Band 3
Main area
Estates & Facilities
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
287-CEF-40-26
Department name
LUH - 1 General Staffing (AFC posts)
Site
Aintree
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£24,937 - £26,598 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
11/03/2026 23:59
Job Overview
Previous applicants need not apply.
We are looking to recruit Helpdesk Operators to work as part of an established team.
You will be working as part of 8888 Helpdesk covering Hard & Soft FM services – taking calls, logging jobs, dealing with enquiries, working as part of a team.
Note: This is a 24 hour post covering days/night/weekends – applicants must be willing to work over all shift patterns.
Base location is Aintree and Royal Liverpool sites, but the service covers all sites.
The postholder will be using a CAFM system (computer-aided facilities management). There is a requirement to wear headphones and multi-task – call handling/entering details.
This post is open to employees of the five LAASP organisations. As part of your application, you will be asked to confirm that you are a current employee of The Clatterbridge Centre, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool University Hospitals, Liverpool Women’s Hospital or the Walton Centre.
Responsibilities
* Provide a customer focused service, dealing with all client/customer requests, and handling complaints efficiently and sensitively.
* Receive and process customer telephone requests, ensuring timely and effective completion of work in line with the service level specification.
* Log relevant information on the CAFM database to enable accurate transfer of information to the appropriate department for action, including task numbers and caller priority.
* Record appropriate details on the CAFM, showing a clear timeline of events for each task.
* Regularly review logged calls on the database, monitor completion times and provide feedback to the caller regarding their request.
* Follow the logging procedures for the whole unit and serve as the focal point for all calls.
* Pass on instructions to staff and record such action in response to call requests to enable the contract to meet its performance targets.
* Update CAFM with service and fault reports received from contractors.
Employing Organisation
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital. We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities – from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside, and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit their careers page.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* NVQ 3/equivalent in relevant area of knowledge
Experience
* Experience of customer service
* Experience of call handling
* Experience of working to Standard Operating Procedures
Skills
* Ability to update databases
* Ability to generate system reports
* Excellent interpersonal skills, the ability to communicate effectively with all members of the Project Team and the Trust, and externally with project advisors
Knowledge
* Thorough understanding of MS Office software packages, including Microsoft Outlook
* Excellent knowledge and understanding of MS Word and associated packages; must possess fast, accurate typing skills
* Knowledge of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Database Management, Project Office software, e.g. MS Project Standard
LAASP
* Current employee of a LAASP organisation
Additional Information
Candidates applying for this role as a Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months of their 18^th birthday.
The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work‑life balance and achieving fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment, though not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time.
The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following under‑represented groups: black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16‑24.
Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £26.50 (standard disclosure) or £54.50 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment.
From April 2017, skilled visa applicants and their adult dependants will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.
Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website – https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.
This organisation has a zero‑tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisation’s safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures. Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with statutory guidance and legislation. All employees (and volunteers) are expected to maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action. As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic Abuse Workplace Scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing domestic abuse or any form of sexual violence.
If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.
Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
Application Notes
Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
Posts advertised to 'internal staff' are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.
Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.
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