# Digital Telephony Engineer > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/digital-telephony-engineer/a1fc363a-8d2a-41a4-97fd-f3cf970e54db - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/digital-telephony-engineer/a1fc363a-8d2a-41a4-97fd-f3cf970e54db.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust - **Location:** Dewsbury Hospital, Halifax Road, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, WF13 4HS, United Kingdom - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32073.00 to £39043.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full-time - **Closing date:** 2026-09-13T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-19T10:09:54.198Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9377-26-0385 - **Application URL:** https://careers.midyorks.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?jobid=1515&source=JobtrainNHSJobs - **Employer website:** https://www.midyorks.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job summary The Digital Telephony Analyst will be a key member of the Digital Services team, ensuring the availability, performance and resilience of the Trusts telephony infrastructure across all sites and services. This includes maintaining the security, reliability, and scalability of the Trusts telephony systems, enabling clinical and corporate systems to operate efficiently and securely. Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details. ### Main duties of the job The Digital Operations Team are responsible for the provision and support of electronic information systems and the system infrastructure for the Trust and local external NHS organisations. The Digital Telephony Analyst will be required to provide third line support, maintenance and development for the many information systems, computer and server infrastructure and operating systems. The post holder will also provide second and third line out of hours on-call support on a rota basis. - Maintenance and support of physical and virtual telephony infrastructure servers and services - Maintenance and support of IVR, call queues and contact centres - Implementation of new IVR, call queues and contact centres - Provide expertise to the implementation and ongoing support of systems and services - Contribute to the production of new methodologies and solutions as required - Identify and diagnose system problems, providing resolution or temporary workaround options - Provide operating system and system architecture knowledge and contribute towards the creation of operating procedures - Pro-active monitoring of system performance and capacity. - Configuring, monitoring and validating backup and restoration services of Trust systems including supporting documentation. - Log and report service disruptions ### About us We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work. We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust. As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers, home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more. If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day. ### Details - Date posted: 19 August 2026 - Pay scheme: Agenda for change - Band: Band 5 - Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year - Contract: Permanent - Working pattern: Full-time - Reference number: 001503 - Job locations: Dewsbury Hospital, Halifax Road, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, WF13 4HS, United Kingdom ### Job responsibilities Essential person specification requirements Qualifications: - Degree or equivalent occupational/professional qualification or experience - Relevant technical qualification Experience: - Working in a busy support environment - Previous work experience in the NHS - In-depth knowledge of Cisco Unified Communications Manager - In-depth knowledge of IVR, call queues and contact centres - Working with suppliers - Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office applications Knowledge and Awareness: - Good knowledge and hands-on experience with routing and switching technologies - Good knowledge of telephony systems and protocols - Knowledge of Cisco Unified Communications Manager - Knowledge of IVR, call queues and contact centres ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Working in a busy support environment - Previous work experience in the NHS - In-depth knowledge of Cisco Unified Communications Manager - In-depth knowledge of IVR, call queues and contact centres - Working with suppliers - Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office applications **Desirable** - Specific experience of working with Netcall - Working as part of a team involved in delivery and management of technical security and information governance - Knowledge of project methodology ### Other Factors **Essential** - Access to a vehicle ### Qualifications **Essential** - Degree or equivalent occupational/professional qualification or experience - Relevant technical qualification **Desirable** - Specialist qualifications (e.g. CCNA) - ITIL Foundation ### Personal Attributes **Essential** - Ability to work as part of a team and alone - Resourceful and flexible - Effective team player - Excellent organisational and time management skills, able to work accurately under pressure to meet deadlines. - The ability to maintain and enhance own skills and knowledge through research - Availability to work sometimes at short notice on other sites to cover absence - Ability to work on own initiative, to prioritise and plan workloads. - Self-motivated and the ability to motivate others. - Adaptable to change. - A good listener – communicator. - Honesty and integrity - Able to multi-task effectively - Proven ability to work under own initiative with none or minimal supervision - Flexibility in the hours covered if required ### Skills and Abilities **Essential** - High levels of concentration required - Ability to learn and develop skills further - Troubleshooting - Resolve second line support problems - Ability to prioritise workload - Excellent organisational skills - Excellent written and verbal communication skills - Able to liaise with technical and non-technical staff **Desirable** - Good negotiating skills - Good people skills - Working in an ITIL Environment ### Knowledge and Awareness **Essential** - Good knowledge and hands-on experience with routing and switching technologies - Good knowledge of telephony systems and protocols - Knowledge of Cisco Unified Communications Manager - Knowledge of IVR, call queues and contact centres **Desirable** - Knowledge and awareness of different systems used within an NHS Trust - Awareness of regional collaborations for cyber security approaches ## Documents - [Job Description and Person Specification (DOCX, KB)](https://careers.midyorks.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=5017&JobId=1515) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.