IT Service Desk Engineer
| Posting date: | 15 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £27,485.00 to £30,162.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £27485.00 - £30162.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 December 2025 |
| Location: | Liverpool, L34 9GJ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9350-25-1430 |
Summary
1. Handle Service Desk telephone calls, recording all new incidents using the minimum dataset, and updating existing incident records with any new information received.2. Monitor other communication routes to the Service Desk, eg mailbox, self-service tool, ensuring new incidents are recorded, and customer queries are dealt with promptly.3. Categorise and prioritise incidents and service requests according to guidelines detailed in the Incident management process.4. Provide 1st line support, resolving the majority of incidents at first point of contact, using remote support tools where applicable to achieve this.5. Resolve Incidents not resolved at first point of contact due to the lengthy nature of the fix and, where requested, assist with the 2nd-line support queue6. Assign unresolved Incidents to the appropriate specialist resolver group.7. Log incidents with third party vendors, and take ownership of third party incidents until resolution.8. Liaise with the Connecting for Health Service Desk (or LSP) to raise incidents relating to National Applications: completion of Triage Forms; monitoring and tracking of all Incidents raised with the CfH Service Desk until resolved.9. Responsible for monitoring and tracking ALL Incidents and Service Requests ensuring Incidents are resolved within Service Level Targets10. Communicate updates and service disruptions to users, selecting the most appropriate communication tool, e.g. email, intranet, and providing an estimated resolution time, if possible11. Escalate Major Incidents to the appropriate team, and contribute to Major Incident Reviews, where appropriate12. Identify multiple instances of incidents of a similar nature, and escalate to the appropriate team13. Record appropriate resolution details in the service management software, selecting the relevant resolution categories contributing to the IM Knowledge Base.14. Resolve incidents, where possible, ensuring the customer is satisfied beforehand 15. Conduct User Satisfaction surveys under the instruction of the Service Desk Manager16. The post holder will be required to perform Active Directory administration duties, including password resets & account administration. This may include adding and administering permissions and security groups17. The post holder will be required to perform Email (inc MS Exchange, NHS Mail) administration duties including, but not limited to, mailbox creation, updating email distribution groups and adding and administering Public Folders & Calendars 18. The post holder may be required to provide training to new starters or less experienced Service Desk staff.19. The post holder may be given the opportunity to work as part of a 24hr Service desk which would involve evening and night work.