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Digital User and Identity Analyst
Closed for applications on: 2-Apr-2025 00:00
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 2-Apr-2025 00:00
Key details
Location
- Site
- MFT Trafford House
- Address
- Southmoor Road
- Town
- Manchester Wythenshawe,
- Postcode
- M23 9NR
- Major / Minor Region
- Manchester
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 6)
Specialty
- Main area
- Informatics
Job overview
The role
As digital solutions roll out across MFT, effective IT support services become ever more important to delivering patient care. Confidentiality, security and control of access are particularly critical issues in a multi-site clinical environment. A key member of the IT Support team, you’ll specialise in the ongoing operation, maintenance and review of user access privileges. This includes being the first point of contact for all queries, incidents, problems and requests relating to access and identity. You will also carry out regular audits. Account creations, shared Drive access, Internal scripts, Licence allocation and general access requests
Skills & knowledge required
You’ll bring experience of working in a customer-facing IT infrastructure support role. This will have included providing first- and second- line support with the PC client environment. You’ll also have experiences within Active Directory and managing internal systems . You’ll be an experienced user of service desk systems and call distribution systems, and EPR systems. You’ll thrive under pressure and be ready to work flexibly, including some out-of-hours shifts.
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Be the first point of contact within Informatics for all queries, incidents, problems and requests relating to access and identity. Be responsible for the operational management of Active Directory user accounts, provision of file shares, email access, clinical systems access, computer accounts, and associated infrastructure from a multi-site, multi-domain forest.
Support the role in identity management operations within the organisation where interfaces to other Identity systems, e.g. Electronic Staff Record.
Responsible for the creation of shared resources, file shares, shared email, calendar access etc. Ensuring that the correct levels of access is granted.
Responsible for carrying out regular audits on access and identity ensuing appropriate levels of access is maintained.
Responsible for proactively de-provisioning user accounts that are no longer in use.
Monitor open calls against agreed SLAs (Service Level Agreements)
Manage the user experience and their expectations by keeping them updated on the status of their service request or incident.
Agree with the user when a full resolution has been implemented that the call can be closed and to close the call and obtain feedback from users to support the department’s culture of continuous improvement.
Identify trends in incidents to the Supervisor in order that effective problems management can be implemented and escalated as appropriate.
Working for our organisation
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected].
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree or HND level in a computer related discipline with skills and competencies typically gained during the
- Experience in an IT Support role, IT Security role or access and Identity role
- ITIL Foundation Level qualification.
- Evidence of Personal Development
- Evidence of development towards IT Security or Access and Identity qualification
Desirable criteria
- Degree or equivalent qualification in an related subject
- ITIL Practitioner Level
- Management Qualification
- IT Security or Access and Identity qualification
Experience/Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Previous experience in an IT Access and Identity Management role
- Significant experience in working in a large, complex, multi-site IT environment
- Proven knowledge and experience of working in a large customer focused IT Operations department
- Knowledge and experience in the management and use of Industry standard Access tools such as AD, PowerShell, Exchange Admin
- Experience or developing towards a Supervisory or Team Leader role
- Knowledge of IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Best Practice and specifically problem Management
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience or knowledge of healthcare EPR access and Identity Management
- Some knowledge of EPIC or similar Healthcare EPR systems.
- Experience and good understanding of a wide range of IT Infrastructure and Application Technologies
Attributes
Essential criteria
- Competency and communication skills necessary to perform this role safely and effectively Excellent Organisational and problem-solving skills. Excellent Communication Negotiation
- Analytical Interpersonal Able to be effective as an individual and in a team
- Ability to communicate a range of IM&T issues which can be complex and multistranded.
- Ability to make judgements on multi-stranded or complex IM&T problems which may have no precedent or where there are conflicting opinions
- Ability to plan and organise broad range of complex activities, formulate and adjust plans which impact beyond own area
- Ability to manage, motivate and develop staff
- Collaborative approach and good team working
- Ability to work effectively and efficiently under pressure
Desirable criteria
- Ability to work well in a demanding user led service. Customer focussed within a healthcare environment
Other requirements
Essential criteria
- Ability to undertake shift working including out of hours, weekend and Public Holidays
Desirable criteria
- Ability to travel
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Stephen Oldfield
- Job title
- Digital User & Identity Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 701 2020
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
- Parkway 1
- Parkway Business Centre
- Recruitment Office 1st Floor
- Princess Road
- Manchester
- M14 7LU
- Telephone
- Resourcing Department: 0161 276 6198
No longer accepting applications
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