Customer Service Apprenticeship - Informatics

  • Company: Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS Foundation Trust
  • Location: Tyne and Wear, NE3 3XT
  • Type: Apprenticeship
  • Salary: £15,600.00 per year
  • Sector: Sales, marketing and procurement
  • Ref: NAS-2000034768
  • Application Deadline Date: 26/06/2026
  • Start Date: 27/07/2026
  • Positions Available: 1
  • Working Week: Monday to Friday - working times to be confirmed upon appointment.

Brief Description

This is an exciting opportunity to work within a friendly and supportive team within the Informatics Department of Cumbria, Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust. This apprenticeship provides excellent opportunities for personal and professional development & real business experience from day one.

Training to be Provided


  • Customer Service Practitioner Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard

  • Delivered within the workplace

Future Prospects

There is an opportunity for the right candidate to be trained with a view to employment should a suitable position become available.

Vacancy Detail

We are seeking an enthusiastic, proactive and motivated candidate, who can demonstrate excellent communication and organisational skills, to work within a busy team.


This is an essential and demanding role, providing a courteous, friendly and professional service to staff, either via the telephone or in person.


Your exact duties will vary but you will need to show you can work with a team or member of staff to handle various tasks.


You will also provide support to others in the team & this sort of work requires a sense of responsibility, accuracy and attention to detail.


The aims of this programme are:



  • For an individual to gain a nationally recognised qualification

  • To enhance knowledge & understanding of working for a large NHS employer

  • To gain recognition for competencies used in a workplace

  • To develop and demonstrate the underpinning knowledge required in this role

  • Providing recognition of prior learning for future learning (RPL)

  • Provide a foundation for further development


Duties:



  • Respond to queries raised by email

  • Create and amend user accounts to allow users to access the Trusts core IT systems

  • Liaise with external Trusts to allow users access to their IT systems

  • Log calls received by the team (details of callers and their IT issues, in an IT-based system)

  • Attempt to fix straightforward issues and solve IT problems

  • Liaise with wider team to resolve more complex issues

  • Track the progress of jobs, maintaining contact with the colleague that logged it

  • As experience grows, work with Project Managers on the rollout of new systems and IT services

  • Gain experience and support all the Trusts core IT systems 

Other Information

All offers will be subject to satisfactory completion of an enhanced DBS check.

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