Job Title: ITCS Database Administrator

 Join a WhatsApp channel that posts ONLY UK visa sponsorship jobs: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Vb6IqsxGJP8LdarxD53S

Agency: Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

Location: London, United Kingdom

Salary/Rate: 56,276 – 63,176 £ / Year

Job Summary

We are a small team of 3 responsible for maintaining the SQL farm for King’s College Hospital (KCH) and the EPIC Cogito data warehouse for Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital (GSTT), utilised by the individual Business Intelligence teams.

This is an opportunity for an experienced SQL database administrator with prior clustering experience to join our team, become EPIC Cogito accredited, and support our SQL farm and Cogito estate.

The role will require working across sites in both Denmark Hill and Waterloo. It will also require occasional out-of-hours work to support overnight SQL ETL processes and late-night Cogito software deployments.

Main duties of the job

• To maintain the Microsoft SQL Database Farm
• To support the EPIC Cogito databases and infrastructure and provide support to Caboodle business intelligence developers via code migrations, ETL support, and deployment of EPIC upgrades.
• To troubleshoot ETL issues and Cogito platform issues when required.
• Act as a training resource for developers, EPIC, and other Secure Data System support roles.
• Provide 3rd line support for Database Farm technical issues.
• Help define system requirements for new developments in conjunction with clinicians, clinical analysts, and project managers.
• Provide expert advice to other Trust system managers and the Trust in relation to the procurement of high-cost data systems.
• Develop software to support and complement the Trust’s databases.
• Provide expert technical documentation to support systems and system development.
• Demonstrate software solutions to other technical and clinical staff.
• To act as a technical liaison person for third-party suppliers.
• Implements ICT policies and proposes changes to improve service.
• On occasions when out-of-hours work is required to support either the SQL farm or the Cogito platform, the post-holder must work overtime or on call and escalate any serious problems to senior team members.

Person Specification

Qualifications/ Education

Essential

• Educated to Degree level or equivalent qualification
• Postgraduate qualification or equivalent experience

Desirable

• Master’s degree or equivalent postgraduate qualification
• EPIC accreditation

Previous experience

Essential

• Significant experience working in a Hospital environment
• Considerable experience working with databases
• Expert Experience in managing mission-critical software

Desirable

• Demonstrable experience working with various database formats

Skills/Knowledge/ Ability

Essential

• Expertise in problem-solving, able to analyse and interpret highly complex Database problems using own initiative, and able to support others to develop this skill.

Desirable

• In-depth specialist knowledge of NHS Information Technology procedures and expertise in NHS ICT system management
• Expert knowledge of the key issues around system implementation

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 22 March 2026

How to Apply;

Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online for this job

Disclaimer

Author: Simon RobertEasyInfoBlog is a multi-author blog. We have experts and professionals in various fields who share their ideas and expert knowledge to help you with your daily information needs. Thanks for reading!