent, secure and high-performance network infrastructure. Effective and efficient incident, problem and change management is essential and liaising with other trust teams, suppliers and external agencies as required.

Advanced experience as a network engineer gained while working in a complex enterprise enviroment is essential for this role.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.