Technical Support Officer

Job summary

Nottinghamshire Health Informatics Service are looking for two organised and proactive Technical Support Officers to provide a comprehensive administrative service across NHIS. The role will involve coordinating meetings and resources, preparing agendas, papers and reports, maintaining accurate records and databases, managing correspondence and information requests, and supporting senior managers and project activity.

The successful candidates will have strong organisational and communication skills, excellent attention to detail, and the ability to manage competing priorities while handling sensitive information professionally. Although the role operates within a technical environment, its main focus is on delivering efficient, responsive and high-quality administrative support.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong analytical, administrative and customer service skills who enjoys working with data, systems and a wide range of stakeholders. Join us and help support the delivery of high-quality information and technical services that make a real difference to healthcare.

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

About us

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

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Details

Date posted

13 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

28,392 to 31,157 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

214-DHIS-

Job locations

Kings Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-in-Ashfield

NG17 4JL

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Knowledge Requirements

Essential

• Understanding Health Informatics within the NHS
• Understanding of the importance of effective communication to senior stakeholders and management.
• Knowledge of databases and IT applications

Desirable

• Knowledge of NHS IT systems and terminology

Qualifications- Academic/ Craft/ Professional/Further Training

Essential

• Educated to diploma level or equivalent qualification/experience.

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience in the IT arena, and be experienced in supporting projects.
• Experience in using ICT systems (CRM/SharePoint).
• Experience of communicating and explaining ICT issues
• Experience of inter-organisational working.
• Organising, minuting and facilitating meetings (Chairing where appropriate).
• Effective problem-solving skills
• Microsoft Office - advanced use.
• Ability to work flexibility and manage own workloads

Desirable

• Significant experience preferably in an NHS environment
• Experience of project management.
• Training of other users in IT systems
• Demonstrated ability to negotiate.

Contractual Requirements

Essential

• Ability to work flexibly, outside normal office hours in order to suit the needs of the customers.
• Ability to travel in order to attend meetings as required.

Person Specification

Knowledge Requirements

Essential

• Understanding Health Informatics within the NHS
• Understanding of the importance of effective communication to senior stakeholders and management.
• Knowledge of databases and IT applications

Desirable

• Knowledge of NHS IT systems and terminology

Qualifications- Academic/ Craft/ Professional/Further Training

Essential

• Educated to diploma level or equivalent qualification/experience.

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience in the IT arena, and be experienced in supporting projects.
• Experience in using ICT systems (CRM/SharePoint).
• Experience of communicating and explaining ICT issues
• Experience of inter-organisational working.
• Organising, minuting and facilitating meetings (Chairing where appropriate).
• Effective problem-solving skills
• Microsoft Office - advanced use.
• Ability to work flexibility and manage own workloads

Desirable

• Significant experience preferably in an NHS environment
• Experience of project management.
• Training of other users in IT systems
• Demonstrated ability to negotiate.

Contractual Requirements

Essential

• Ability to work flexibly, outside normal office hours in order to suit the needs of the customers.
• Ability to travel in order to attend meetings as required.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Kings Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-in-Ashfield

NG17 4JL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Kings Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-in-Ashfield

NG17 4JL

United Kingdom

Employer's website