ABOUT THE ROLE
Barchester Healthcare is one of the UK's foremost care providers. With over 25 years' experience and more than 200 care homes and six independent hospitals, we're passionate about providing care and support for elderly and vulnerable people.
The IT Help Desk team is fundamental in supporting colleagues across our multi-site business. We're continually growing and improving our services, which is why we are currently looking for an IT Support Officer to join our team.
As an IT Support Officer at Barchester, you will be working as part of the IT Help Desk team to provide technical support for our employees. Your support will include assisting with problems over the phone.
As the point of contact for both first and second line support, the team interact with users from a range of departments with differing levels of knowledge. You'll be responsible for recording, monitoring and following up on support calls to ensure problems have been solved swiftly and accurately. Depending on each specific situation, you will identify when an issue needs to be resolved by a third party and outsource this service.
You'll also have the opportunity to go beyond the Help Desk to work on Barchester's PC, server and network update and implementation projects.
Predominantly an office-based role, you will work a permanent shift pattern from 8am to 4.30pm or 9am to 5.30pm. Occasional travel may be necessary, including staying away from home for short periods, so a full driving licence is required.
ABOUT YOU
To join Barchester as an IT Support Officer, you'll be a team player whose phone manner is confident and friendly. You'll have previous experience of working in a telephone-based support team using remote control technologies. You'll also have outstanding communication skills which enable you to deliver accessible advice. Ideally, you'll be a self-motivated individual who can work proactively without supervision.
You'll be educated to SQA Higher Level or equivalent, although a numerate degree would be desirable. A comprehensive knowledge of PCs and Microsoft products is required and an understanding of TCP/IP networking concepts and smart phone email configuration would be beneficial.
REWARDS PACKAGE
If you join us, you can have a real impact on Barchester's progress; this incredibly rewarding role is instrumental to our growth and success. As well as a competitive salary, we offer one of the best rewards packages in the care sector. Your generous benefits would include:
Contribution pension scheme
A range of holiday, retail and leisure discounts
You'll also have plenty of opportunity to grow your career in a large organisation with a warm and supportive environment. If you have the qualities required for this exciting role and want to work with an organisation that provides the type of care you'd expect for your loved ones, we would welcome your application.
Our Staff
Barchester is all about doing things a little bit differently. Our unique approach to the care sector sets us apart, so to make things happen our people need to be a little bit different too.
Our residents, patients and their families expect great services, so our professional and dedicated team of specialists actively recruits people who are focused on continually improving the quality of life for the people in our care, to achieve our ambition of Barchester as the leading provider of care services.
Celebrating Success
Celebrating Success is our sector-leading employee recognition programme, which is designed to recognise all staff who work hard to help our homes and hospitals meet the high-quality care and business standards we set ourselves and allows staff to share in the success of the business.
In addition, throughout the year there are a number of opportunities, such as Employee of the Month and the Barchester Care Awards, which recognises our committed people across the business for a job very well done.
We provide one of the best rewards packages in the care sector and offer a competitive salary and impressive benefits.
We value our employees
Our people are as diverse and as individual as our residents and patients. We promote equal opportunities and encourage all our employees to treat one another and those we care for with honesty and respect. We aim to create a family environment in all our homes, hospitals and offices.
We are focused on providing equal opportunities to prospective and existing employees at Barchester and display the Disability Confident logo with pride.
Learning about why Barchester is unique within the care sector is central to our induction programme. Our new staff receive a comprehensive overview of all elements of our business so they can feel confident in fulfilling their role and contributing to our vision.
Professional Development
The learning doesn’t stop there. Our people have opportunities throughout their Barchester career; from refreshing their knowledge and learning new skills, to continuing their personal and professional development.
We also actively encourage our people to review their performance and develop their role at Barchester by using our bi-annual Performance Development Plan. Many of our people have exceeded their aspirations in successfully completing externally accredited qualifications.
There are no limits to how far our people can progress their career at Barchester.