ICT Senior Database Administrator

Main area ICT Database administrator Grade NHS AfC: Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 271-ICT-7880914 Site Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust Town London Salary £66,274 - £73,496 per annum inclusive Salary period Yearly Closing 07/06/2026 23:59

Job overview

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced ICT Senior Database Administrator to join our ICT team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a leading role in maintaining and developing the database platforms that support critical clinical and non-clinical services across one of the world’s leading children’s hospitals. In this role, you will help ensure that our database environments remain secure, resilient, high performing and fit for the future.

As ICT Senior Database Administrator, you will work within a highly specialist environment, supporting a large and diverse estate of SQL Server and other database technologies that underpin essential Trust systems.

This permanent role is based at Great Ormond Street Hospital in central London and is offered at Agenda for Change Band 8a, 37.5 hours per week.

Main duties of the job

• Maintain the availability, performance and security of Trust database platforms that support clinical and non-clinical applications.
• Provide expert administration of SQL Server environments and other relational database management systems.
• Lead on database backup, recovery, patching and resilience to ensure service continuity and compliance with service expectations.
• Troubleshoot complex database issues and work closely with internal teams and third-party suppliers to deliver timely resolutions.
• Support database-related projects, system improvements and operational performance initiatives across the Trust.
• Promote best practice in database usage, security and governance with technical teams and business stakeholders.
• Help ensure that data is accessible only to appropriately authorised personnel.

Working for our organisation

We are committed to recruiting the best person for the job through a fair, open and consistent process that is free from bias and discrimination.

We are working towards becoming an anti-racist organisation. This means creating a workplace where every colleague feels seen, heard and valued, and where racism in any form has no place. Our anti-racism commitment is backed by action through our Anti-Racism Statement and action plan, developed in collaboration with our REACH staff network.

We actively challenge discrimination, dismantle barriers and embed equity across all aspects of our workforce, including recruitment, progression and development. All applicants will receive equal consideration regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, health condition or employment history.

We particularly welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, people with disabilities or long-term health conditions, and LGBTQ+ community members. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a member of the Business Disability Forum, and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.

Our staff networks, including REACH, PRIDE, ENABLED and Women’s Networks, are active and executive supported. These employee-led networks play a vital role in shaping an inclusive culture at GOSH and are open to all colleagues.

Together, we are building a culture where inclusion is not optional - it is essential.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s below.

Person specification

Academic/Professional qualification/Training

Essential criteria

Educated to degree level, or equivalent (i.e. extensive experience in senior DBA role) MS SQL DBA Qualification ITIL Foundation QualificationDesirable criteria

Professional membership (BCS or UKCHIP minimum level 2) Prince 2 Foundation qualificationGOSH Culture and Values

Essential criteria

Our Always valuesExperience/Knowledge

Essential criteria

Minimum 5 years technical DBA experience gained within a busy IT Operations department Experience of troubleshooting technical and performance problems with SQL Server architectures Experience of troubleshooting technical and performance problems with other RDBMS architectures Demonstrable experience porting data from different environments to SQL Clusters (i.e. MS Access, Oracle, etc.) Significant demonstrable experience in a role that required the day-to-day line management including management to and enforcement of SLAs Demonstrable knowledge of an environment that utilised the technologies below: SSRS SSIS HA SQL Server clustersDesirable criteria

Experience of working in the NHS Experience of project work using the industry recognised methodologies such as Prince2 or ITIL Significant demonstrable experience in a role that utilised the ITIL framework in the delivery of service. Experience of configuring and managing SQL in a public cloud platform such as AWS or AzureSkills/Abilities

Essential criteria

Strong negotiating and influencing skills – able to work positively as a team manager Highly articulate - particularly able to express technical ideas to a non-technical audience Strong written skills Ability to reprioritise work streams as required by unexpected events Ability to translate user / business requirements into technical plans / proposals Technical expertise in all the core areas covered by the department

Please be advised that:

The recruitment process for all admin and clerical roles at Bands 2-4 will be a two stage recruitment process whereby shortlisted candidates will undertake an online literacy, numeracy, ICT and typing test. Only those candidates who pass the competency test will proceed to a formal interview.

The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions where we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. It is therefore advisable that you submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification criteria for this post will be shortlisted. Please note that where high volumes of applicants have been received, additional criteria may on occasion be used to determine the final shortlist.

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 .

We are an accredited Living Wage Employer.

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.