Leave us your email address and we'll send you all the new jobs according to your preferences.
Senior Computer Scientist - Systems and Infrastructure
Posted 3 days 12 hours ago by UCLH (University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)
Permanent
Full Time
Public Sector Jobs
London, United Kingdom
Job Description
Senior Computer Scientist - Systems and Infrastructure NHS AfC: Band 8a Main area Medical Physics Computing Grade NHS AfC: Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 309-UCLH-6370
Site University College London Hospital Town London Salary £61,927 - £68,676 Per Annum Inclusive of HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 16/06/:59
The use of AI is monitored and if applicants have used it, then they are required to declare this in their supporting statement.
Job overview UCLH is a leading healthcare provider committed to delivering world-class patient care, research, and education. We are seeking a skilled, experienced, organised and motivated computer scientist with excellent communication skills and a commitment to solution-focussed collaboration, to manage projects within the Systems and Infrastructure Programme of Work in the Clinical Scientific Computing Team within the Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering at UCLH.
As a Senior Computer Scientist within the Systems and Infrastructure Team, you will be responsible for efficiently and effectively managing projects across a range of clinical specialities, and for ensuring the delivery of high-quality, secure, and compliant computing solutions. You will bring energy and passion as you provide solution-focussed, operational leadership to project teams and as you collaborate with key clinical, scientific and technical stakeholders. You will oversee the delivery of essential support to assigned clinical systems and infrastructure in BAU, working closely with the IT Analyst Team Lead.
You will have developed leadership skills, have a solid understanding of healthcare IT systems and infrastructure and established experience in clinical scientific computing project management and service delivery. You will be able to demonstrate how your excellent communication and interpersonal skills and your ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholders delivers effective outcomes.
Main duties of the job You will work closely with the Systems & Infrastructure Lead for Clinical Scientific Computing as well as with clinical scientists and analysts within Clinical Scientific Computing and other members of staff within Medical Physics. You will develop strong and productive working relationships with clinicians, scientists and clinical managers and also with staff in UCLH Digital Healthcare Technology and their commercial partners.
We have significant commitments to support clinical services in Radiotherapy, Proton Beam Therapy, Nuclear Medicine, Sterile Services, Neurophysiology and Women's Health but have a key role in implementing and managing systems that cover many other clinical areas. You will be part of a specialist team providing some on-call support and extended hours support to Radiotherapy and Proton Beam Therapy.
You will use your organisational skills to manage projects involving multiple clinical, commercial and technical stakeholders, whilst also bringing your technical and scientific skills and your understanding of the regulatory requirements, risk and quality management to evaluate, specify, implement and manage clinical systems.
Working for our organisation University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex
NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute
and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and
overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class
research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in
women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral
disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and
pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health
service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of
net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities ofthis role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff
UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highestpercentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all generalacute or acute/community NHS trusts in England - for the third year in a row.
UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff - To find out more, visit: Flexibleworking.
To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?
Person specification Knowledge and Qualifications
Site University College London Hospital Town London Salary £61,927 - £68,676 Per Annum Inclusive of HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 16/06/:59
The use of AI is monitored and if applicants have used it, then they are required to declare this in their supporting statement.
Job overview UCLH is a leading healthcare provider committed to delivering world-class patient care, research, and education. We are seeking a skilled, experienced, organised and motivated computer scientist with excellent communication skills and a commitment to solution-focussed collaboration, to manage projects within the Systems and Infrastructure Programme of Work in the Clinical Scientific Computing Team within the Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering at UCLH.
As a Senior Computer Scientist within the Systems and Infrastructure Team, you will be responsible for efficiently and effectively managing projects across a range of clinical specialities, and for ensuring the delivery of high-quality, secure, and compliant computing solutions. You will bring energy and passion as you provide solution-focussed, operational leadership to project teams and as you collaborate with key clinical, scientific and technical stakeholders. You will oversee the delivery of essential support to assigned clinical systems and infrastructure in BAU, working closely with the IT Analyst Team Lead.
You will have developed leadership skills, have a solid understanding of healthcare IT systems and infrastructure and established experience in clinical scientific computing project management and service delivery. You will be able to demonstrate how your excellent communication and interpersonal skills and your ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholders delivers effective outcomes.
