Oracle Database Administrator (Inside/Outside IR35)

Contract Term: 6 Months

Contracting Authority: Digital Health & Care Wales

Location: Remote

Digital Health and Care Wales is an ambitious organisation created by Welsh Government to lead on the digital transformation of health and care. It builds on the digital architecture and national services put in place by the NHS Wales Informatics Service over the past decade.

The organisation will lead on large-scale developments that make a significant difference to the people of Wales as well as to health and care professionals, such as expansion of the digital patient record and the creation of a National Data Resource. It will improve the way data is collected, shared and used. We will achieve this by working in partnership with all NHS Wales organisations and through our expert and dedicated workforce.

As an Oracle Database Administrator your main responsibilities will be:

• Plan and co-ordinate database design requirements and to provide a focal point for all activity affecting database models, to develop and implement the design policies, and ensuring these policies are followed, and to implement all aspects of the design of database architecture, including logical, physical and security models.
• Ensure maintenance of the logical and physical models underlying the databases.
• Provide end user support through service desk requests and incidents
• Manage the configuration of databases and supporting technology across the various hardware systems and to ensure best use of those systems within required operational parameters (e.g. resilience).
• Assist in the collection and analysis of data relating to the capabilities and requirements of databases, and to enable the identification of actions needed to develop them, following best practice.

You'll have relevant experience in:

• Experience of Oracle Database Administration.
• Experience of managing ApEx environments.
• Knowledge of server scripting (Microsoft Powershell and Unix Shell Scripting).

If this role sounds like something that you would be interested in, please click the link to apply or get in touch.

Disability confident

As a member of the disability confident scheme, Digital Health and Care Wales guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

DHSC guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

If you qualify for the above, please notify us.

We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.

Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following, this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment, and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.