Network Engineer

Working as a partnership, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this. 

The single corporate service is delivered across both organisations.  You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.

NHS Band 5 Salary: £32,073 - £39,043 per annum

Hours Per Week: Full time, 37.5 

Contract Type: Temporary for 23 months

Job purpose

The purpose of the Network Engineer in the IWT-PHU Group hospital setting is to ensure the stability, security, and efficiency of the hospital's network infrastructure, which is crucial for supporting healthcare services and administrative operations. This role involves implementing, and managing robust network components that facilitate seamless communication and data & telephony exchange across various departments.

Job summary

• To provide project support for the IWT-PHU Group hospitals network infrastructure, configuring and installing switches, UPS’s and related hardware in-line with IT standards.
• Provide an operational support, maintaining the integrity and availability network & telephony  hardware, responding to switch failures and assisting with port patching.
• To maintain a secure environment and provide professional assistance in the development of the infrastructure.
• Contribute to the IT Departments on-call rota and if required, maintain required skills, experience and resource levels allowing for hospital digital 24/7 services.

For further details please refer to enclosed job description.

Essential

• HNC or relevant experience in a complex enterprise IT environment.
• Experience providing IT technical support for networked environments.
• Experience in supporting Cisco Catalyst technologies.  
• Experience in working with single-mode and multimode fibre, CAT5, CAT5e and CAT6.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.

Desirable

• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP).
• Experience in supporting Check Point and Cisco ASA firewalls.
• Experience of Microsoft based domains, operating systems and office software.
• Experience of Cisco, HPe and HPe Aruba Switching Technologies.

Experience

Essential

• Excellent interpersonal and explanatory skills in dealing with a wide range of information technology users from skilled to ICT[1]illiterate.
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills.
• Excellent planning and time-management skills.
• Able to set clear and appropriate priorities for self.
• Good technical awareness to understand and resolve technical problems, communicating effectively with technical experts.
• Experience in switch/routing technologies, fault and resolution diagnostics.
• Expert in Ethernet technologies at the physical layer.

Desirable

• Experience with Solarwinds Orion SNMP Monitoring.
• Experience of VMware and Citrix virtualized networking.  
• In depth knowledge of virtualized Windows environments.
• Excellent understanding of Cisco Nexus technology.
• Storage technologies and Storage Area Networks

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge and experience of supporting PC hardware and peripherals
• Technical knowledge of network protocols including TCP/IP

Desirable

• Knowledge of Netscaler and Checkpoint hardware and software.
• Knowledge of issues in acute, community and mental health sectors.
• Knowledge in Microsoft Visio and creating networking diagrams.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most. 

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs. 

For more information, please see our People and OD Strategy 2026