Voice Communications Engineer | Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust
We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic IT engineer to join our voice communications team. The team are responsible for all communications equipment within the trust – including radios, mobile phones/tablets, telephony, and call recording, across our three busy call centres and ambulance fleet.
The post will be based at our Trust Headquarters with scope for flexible working, although the post holder will be required to be mobile to support our staff across Yorkshire and Humber.
The post holder will primarily be supporting the Trusts telephony system, smartphones, tablets, radios and associated communications equipment in ambulances. You will require good project management, communication, and administrative skills.
This will be a key role supporting the transition of incidents from 1st/2nd line to 3rd line, working and supporting colleagues across the trust to help deliver an emergency service.
Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) NHS Trust geographically covers nearly 6,000 square miles of varied terrain, from isolated moors and dales to urban areas, coastline and inner cities.
We serve a population of over five million people across Yorkshire and the Humber and strive to ensure that patients receive the right response to their care needs as quickly as possible, wherever they live.
We employ more than 7,100 staff, who together with over 1,300 volunteers, enable us to provide a vital 24-hour, seven-days-a-week, emergency and healthcare service.
Our ambition is to be an employer of choice, and we are continuously working across our partnership to improve our collective offer to staff in areas like health and wellbeing, benefits and flexible working incl. hybrid working.
Benefits:- Flexible working including part-time hours, job shares and flexible hours, agile working (role dependant)
- 27 days annual leave, increasing to 33 with service.
- Contributory Pension.
- NHS Discounts including shops, restaurants, gyms etc.
- Car lease and other salary sacrifice schemes.
- Dedicated employee assistance and counselling service.
- Opportunities for research participation, career progression and ongoing development.
- Well respected, committed and supported staff networks for our workforce.
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The post holder will be responsible for:- Providing operational support for the day-to-day provision of the communications systems, adopting ITIL best practices across Change, Problem, Capacity and Availability Management.
- Support the management and rollout of communication devices. Ensuring equipment is correctly allocated to each system.
- Investigate complex technical issues and enquiries providing assistance and advice as required.
- Manage ‘walk up’ activity and act as the interface into the wider voice communications team.
- Triage incoming support tickets.
- Continually monitor service performance, taking timely and effective action to ensure agreed performance levels are maintained or exceeded.
- Assist in delivering Trust projects and to manage specific ICT projects.
This advert closes on Sunday 13 Oct 2024