Main duties of the job You will work closely with the Systems & Infrastructure Lead for Clinical Scientific Computing as well as with clinical scientists and analysts within Clinical Scientific Computing and other members of staff within Medical Physics. You will develop strong and productive working relationships with clinicians, scientists and clinical managers and also with staff in UCLH Digital Healthcare Technology and their commercial partners.
We have significant commitments to support clinical services in Radiotherapy, Proton Beam Therapy, Nuclear Medicine, Sterile Services, Neurophysiology and Women's Health but have a key role in implementing and managing systems that cover many other clinical areas. You will be part of a specialist team providing some on-call support and extended hours support to Radiotherapy and Proton Beam Therapy.
You will use your organisational skills to manage projects involving multiple clinical, commercial and technical stakeholders, whilst also bringing your technical and scientific skills and your understanding of the regulatory requirements, risk and quality management to evaluate, specify, implement and manage clinical systems.
Working for our organisation University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex
NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute
and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and
overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class
research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in
women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral
disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and
pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health
service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of
net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities ofthis role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff
UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highestpercentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all generalacute or acute/community NHS trusts in England - for the third year in a row.
UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff - To find out more, visit: Flexibleworking.
To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?
Person specification Knowledge and Qualifications
- 1st or 2nd class honours degree in computer science, a physical science, engineering, or equivalent
- Relevant PhD or equivalent (MSc / MEng with additional specialist training or research experience)
- State Registration as a Clinical Scientist / able to register within 3 years of appointment. Or Member of the RCT (Register of Clinical Technologists)
- Corporate Membership of relevant professional institutes (eg IPEM, IET)
- Advanced knowledge of architecture, configuration, security and performance management of networks using TCP/IP protocols
- Advanced knowledge of security issues associated with computer systems within the Trust, NHS and health sector, and the measures required to address these.
- Advanced knowledge of data management, including storage, archive, backup and data publication technologies
- Broad knowledge of medical devices and of other areas of medical physics and clinical engineering practice and procedure.
- Chartered Engineer or Chartered Scientist
- Evidence of training and development in Leadership & Management
- Broad knowledge across the full range of working procedures and practices in clinical scientific computing including relevant legislation, national and international standards, NHS policy, and professional and other guidelines.
- Broad knowledge of software engineering best practices (including issue tracking, testing, documentation, version control and continuous integration) that enable the delivery of reliable, sustainable and trustworthy outputs
- Advanced knowledge of computer hardware and software at both operating system and application level and also of medical device IT systems.
- Knowledge of clinical practice and the implications for clinical scientific computing.
- Basic knowledge of relevant anatomy, physiology and pathology.
- Advanced understanding of the potential risks to patients, staff and organisations arising from system failure, human error and clinical scientific computing practice
- Advanced knowledge and understanding of quality and risk management as they apply to clinical scientific computing.
- Knowledge of how to offer effective supervision
- Understanding of quality and performance management and their application to a clinical scientific computing service.
- Significant experience of providing services in a scientific healthcare environment.
- Experience of supervising staff and trainees.
- Experience of participating in, leading discussions and taking minutes at committees / project groups involving scientific and technical information.
- Ability to supervise staff and trainees effectively and sympathetically.
- Able to encourage colleagues and contribute positively to the team.
- Able to manage change and introduce new technologies and working practices.
- Able to implement policies and procedures in own work.
- Able to assess impact of policy / procedure changes on safety and service provision.
- Ability to articulate and report the status of assigned projects and systems.
- Knowledge of appropriate standards and systems of financial accountability in a public sector organisation
- Experience of managing resources and project budgets.
- Experience of identifying service development opportunities and progressing business plans.
- Significant experience of a scientific healthcare environment
- Significant experience of managing computer operating systems especially Unix and Windows
- Significant experience of a wide variety of computing systems and application packages
- Significant experience of managing IT systems in a clinical environment
- Experience of managing IT projects
- Experience of software development and testing
- Experience of programming both applications and systems
- Experience in the supervision of research and development work.
- Experience of holding grants and supervising research workers.
- . click apply for full job details
