Service Desk Analyst

NHS; St. Austell; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in St. Austell seeks a Support Technician to join their IT Service Desk team. In this role, you will be the first point of contact for staff experiencing technical difficulties, logging issues and providing solutions. No prior experience is necessary, just a willingness to learn and strong communication skills. This is a great opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a healthcare setting while supporting those who care for patients.

Qualifications

• GCSEs including high levels of literacy and numeracy.
• Experience in IT Service Desk or customer care.
• Commitment to study towards ITIL v3 Foundation.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical help and support for staff.
• Log issues and follow procedures for resolution.
• Maintain professionalism and high service standards.

Skills

Excellent verbal communication skills

Customer service skills

Ability to follow scripted solutions

Time management

Team player

Education

GCSEs including English Language

NVQ Level 3 or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Teams

MS Word

MS Excel

Job description

Kick-start your IT career with RCHT Service Desk team, providing support to our colleagues in CFT. As the first point of contact for staff needing technical help, you'll answer calls, log issues, and follow clear step-by-step checks to solve problems or pass them on to the right team.

No prior experience is required -- just a willingness to learn, great communication skills, and a passion for helping people. You'll gain hands-on experience with clinical systems, build confidence in troubleshooting, and develop the foundations for a long-term career in IT.

Your support keeps staff focused on what matters most: caring for patients.

Main duties of the job

Maintain good working relationships with colleagues, managers, staff, and external customers of all levels.

Excellent verbal communication skills with the ability to calm difficult situations. The post-holder must be able to explain sometimes complex

technical solutions to user problems over the telephone, using non-technical language and be able to communicate effectively with staff at all levels within customer organisations.

Ability to interpret and clarify user problems in simple terms.

Good written communication skills, required to deal with customers via the portal and email, ensuring expectations are managed and met. Also

required for the logging of issues on relevant systems and dealing with suppliers.

Excellent customer care and listening skills and experience of dealing with upset or irate customers.

Ability to record information carefully, methodically and accurately, particularly when updating directory services and to follow procedures with a high degree of care and accuracy.

Skilled in calming pressure situations, both with customers and as a team member in times of major system failures.

Maintaining a professional, high standard of service at all times, whilst improving Service Desk knowledge to achieve higher rates of firstline resolutions, within speed and permissions parameters.

Ensure escalation procedures are followed as soon as timescales beyond SLA are identified, communicating regular progress updates to theService Desk Lead.

About us

The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with

visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.

We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.

The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.

Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is a research active organisation.

It's established South West Clinical School in Cornwall exists to promote clinical academic career opportunities for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals interested in research and evidence-based activities. Read their research paper to find out more.

Website: https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/clinical-schools/royal-cornwall-hospitals-nhs-trust-clinical-school

https://doi.org/10.1177/17449871231209037

Job responsibilities

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To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:

Identity Checks

Professional registration and qualification checks

Employment history and reference checks

Occupational Health clearance

Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check

Right to work in the UK

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We reserve the right to close this advert early.

We may be able to offer flexible working. Please discuss at interview.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications and Relevant Experience

• GCSEs to include English Language demonstrating high levels of literacy and numeracy or equivalent
• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent level of experience
• Experience covering some or all the following: oIT Service Desk / Helpdesk experience. oExperience in telephone support. oExperience in a Customer Care related environment. oWork based IT support of systems, applications, or network administration.
• Knowledge of Microsoft software packages including MS Teams, Word, Excel
• Basic IT skills and knowledge in a wide range of areas.
• Customer care NVQ or similar
• Commitment to study towards ITIL v3 Foundation or experience of working within an ITIL environment in a professional ICT Service.
• Experience of working in the NHS

Skills and Aptitude

• Ability to follow scripted solutions to resolve incidents at the point of contact
• Ability to plan, organise and prioritise a broad range of complex activities to meet tight SLA and KPI deadlines.
• Effective time management, planning and prioritising tasks
• Excellent telephone manner and customer service skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent IT skills, able to quickly pick up new technology
• Ability to work as part of a team and autonomously

Knowledge and abilities

• Knowledge of a range of relevant hardware and software gained through qualification or equivalent experience
• Able to quickly assess severity of problems to provide a responsive resolution.
• Knowledge of ITIL Service Management

Personal Qualities

• Good team player
• Able to work under pressure
• Excellent interpersonal / communication skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£24,937 to £26,598 a yearper annum pro rata