Service Desk Operator | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

This is an exciting time for us; it could be for you too.

We are an ambitious trust with a simple vision, to provide the communities we serve with excellent healthcare and build a better future for the people of East Suffolk and North East Essex. To help us do this, we will work closely with our local partners to deliver more of the joined-up services and care our residents need.

This is the ideal for someone who wishes to contribute to the on-going success of the service. You will need an excellent telephone manner & communication skills, with an exemplary dedication to customer service. Service Desk experience of supporting I.T. systems would be preferable.

Our current service operates Monday-Friday 0800-1700, but we would be very happy to receive applications based on the majority of hours completed after 1700 Monday-Friday or over weekends. We want to expand the time our services are running and are willing to be very flexible with agreeing a working hours pattern. Applications to work within the standard 0800-1700 are still very welcome.

If you have the vision and commitment to take forward this role and share our commitment to put patients at the heart of everything we do and save both staff and patient time then we would love to hear from you.

Please note, this is a Hybrid role requiring 2/3 days per week onsite at either our Colchester or Ipswich Hospital bases. Training will be provided which is performed fully onsite and is expected to last approximately 6 weeks.

As a Service Desk Operator , you will:

• Provide quality telephone support to our end users.


• Log and manage support calls for assistance to a conclusion.


• Use remote diagnostic tools to carry out remote assistance to resolve calls at first contact. Escalate to Service Desk Analysts, second and third level support teams any calls that require further diagnostics.


• Manage the call flows to comply with Service Level Agreements, ensuring timely interventions by the on-site technical team and third party contractors if required.


• Communicate with users at all levels within the organisation, ensuring they are fully aware of progress at all times.


• Use experience and creative thinking to work with the Service Desk Manager to modify processes and procedures so they better meet users' needs.


• Assist and advise Service Desk Analysts and Administrators with their daily tasks.
  
  We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.


We are the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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