Isle of Wight NHS Trust

Technical Services Supervisor

The closing date is 02 February 2026

Job summary

Band 7 : £47,810 - £54,710

Full time: 37.5 hours per week

Contract: 2 Years Secondment Opportunity

This vacancy is open to Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust only

Working as a partnership, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this.

Main duties of the job

Play a lead specialist technical role in the provision of effective, efficient and fully integrated IT operational services that maximise their availability and integrity for end-users and optimise the value gained by the Trust from its investment in IT. This will be achieved by:

Delivering new and modified IT systems that address IT security, performance and availability & lifecycle requirements

Supporting software and hardware installations, specifications, testing and service transition within datacentre services and end user solutions

Supporting the Trust in meeting business objectives by contributing to assessment of potential technology innovations and, where approved, assisting their implementation

Supporting the Digital Departments ITIL processes, providing professional guidance in and execution of Incident, Request Fulfilment, Change, Release, Configuration, Problem, Performance, and Availability Management

Applying operating procedures for all systems hosted within the Trust Data Centres so they are operating at their optimum performance, availability to IT users and integrity of their data

Providing specialist and professional support across the three primary functions within Information Technology: Operations Centre, Service Operation and Infrastructure Services

Deputise for Head of Service Delivery as required, acting as an escalation point

About us

Working as a partnership, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this.

The vision for our single corporate services is to:

  • Be an employer of choice for corporate talent, attracting and retaining people who share our values for excellence in care and welcome the opportunity to benefit from the broad range of flexible career and development opportunities we can offer.
  • Improve efficiency through simplified and standardised policies, processes, and systems, drawing on the best from both Trusts.
  • Do things once and reduce any duplication on transactional tasks giving corporate staff the ability to focus on higher value and more diverse activities.
  • Co-invest in the latest digital solutions and standardise our approach, meaning we do things once for both organisations.
  • Improve learning and development opportunities and sharing best practice, upskilling both Trusts.
  • Co-locate teams in purpose-built facilities on the Island and in Portsmouth to enable closer working and sharing.
  • Build resilience for individuals and our teams.

You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.

Details

Date posted

20 January 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year

Contract

Secondment

Duration

2 years

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

REF1980G

Job locations

Queen Alexandra Hosp, Southwick Hill Road

Cosham

Portsmouth

Portsmouth

PO6 3LY


Job description

Job responsibilities

Team Management

In the absence of the Head of Service Delivery, ensure tasks are appropriately prioritised and scheduled, skills appropriately utilised, procedures documented and followed, adequate coverage for absence and Out-of-Hours support is in place, and consistent, up-to-date documentation is established and maintained.

Monitor performance standards for the Technical Services team, monitoring achievement against these, and devising improved ways of working, working with the Head of Service Delivery.

As a team leader, take a lead role in the daily scrum held within the team to ensure the team collaboration and focus is aligned to the business outcomes.

Play a leading role in contributing to the Technical Services team working processes and operating procedures.

Facilitate Triage of incoming workloads and allocation of work throughout the team as required.

Ensure that Technical Services team and external contractors work in a responsible and safe manner and have due regard for health and safety regulations.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Team Management

In the absence of the Head of Service Delivery, ensure tasks are appropriately prioritised and scheduled, skills appropriately utilised, procedures documented and followed, adequate coverage for absence and Out-of-Hours support is in place, and consistent, up-to-date documentation is established and maintained.

Monitor performance standards for the Technical Services team, monitoring achievement against these, and devising improved ways of working, working with the Head of Service Delivery.

As a team leader, take a lead role in the daily scrum held within the team to ensure the team collaboration and focus is aligned to the business outcomes.

Play a leading role in contributing to the Technical Services team working processes and operating procedures.

Facilitate Triage of incoming workloads and allocation of work throughout the team as required.

Ensure that Technical Services team and external contractors work in a responsible and safe manner and have due regard for health and safety regulations.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • ITIL v3 Foundation.
  • Degree-level Qualification or equivalent in a Computing or analytical field.
  • Technical Accreditation in one or more of the following: Microsoft MCP/MCSA/MCSE, Cisco CCNA, CISSP Security Professional, CEH Ethical Hacker.

Experience

Essential

  • Considerable Hands-on technical experience in Microsoft Windows and BackOffice Servers (SQL Server, Exchange), App-V or alternate Application Virtualisation solution, Citrix XenApp, Cisco Switches and ASA and general networking, SAN technologies (Block and File), AppSense, VMware/Server Virtualisation, Security Event Monitoring/Aggregation, Event Monitoring solutions (Solarwinds Orion preferred)

Knowledge

Essential

  • Good knowledge of Data Protection and Information Security/Governance, Knowledge and understanding of Change Management processes and procedures
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • ITIL v3 Foundation.
  • Degree-level Qualification or equivalent in a Computing or analytical field.
  • Technical Accreditation in one or more of the following: Microsoft MCP/MCSA/MCSE, Cisco CCNA, CISSP Security Professional, CEH Ethical Hacker.

Experience

Essential

  • Considerable Hands-on technical experience in Microsoft Windows and BackOffice Servers (SQL Server, Exchange), App-V or alternate Application Virtualisation solution, Citrix XenApp, Cisco Switches and ASA and general networking, SAN technologies (Block and File), AppSense, VMware/Server Virtualisation, Security Event Monitoring/Aggregation, Event Monitoring solutions (Solarwinds Orion preferred)

Knowledge

Essential

  • Good knowledge of Data Protection and Information Security/Governance, Knowledge and understanding of Change Management processes and procedures

Employer details

Employer name

Isle of Wight NHS Trust

Address

Queen Alexandra Hosp, Southwick Hill Road

Cosham

Portsmouth

Portsmouth

PO6 3LY


Employer's website

https://www.iow.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Isle of Wight NHS Trust

Address

Queen Alexandra Hosp, Southwick Hill Road

Cosham

Portsmouth

Portsmouth

PO6 3LY


Employer's website

https://www.iow.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Hiring Manager

Nico Hallam

nico.hallam1@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

20 January 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year

Contract

Secondment

Duration

2 years

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

REF1980G

Job locations

Queen Alexandra Hosp, Southwick Hill Road

Cosham

Portsmouth

Portsmouth

PO6 3LY


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