IT Service Desk Analyst | Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust; Norwich; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS community trust in the United Kingdom is seeking a Service Desk professional to provide first line technical support for IT incidents and requests. This role is vital in ensuring high quality service to over 3000 customers, focusing on effective incident management and problem resolution. Candidates should possess customer service experience, technical troubleshooting skills, and the ability to support systems like Windows 10/11 and Office 365. You will contribute to maintaining service quality and contribute to the ongoing improvement of Digital Services.

Qualifications

• Experience in a Service Desk or similar IT role.
• Ability to provide first line technical support.
• Strong customer service orientation.

Responsibilities

• Act as the first point of contact for IT-related incidents and requests.
• Support over 3000 customers with technical issues.
• Maintain the quality/integrity of the call management system.

Skills

Customer service

Technical troubleshooting

Incident management

Communication skills

Windows 10/11 support

Office 365 support

Job description

The Digital Services department has a culture of service improvement where an agile and responsive Digital Service function holds a mature dialogue as a partner with internal and external stakeholders. The department enables an organisation where staff have the right information tools to do their roles, and where staff are empowered as information citizens in a connected community.

The Digital Services function supports all internal, clinical and corporate needs as well as a number of external service customers within Norfolk which is led by a Head of Digital Services with four teams (Customer Services, Infrastructure Services, SystmOne IT and Security & Change).

Customer Services comprises of a Service Desk team which provide first line technical support, acting as a single point of query into the organisation and a Desktop team which covers a geographical spread of 3,300 miles. The SystmOne IT team, the Infrastructure team and Security and Change team provide second and third line expertise in functional areas.

This role is working within the Service Desk, working as the initial point of contact for all IT related queries, providing first time fixes to incidents and providing excellent customer care. You will be supporting clinical and corporate staff both face to face and over the telephone. Supporting Windows 10/11, Office 365 and a number of internal applications.

To maintain and increase customer productivity by providing first line customer focused information and advice, solving technical incidents and problems.

Apply now to join an organisation that has been awarded an ‘Outstanding’ rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the highest possible rating and the first stand-alone NHS community trust in the country to be awarded the title.

Responsibilities

• Providing a single point of contact for IT related incidents, requests for service and queries which range in complexity for both clinical and corporate customers
• Work as a part of the Service Desk function by working as an effective interface between the business and support teams
• Supporting over 3000 customers, 3000 technical hardware and providing a first time fix for approximately 4500 calls a month
• Detecting, recording, classifying, prioritising all IT incidents and tasks
• Recording all IT Incidents and Requests for Service, ensuring all relevant details are captured in line with Service Desk standards
• Classify calls accurately with the information provided and prioritise in line with the Service Level Agreement
• Responsible for maintaining data quality/integrity of the Digital Services call management system
• Investigate and diagnose incidents by providing first line telephony support, gathering and analysing information to identify and resolve a range of technical incidents such as hardware, software, application and network incidents with the objective of restoring normal service as quickly as possible
• Resolve or provide identified work around solutions to customer queries / incidents or assign to the correct specialised team within Digital Services
• Provide technical advice and training for “how to” queries from customers
• Monitoring and tracking incidents, escalating where necessary hierarchical or functionally
• Support the planning of requests for service tasks outside peak demand times however ensuring the request is completed within the Digital Services service level agreement
• Liaising with third party suppliers to resolve faults or provide identified work around solutions on tailored or National systems
• Installing and configuring desktop software
• Administering IT accounts and system privileges in accordance with the security policy
• Contribute to creating Service Desk process maps/ procedures and assist in keeping documentation up to date
• Responsible for the safe use of IT equipment, software installs, configuration and maintenance
• Other Service Desk activities, as directed, to continuously improve service and strive for best practice
• Provide a professional and customer-focused service through the life cycle of each call, manage customer expectations by keeping customers informed of progress and explain technical resolutions/ workarounds in a language that suits the customers technical understanding
• Provide peer training within the Service Desk team to ensure a multi-skilled team and effective knowledge transfer
• Presenting a positive image of Digital Services at all times and comply with all Corporate Policy

This advert closes on Monday 15 Dec 2025