IT Service Desk Analyst

This key position will provide support to the ICT Service Support Service Desk Team., 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/kpi's 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.
To ensure that the systems that the clinical staff are reliant upon, for the provision of good patient care, are operational all of the time, and in the event of any failure are resumed to operation as quickly as possible. This ensures that the care of the patients never suffers as a result of IT equipment or Systems failure., The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.
We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.
The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly., Providing a responsive and effective hardware and software support in accordance with department service level agreements.
Ensure Individual/team KPI's and SLAs are 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 user in accordance with Trust Standards and Service Levels.
Providing line managers with regular accurate information on the status of calls that has 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.
Providing assistance and 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 75% first line fix target
Designs, develop or program and maintain computer systems; maintains user IT accounts and system rights; maintains computer hardware
Managing customer complaints ensuring they are escalated as appropriate and/or ownership is taken to ensure each customer is kept informed of each stage of each incident.
Ensuring that customer calls are handled in accordance with the helpdesk call management procedures (this includes full and accurate call notes).
Monitoring outstanding support requests against customer SLA's , prioritising calls effectively, keeping users up to date with progress and initiating escalation procedures where required.
Ensuring that problems are reported to third parties as required achieving a satisfactory resolution.
Implements departmental policies within own work area, proposes changes to working practices as a result of new guidelines or legislation
To comply with all policies and procedures relating to IT including security and health and safety.
To understand and apply all legal and mandatory requirements in relation to staff and the service including health and safety and data protection.
Support colleagues and share knowledge.
To maintain own knowledge base appropriate to role
Maintain knowledge of Microsoft family of Operating Systems
Maintain knowledge of supported hardware and software in use by both the PCT and GPs, Qualifications - Please be advised that if the post that you are applying for requires any level of qualification (e.g. A-Levels, Degree etc) or Professional Registration (e.g. Nursing and Midwifery Council, General Medical Council etc) you will be required to provide proof as part of the pre-employment process. By submitting your application you are giving the Trust permission to check the qualification certificates provided back to the source provider. Please note that a sample of all applicant's qualifications will be checked with the educational institution or provider. Furthermore, a sample of all applicants' qualifications will be checked back to the educational institution or provider to interview letters to further deter fraud.
Sponsorship - Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. As of 1 January 2021, free movement ended and the UK introduced a points-based immigration system. Further information is available regarding two types of visa; Health Care Visa https://www.gov.uk/health-care-worker-visa/your-job and Skilled worker visa https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa.

We are looking for a committed and professional candidate with a track record of high levels of performance and exceptional customer care.
The successful candidate will have good understandings and experience of Service Desk protocols, performance targets and be able to accept, action and resolve high profile escalations from all areas of the ICT estate.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to join our team so if you think that you have the requisite skills and experience to meet this challenge, then we would like to hear from you.