Apprentice Hardware Deployment Technician

Our primary customer is Northumbria Healthcare NHS FT which provides health and social care services in Primary care, Acute hospitals, Community hospitals and services and Adult Social Care (PACS) through the 12000 employed staff. Northumbria Healthcare's Digital Services team provide all the technology and technical development to assist in the current electronic systems and the development and delivery of the drive to be paper free at the point of care. The role of the IT support officer is to support existing PC equipment and software application along with the deployment of new equipment and software., To assist in providing support for all PC equipment, software and mobile devices throughout the Trust including installation of PC hardware, software and peripheral devices.
Investigate routine enquiries, queries from staff providing assistance & advice as required.
To order, install, and configure new IT desktop equipment and Mobile devices
To manage and maintain asset database and documentation as appropriate to the role.
To ensure new equipment is installed and configured in a timely manner and in line with Trust standards and service levels.
To troubleshoot and resolve basic Service Desk support calls in a timely manner and in line with Trust standards and service levels.
To work within the Trust IM&T Security Policy at all times and ensure all systems supported comply with this.
To undergo staff training and developing as required and attend all team and departmental meetings.
To update systems as appropriate to track the lifetime of IT assets within the Trust.
Applicants who are members of the Armed Forces, and those who have a disability that requires support in the work place (two ticks pledge) and who meet the essential criteria will be interviewed under the Trust's interview guarantee scheme.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion and are committed to a workforce that is diverse, equal and inclusive. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME people are currently under-represented in our workforce as well as other under-represented groups such as LGBT+ and disabled candidates. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, we have a Gold award from the Defense Recognition Scheme, and we are delighted to support Apprenticeships, Age Posi+ive and are a mindful employer.
If you require any reasonable adjustments to attend interview please make the recruitment team aware as soon as possible by calling our HR Recruitment Team on option 2.
Applicants who meet the Fit and Proper Person Requirements (FPPR) will require additional pre-employment checks in line with CQC and NHS England statutory guidance.
Make sure to read the 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application and make sure you know everything there is to know before joining our fantastic trust!
Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay.

Northumbria Healthcare Digital Services is seeking a dynamic and motivated individual to join our Hardware Team as an Apprentice Hardware Deployment Technician. We welcome applications from suitably qualified and experienced candidates to become part of our dedicated Hardware team, providing essential support for hardware and software installations across Trust sites.
This is a full-time position, operating Monday to Friday, based at the Digital Services hub in Seaton Delaval. The role requires flexibility, as the successful candidate will be expected to work across all Trust sites supported by Digital Services.
If you are passionate about technology and eager to contribute to a vital healthcare service, we encourage you to apply.

Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work for an organisation that was voted the best acute and combined acute and community trust in the country, based on the experience of its staff (NHS Staff Survey 2022). Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare and, this is…the Northumbria Way!
What the Northumbria Way means for you:
+ Extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing Hub
+ Support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups
+ A range of flexible working opportunities
+ Generous annual leave and pension scheme
+ Access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies)
+ Opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmes
+ On-site nursery places via salary sacrifice
+ Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank
We are proud to be one of the country's top performing NHS trusts - rated 'outstanding' overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We provide a range of health and care services to support more than 500,000 people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside across the largest geographical area of any NHS Trust in England. Our teams deliver care from hospitals, a range of community venues and people's homes. Our hospitals include a specialist emergency care hospital (the first of its kind in England), three general hospitals and community hospitals. In the community we deliver a wide range of community and public health services.
We lead in innovation and quality, having opened the Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub during the Covid-19 pandemic and have recently launched our Community Promise - a pledge to make a real impact not just in healthcare but on the wider factors that affect people's lives, such as education, employment and the economy.
If Northumbria Healthcare sounds like somewhere you could belong we would love to hear from you. Visit our website to catch up on our latest news.
Whilst Northumbria Healthcare are a highly innovative organisation, the use of Third Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity your individual recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.