IT Technical Support; 1st Line

Walsall Manor Hospital is a busy district general hospital offering compete range of acute services. The Trust primarily serves the immediate population of Walsall with some patients requiring more specialised treatment at other, neighbouring Trusts. The Trust continues to invest in its facilities and services, supporting high-quality care for the communities it serves.

This role offers the opportunity to work within our integrated care model, contributing to high-quality services that help people remain independent in their own homes and communities.

We are committed to investing in our workforce and creating an environment where colleagues can learn, contribute and develop. Our new Urgent Emergency Care Centre, opened in March 2023, demonstrates our ongoing investment in facilities and services.

As an employee, you’ll benefit from an attractive salary and comprehensive benefits package (detailed in Employer Description above), plus access to NHS pension arrangements and staff accommodation where available.

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is proud to be part of the Armed Forces Covenant, currently holding the Bronze Award, underlining our commitment to supporting the Armed Forces Community.

Provide effective and customer-focused technical, fault resolution to the staff based at Walsall Healthcare Trust, CCG and WHT community staff.

The Support Technician is the first point of contact of the IT Department with a day‑to‑day responsibility to provide first‑class support to users of information technology.

The role will ensure that an increased number of calls can be resolved over the telephone without an engineer visit being required.

To have ownership of calls through to resolution ensuring individual and departmental targets/KPIs are met.

Provide effective levels of customer service and communicate effectively with all staff at all levels, including Doctors, Practice Managers, Clinical Staff, and administration staff.

PLEASE NOTE, WE MAY CLOSE THIS VACANCY EARLY IF WE RECEIVE HIGH NUMBERS OF APPLICATIONS.

Providing responsive and effective hardware and software support in accordance with department service level agreements.

Ensure that individual and team Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Service Level Agreements (SLAs) are consistently achieved.

Ensure high levels of customer care/satisfaction are achieved.

Ensuring the provision of the service; including Software and Hardware.

Scheduling the installation of equipment for users in accordance with Trust Standards and Service Levels. Ensuring there are relevant requirements such as desk space, power and network point provision.

Providing Line Manager and Team Lead with regular accurate information on the status of calls that have been escalated. Ensuring adherence to escalation procedures when dealing with complex system faults. Keeping the IT Support Manager informed of any outstanding issues on a daily basis.

To aid and provide technical support on a daily basis on the IT Service desk. Answering calls to the service desk, logging them within the service desk call logging system and ensuring that requests for assistance are responded to in a timely manner through to a satisfactory resolution.

Providing the users of the service with regular accurate information, ensuring adherence to escalation procedures when dealing with complaints and dealing with 2nd line technical support staff.

Offering fault diagnosis on all calls reported to the helpdesk achieving an 85% first-line fix target

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 284,300. It provides inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development was completed in 2010, and ongoing upgrades ensure the Trust now has state-of-the-art facilities, including a Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit.

A new Urgent and Emergency Care Centre, opened in…