An exciting new opportunity has arisen for those interested in a Senior role with Vita Health Group’s NHS-based IT Team. 

In this role, you will be at the centre of all present and future NHS initiatives, including the management and delivery of continual improvements to our existing services, and the mobilization and configuration of all future systems. 

Remote with some expectation to travel (IT Away Days, Clinical Workshops, etc)

As a Senior IT Analyst, your responsibilities would include (but are not limited to):

• Leading on specific IT projects while being ready to be hands-on to offer configuration support (1st/2nd line) on key IT applications for the NHS IT team.
• Liaising and working alongside the team Junior (direct report), making time for training instances, ticket support, and personal development time.
• Communicate with stakeholders and service leads to understand new build requirements.
• Being a visible team lead, prioritizing by need and ready to offer hands-on support across key NHS IT application(s), including SystmOne, EMIS, PPS, e-RS, and other IT reporting tools.
• Liaising with our IT support partners to assist with support tickets, following a defined support processes.
• Regularly meeting with our data analysts to ensure that all new builds / changes can be reported upon effectively, and making changes to capture new NHS KPIs.
• Teamwork with the IT Team leads, junior colleagues, and Head of IT to offer other day-to-day support to enable / underpin business operation as needed / escalated or delegated to.
   

A successful applicant will:

• Be able to prioritise their own workload and deadlines.
• Have excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
• Be able to work across several different clinical systems, reconciling the needs of multiple different teams.
• Be able to oversee projects (ex., system mobilizations, improvement workshop pieces, etc.)
• Be able to provide advice and, if necessary, technical training to team leads and management. 

Why Vita Health Group

Vita Health Group celebrates life. Improving lives physically and mentally drives everything we do.

We are physical and mental health specialists with over 30 years of experience.  We work in partnership with the NHS, support the UK’s largest corporate companies to help assist their workforce and provide a full range of physiotherapy services to private customers.

To achieve our mission of making people better, we recognise the importance of investing in our staff. In addition to a competitive salary, we also offer the opportunity of a flexible work life balance and a comprehensive benefits package which you can view here: https://www.vitahealthgroup.co.uk/join-us/careers/

To progress your skills and enable career development we provide Continued Professional Development opportunities including secondments, management training, a mentoring scheme and regular events and webinars across a range of clinical disciplines.

Vita Health Group is proud to be an equal opportunities employer.  We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion best practice and positively encourage applications from candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion/belief, marital status, or pregnancy/maternity.  To support this we have a dedicated team of EDI specialists and run a range of active in-house diversity networks.

We are actively seeking to increase the diversity of our workforce, to ensure we are representative of the communities we serve at all levels. We therefore welcome applications from candidates with a wide range of lived experience.

We are committed to equitably support the wellbeing of all employees as demonstrated by:

• Our association with the MINDFUL EMPLOYER Charter for Employers who are Positive About Mental Health.
• Our status as a Disability Confident Employer dedicated to ensuring that all candidates are treated fairly throughout the recruitment process. All disabled candidates that meet the minimum essential criteria will be invited to interview.
• Our status as a Menopause Friendly Committed employer.
• Our sign up to the Employer with Heart Charter.
• Our commitment to meet the standards outlined in the NHS Equality Delivery System (EDS). Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) and Workforce Disability Equality Standard (WDES).
• The provision of access to health and wellbeing services for colleagues which includes a team of trained Mental Health Advocates and an Employee Assistance Programme.
• An embedded “speaking up” culture facilitated by Freedom to Speak Up Guardians.

Should you wish to discuss any adjustment or assistance you might need in the application or interview process please contact recruitment@vhg.co.uk and we will arrange.

VHG is committed to supporting transgender individuals with dignity and recognises the potential complications that may arise when taking references. We encourage applicants to contact HR at hr@vhg.co.uk to discuss or amend how we manage reference requests.

Please note, all applicants must be legally entitled to accept and perform work in the UK and all positions are subject to a DBS check. 

Any data which you share with us throughout the hiring process will be stored securely within the UK and is accessible only by staff who require it. Should your application be unsuccessful, your data will be securely destroyed after 6 months. 

Vita Health Group reserves the right to close this job when sufficient applications have been received.

Vita Health Group