Job overview

Junior Digital Support Technician – Asset Management

Give IT support where it really makes a difference

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT), is the largest acute trust in the UK, with over 25,000 staff caring for over million patients a year. Combining 10 hospitals and community services from across Greater Manchester, we provide outstanding patient care and services.

Our ambition is to build on our leading initiatives and revolutionise the way we work together. That’s why we’re embarking on a programme of unprecedented transformation that will see cutting-edge digital solutions integrated across all our sites and services. This is an opportunity to develop your skills at the forefront of advances in healthcare management.

Selection process 

If you are shortlisted, you will be contacted by email with further details of the selection process. This process will be carried out either onsite at the location of the role or, more commonly at the moment, via MS Teams, so you will be required to have access to this software.

If you are shortlisted, you can expect to hear from us within 10 working days of the advert closing.Participate in the delivery of an efficient, responsive, effective and customer focused IT support service. Junior IT Technicians will have responsibility for ensuring that IT technical support is provided to appropriate levels of customer service in line with corporate Service Level Agreements.

Main duties of the job

As a Junior Digital Support Technician – Asset Management, you will play a key role in supporting the Trust’s digital infrastructure by ensuring the effective management, tracking, and lifecycle maintenance of IT assets. Working within the Digital Services Directorate under the Technology – Digital Operations department, you will assist the Asset and Procurement Team in maintaining a robust Configuration Management Database (CMDB), coordinating asset deliveries and installations, and ensuring compliance with procurement and financial policies.

You will be responsible for logging and resolving incidents and service requests, supporting hardware and software deployments, and contributing to the upkeep of accurate asset records. The role involves close collaboration with Digital Support Technicians, Application Support teams, and external suppliers, and requires a proactive, customer-focused approach to service delivery.

This position is ideal for individuals with a foundational understanding of IT infrastructure support, strong communication skills, and a commitment to continuous improvement in digital operations. The role may involve travel across Trust sites and participation in out-of-hours support when required.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of  over £3bn & 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.