Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

IT Desktop Analyst

The closing date is 08 December 2025

Job summary

This vacancy is offered on a fixed term basis for up to 12 months.

The Digital service team in the Trust leads on Digital strategy, development, co-ordination, planning, project, and programme management for all Digital and supporting functions. This role forms part of the IT Operations Team within the wider Digital Service. The IT Operations Team provides a customer facing service to resolve customers' day to day technology queries, resolve issues and manage incidents, problems, service requests through to resolution.

Its primary purpose is to deliver a high-quality IT support service, acting as the first point of contact for all GHC staff. Support is provided in person, over the phone, and through various communication channels including email, the ITSM self-service portal, and remote access tools.

The role will have a focus on supporting colleagues as the organisation migrates from a local Microsoft 365 email tenant to the NHS central tenant.

The role requires travelling to various sites across Gloucestershire to provide support to clinical and administrative staff.

The post holder will be part of the core hub that will manage real time communications with customers on the status of IT systems and Operations, liaising directly with any other team as required.

Main duties of the job

To ensure the provision of a high-quality Customer focused IT Support Service providing a single point of contact to all staff of the trust staff in relation to all the services provided by the Service.

To ensure the provision of a high quality Customer focused IT and Clinical Support Service providing a single point of contact to all staff of the trust staff in relation to all the services provided by the Service.

Utilise knowledge, skills and judgment to provide a resolution where possible or where unable to assign call to the appropriate team.
To deal with all calls received and ensure they are recorded and dealt with appropriately and within agreed SLA's
Focus on supporting colleagues as the organisation migrates from a local Microsoft 365 email tenant to the NHS central tenant.

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 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.

Date posted

25 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

327-25-988

Job locations

Edward Jenner Court - Community Based

1010 Pioneer Avenue Gloucester Business Park Brockworth GL3 4AW

Gloucester

GL3 4AW

Job description

Job responsibilities

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.

This role is not eligible for sponsorship as per the Governments UK VISA and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information please visit https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas

Job description

Job responsibilities

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experience in a similar role, together with relevant experience in IT support, project tools and environments
Experience of working with suppliers from a range of technical functions such as servers, desktops, network etc
Self-motivated with the ability to motivate and empower others to achieve specific goals
Proven organisational and administration skills
Effective "change agent" with ability to be part of a team through significant programmes of change
Physical handling of computer equipment, particularly laptops, PCs and printers.
Experience of using imaging software and stock management systems

Desirable

Experience of working within the NHS
Microsoft Qualifications

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to Degree level in a relevant computing or business management discipline or substantial experience in a relevant role
Good general level of education particularly in English and Mathematics
Experience of ITIL Service Management
Relevant Microsoft 365 Administrator Qualification or equivalent experience

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experience in a similar role, together with relevant experience in IT support, project tools and environments
Experience of working with suppliers from a range of technical functions such as servers, desktops, network etc
Self-motivated with the ability to motivate and empower others to achieve specific goals
Proven organisational and administration skills
Effective "change agent" with ability to be part of a team through significant programmes of change
Physical handling of computer equipment, particularly laptops, PCs and printers.
Experience of using imaging software and stock management systems

Desirable

Experience of working within the NHS
Microsoft Qualifications

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to Degree level in a relevant computing or business management discipline or substantial experience in a relevant role
Good general level of education particularly in English and Mathematics
Experience of ITIL Service Management
Relevant Microsoft 365 Administrator Qualification or equivalent experience

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

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Edward Jenner Court - Community Based

1010 Pioneer Avenue Gloucester Business Park Brockworth GL3 4AW

Gloucester

GL3 4AW

Employer's website

https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Edward Jenner Court - Community Based

1010 Pioneer Avenue Gloucester Business Park Brockworth GL3 4AW

Gloucester

GL3 4AW

Employer's website

https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)