Speeds Healthcare is a specialist provider of outsourced pharmacy solutions to hospitals and care facilities.
We supply medicines, equipment, consumables and support services to private hospitals and clinics throughout the UK.
Our mission is to assist health and care providers attain excellence in the management of medicines.
It is an exciting time to join Speeds Healthcare. The company is expanding significantly through 2024 and our new site, One Lakeside, due to open this year, will provide Speeds with a significant capacity increase and create opportunities for new and existing team members. The progression opportunities open to all team members are very exciting!
The Role:
Speeds Healthcare, a leading provider of healthcare solutions, is seeking a Senior IT Engineer to join our team. This role will be responsible for 2nd/3rd Line IT Support duties, working closely with the IT Manager to ensure that all IT Systems & Services are always running smoothly and fully operational.
You will be expected to:
Be the point of technical escalation for the 2nd line team and ensuring high levels of services are delivered and maintained.
You will be responsible for the full ownership of incidents and ensuring that they are quickly prioritised.
You will also have the opportunity to get involved in project implementations and more.
Actively oversee the deployment, planning, and upkeep of software and hardware in collaboration with
the IT Manager.
Take a proactive approach in maintaining Active Directory, Office 365, Group Policy, user accounts, and
file security permissions.
Oversee IT projects, working closely with the IT Manager to implement effective technical solutions.
Be proactive and able to multitask effectively.
The Ideal Candidate:
An experienced & confident individual with a passion for IT Support and learning new technologies who can work in a team and independently. A proven history of providing IT support and acting as an escalation point for the 1st and 2nd line support team is ideal.
Essential:
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft technologies: Windows Server/Windows Desktops (10 & 11).
• TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS & Group Policy.
• Active Directory/Azure AD, Office 365 (Exchange, Teams, SharePoint).
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and organisation skills.
• Networking experience. (Switches, Firewalls, Routers, Wi-Fi).
Desirable
• Microsoft Intune.
• Hyper-V or Proxmox.
• HP Aruba Switches/AP’s.
• ITIL Practitioner or knowledge of.
Working Hours
40 hours per week. Working flexibly within the hours of 8am – 18:00pm, Monday to Friday, as the business requires.
Benefits:
• Up to £33,000 DOE • Company mobile and laptop
• Pension scheme • Ability to work flexibly
• Company benefits and healthcare scheme
Speeds have proven themselves as being both efficient and a safe provider of pharmacy services who share their expertise with our sites bringing benefit to Service Users and staff alike. Training has been of such a high standard that Speeds are now our sole supplier of medication management training.
I highly recommend Speeds as a cost-effective, highly knowledgeable and professional provider of top-level pharmacy services. Our company reaped the benefits in areas such as cost savings, quality standards, knowledgeable staff, clinical and managerial systems, and importantly, the service user experience
Speeds staff have proved to be extremely knowledgeable and competent in both operational and clinical pharmacy. I have no hesitation in recommending Speeds Healthcare as both an efficient and safe provider of pharmacy services.
The Speeds specialist team identified shortfalls in our units but also how to make the necessary positive changes. Training was commenced, documentation was implemented and procedures reviewed. This protected service users, the staff and our company. I would highly recommend Speeds as a cost-effective, highly knowledgeable and professional provider of top-level pharmacy services.
