IT Desktop Support Manager

Job summary

We are looking to recruit a band 7, IDT Desktop Support Manager

The role would be part of the Digital Infrastructure and Technical Support Team a team supporting clinical and non-clinical users throughout the trust in their use of all IDT services and where appropriate offering advice and support to the user. Managing a desktop support team (17 staff) and managing and triaging tickets for the team. You will also be required to develop and improve the service delivery function.

Main duties of the job

The post holder should also be able to work independently and problem solve with a keen eye for detail in a highly pressured environment as well as being able to deal professionally with a variety of teams and departments. They will have a broad range of responsibilities for ensuring that the entire ICT Operations service provision is fit to support the current clinical services being provided by the Trust and that any problems reported by end users are investigated and resolved with the aid of third party suppliers where necessary.

The post holder will be able to prioritise workloads effectively and ensure issues are resolved and requests are completed within the agreed SLA support for IT systems in St Georges Hospital, Queen Mary Hospital and community sites including the requirement to fix, maintain and dispose of devices.

About us

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the country's principal teaching hospitals and our main site is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. We have over 9,000 dedicated staff serving a population of 1.3 million across south-west London.

We deliver a large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation. We also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people. As well as acute hospital services, we provide a wide variety of specialist care and a range of community services to patients.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description for more details on the main responsibilities for this role.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential
  • Experience of large organisation
  • Managed staff and large teams
  • Manage both BAU and Project workload
Desirable
  • Experience of improving work procedures and practices
  • Experience of System Implementation in the NHS
  • Experience of System Implementation/planning

Skills and Knowledge

Essential
  • Able to record complex technical details accurately and able to document technical procedures
  • Proven ability to analyse, assimilate, investigate and resolve complex queries where the outcome is not otherwise obvious or specified
  • Customer focused and proactive - able to put the customer at the heart of everything you do
Desirable
  • Understanding and knowledge of health service information systems and the role of Information Governance
  • Change Management Knowledge and experience of large system deployments within a healthcare environment

education or equivalent experience

Essential
  • Degree level or 2 years or above experience in a large organisation
Desirable
  • Customer service Qualification
  • ITIL foundation certification

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.

Employer details

Employer name

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Georges

Blackshaw Road

London

SW17 0QT


Employer's website

https://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk/

Company
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Location
London, United Kingdom SW17 0QT
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£56276.00 - £63176.00 a year
Posted
Company
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Location
London, United Kingdom SW17 0QT
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£56276.00 - £63176.00 a year
Posted