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Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 15 January 2026

Are you a on-premise infrastructure expert ready to lead and innovate?

This is a hybrid working role with a requirement to work onsite 2 - 3 days a week.

We're looking for an experienced On-Premises Platform Manager to oversee the design, implementation, and maintenance of on-premises platform environments across NCA sites. This includes managing the deployment of servers, storage systems, databases, and middle-ware components, ensuring alignment with NHS standards and best practices.

As part of the group driving and supporting our on-premise hosting strategy, you'll be responsible for managing on-premise environments across our platforms, bringing knowledge and experience of server virtualisation and storage technologies. All while ensuring seamless integration, cost efficiency, and automation. You'll work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the infrastructure aligns with business objectives and can support our digital transformation initiatives.

Key responsibilities include overseeing on-premise architecture, implementing best practices for security and governance, and optimising performance. Your leadership will be pivotal in ensuring high availability, disaster recovery, and cutting‑edge technology solutions that keep us competitive and agile.

Previous applicants need not apply

Your primary responsibility will be to lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of on-premise platform environments used across NCA sites. This includes managing the deployment of virtual servers, storage systems, databases, middle‑ware components, and other on‑premise infrastructure components, ensuring alignment with NHS standards and industry best practices.

In addition to strategic planning, you will provide leadership and direction to a team of server and platform specialists. Your role will involve mentoring team members, fostering a culture of excellence, and promoting professional development to enhance the capabilities and effectiveness of the team.

As Manager, On‑Premises Platforms, you will also be responsible for managing resources, budgets, and performance metrics to ensure the efficient and effective operation of server and platform services. Your leadership, strategic vision, and technical expertise will be instrumental in supporting the delivery of high‑quality healthcare services to patients and communities within the NCA.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work‑life balance.

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

• Relevant degree level (or equivalent) or ability to demonstrate equivalent knowledge, skills and experience.
• Relevant management qualification (e.g. ILM / Leadership Qualification) or equivalent knowledge, skills and experience.
• Evidence of continued professional development
• ILM Qualification
• ITIL Qualification
• Relevant subject matter qualification (e.g. Microsoft / MCSE) or equivalent knowledge, skills and experience.

• Able to identify and resolve complex issues and problems across a broad range of IT solutions to an advanced level.
• Advanced knowledge of a broad range of IT solutions, including PC/Server operating systems, applications and hardware solutions.
• Able to evaluate and define use of new IT solutions through research and development and build of test configurations.
• Significant relevant experience gained in a high‑pressure IT Support environment.
• Significant experience of delivering, supporting and troubleshooting complex multi‑vendor technical infrastructures.
• In experience of major corporate solutions including the Microsoft server product set, VMware, and industry standard network technologies and architectures.
• Some knowledge of common alternative subject matter systems such as Unix, Linux, OS X.
• Proven ability to develop and deliver strategic plans.

• Ability to coach and mentor staff to develop their technical skills and experience.
• Able to work on own initiative.
• Works well as part of a team.
• Is self‑motivated and able to motivate others in the team.
• Flexible approach to work
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Proven ability to work to critical deadlines and to effectively prioritise workload.
• Excellent interpersonal skills able to engage and build effective relationships at all levels in stakeholder organisations.
• Ability to present to large groups of people.
• Advanced and accurate keyboard skills
• Ability to travel within the requirements of the post, including transporting appropriate equipment when required.
• Requirement to deal with complaints from staff who at times may be angry/frustrated and to deal with aggressive users in a calm and sympathetic manner to diffuse the situation.
• Be able to update staff/system users with bad news relating to system failures/data loss.

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.

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust