IT Deployment Support

Job summary

**1 x Fixed Term contract/secondment opportunity for up to 12 months**

*Internal applicants who wish to be considered for a secondment opportunity should discuss with their line manager the suitability of a possible secondment*

Gloucestershire Health and Care Foundation Trust has a fantastic opportunity within the IT Deployment team. Working closely with the IT Support team to provide an excellent IT service to all colleagues.

The role will work with the IT deployment team that is responsible for, desktop and mobile device imaging, inventorying new and existing stock, deploying hardware and software applications as well as deployment of security updates. Maintain and owning the lifecycle of GHC IT Equipment is included within role.

Main duties of the job

Working as part of a team the postholder will ensure that the IT Service Team operates smoothly to provide excellent IT and Infrastructure provision across the c6000 staff of the Trust and across multiple sites

Reporting to the IT Deployment lead, you will be responsibly for ensuring IT equipment is ready for deployment, this includes the lifecycles stages of IT devices, such as asset management and device inventory, configuration and installation of endpoints through to removal, and then disposal. During the lifecycle, audits will be undertaken as well as patch management.

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 6000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.