N365 Team Member
Job summary
At a time of significant transformation across the NHS, this is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in shaping the future digital workplace for our Integrated Care System.
As part of a forward-thinking Microsoft 365 team, you will help deliver strategic change across a large and evolving NHS organisation, enabling modern ways of working that improve collaboration, productivity, and patient outcomes.
Drawing on your experience across the Microsoft technology stack, including Microsoft 365, Power Platform, SharePoint, Teams, Entra ID and automation technologies, you will identify opportunities to streamline processes, increase efficiency, and support innovation at scale.
If you are passionate about using technology to drive meaningful change, thrive in a dynamic environment, and want to help transform how NHS services are delivered, we would love to hear from you
Main duties of the job
Working as part of the ICB IT and Microsoft 365/N365 team, you will support, develop and enhance the organisation's Microsoft cloud services, ensuring they remain secure, reliable and aligned to business requirements. This role involes working closely with colleagues across clinical, operational and corporate services to understand business challenges and translate these into effective technical solutions
Key responsibilities include managing Microsoft 365/N365 services, supporting automation and workflow solutions, contributing to service improvement initiatives, and assisting with digital transformation projects. The postholder will provide technical expertise across Microsoft technologies, troubleshoot complex issues, support governance and security requirements, and help ensure services are delivered in line with NHS standards and best practice
The successful candidate will contribute to service development, identify opportunities for continuous improvement, produce technical documentation, and work with suppliers, stakeholders and project teams to deliver successful outcomes. They will be expected to remain current with emerging Microsoft technologies and recommend how new capabilities can be adopted to maximise organisational value and efficiency
This role offers the opportunity to work across a diverse technology landscape, influence future service direction, and contribute directly to programmes that support NHS strategic objectives and digital transformation
About us
Under the Model ICB Blueprint and the 10 Year Health Plan, ICBs will adopt a more strategic commissioning role, focusing on population needs, reducing inequalities, and delivering the three shifts as defined in the 10 year health plan, all while operating within strict financial limits.
The new organisation will operate on a larger scale with a revised vision and purpose, managing a commissioning budget of around £8 billion. Our role as a strategic commissioner is to transform our local NHS through exceptional commissioning and build an innovative health system fit for the 21st century that truly meets our communities needs.
Informed by high quality data and insights, we will radically re-imagine how we operate, making sure that every pound in our system delivers the best possible value for everyone we serve. We will encourage and support our people to grow and develop new skills and embrace new agile ways of working.
Everyone is encouraged to contribute ideas, seek feedback, and take part in creating a listening and learning culture where insight leads to improvement.
We will work as a team of teams, collaborating across services and professions to deliver the best outcomes for our communities.
You will be encouraged, and expected to model inclusive behaviours, valuing diverse perspectives and helping to create a workplace where everyone feels respected, supported, and able to thrive.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view job description for full details of the role.
An experienced Microsoft 365 and NHS.net Connect specialist to implement and support NHS Microsoft Office 365 (O365) services across the BSW, Dorset and Somerset ICB cluster. Working with the wider IT Team as a specialist on O365 related projects, operations and service delivery ensuring O365 systems are maintained and supported to the highest standards in accordance with defined KPIs, policies, procedures and service level agreements. Leveraging the national O365 NHS.net Connect tenant provided by NHS England, the post holder will be responsible for all aspects of service configuration, including but not limited to, Teams, Copilot, One Drive, SharePoint, PowerApps, Forms, Power Automate, EM&S and Intune.
From previous experience or qualifications, the post holder will have excellent technical understanding of how Microsoft O365 can be configured to support improved digital workplace services for the ICB and primary care. They will also ensure the correct digital services are configured for specified and prioritised use cases, considering user experience, interoperability, capability and cost effectiveness.
Person Specification
Experience
- Proficient in Microsoft desktop operating systems and applications
- Good understanding and experience with configuring the following O365 services; Teams, One Drive, SharePoint, PowerApps, Forms and
- Power Automate (Flow)
- Expert knowledge and experience in at least 1 of the following O365 Services; One Drive, SharePoint, PowerApps, Power Automate (Flow)
- Proven technical experience in a large-scale Office 365 environment
- Proven experience of working with Service Level Agreements
- Experience working in an ITIL environment
- Evidence of communicating technical issues to non-technical service users
- Creation of documentation processes and User guides creation
- Experience of supporting and mentoring staff with work
- Good understanding of Information Security principles
- Expert knowledge and experience M365 and or NHS.net Connect
- Providing a customer service function
- Working knowledge of Information Governance
- Data Protection and Caldicott Principles
- Understanding of the Primary Care environment and practices developing IT needs
- Awareness and working knowledge of the NHS England GP IT Operating Model
- Self-motivated
- Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values
- Embrace change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop
- Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to stakeholders
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources
- Numerate and able to understand complex technical issues combined with deep analytical skills
- Ability to analyse a range of complex technical issues and propose interim/ permanent resolution as appropriate
- Use of Service Desk Tools and Technologies
- Able to make pragmatic strategic and operational decisions based on the analysis and interpretation of complex information
- Flexible approach to work and requirement to participate in the out of hours on call rota
- Be able to work well under pressure and maintain focus in a busy and continually interrupted environment
- Awareness of security and acting to minimise risk of theft and data loss
- Regular use of VDU equipment
Qualifications
- IM&T knowledge and expertise acquired through degree level or equivalent qualification/experience plus additional specialist knowledge of Microsoft O365
- NHS.net Connect experience desirable
Employer details
Employer name
NHS Dorset
Address
NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board
Colliton Park
Barrack Road
Dorchester
Dorset
DT1 1XJ
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://nhsdorset.nhs.uk/