Senior Development Specialist (OneEPR)

Job summary

NHS Band 7 Salary: £49,387 - £56,515 per annum

Hours per Week: Full time 37.5 hrs

Fixed Term Contract: 23 months

Location: Your base location will be either IWT or PHU, with the option to work remotely up to 2 days a week.

The OneEPR Programme exists to implement a single integrated electronic patient record (EPR) designed to improve patient outcomes and the experience of delivering care for our patients.

The solution is the direct result of the combined vision and strategic goals of:

• Isle of Wight NHS Trust (IWT)
• Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (PHU)
• Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (HHFT)
• University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust (UHS)

The Trusts will work together with their clinical and departmental experts alongside regional digital colleagues to procure and implement a joint EPR over the coming years.

Main duties of the job

IWT and PHU Trusts have started a journey to share PHUs in-house developed EPR in readiness for OneEPR. The Senior Development Specialist will be a key player in the Trusts strategic goal to converge to a single EPR. This will involve working with Product Owners to support new feature requests to assist with feature parity with IWTs current EPR.

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 single corporate service is delivered across both organisations. 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.

Job responsibilities

You will design, build, test and deploy new features for in-house applications to align with IWTs requirements (C# and .NET)

To engage with product owners to understand requirements and convert into User Stories as part of the Agile process

Stay current on new digital technologies and maintain an understanding of Trust-wide applications

Experience with Healthcare Integration is desirable.

Specific Core Functions

Analyse, design, build, test and deploy applications and integrations on our technology stack:

• In-house applications
  • C#
  • MS SQL
  • .NET Core
  • ASP.NET MVC 5
  • React
  • ASP.NET Web Forms
  • Git
  • Azure DevOps
• Integration engine (desirable)
  • InterSystems Health Connect
  • ObjectScript

Applicants must have experience in either application development or integration development (both is desirable)

For full details and person specifications please refer to the attached Job Description.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience required

Experience

Essential

• Database Experience: Ability to Read and Write complex SQL code Database Experience: Preferred: Microsoft SQL Server.
• Verifiable experience with programming and scripting required.
• Experience in a health care systems environment is desirable.
• Demonstrable ability to work and communicate effectively with both technical and business audiences.

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Must have proven applied knowledge in C# and SQL.
• Must have proven applied knowledge in CI/CD pipeline management, such as Azure DevOps.
• Must have experience in managing change effectively.
• Must have experience in supporting operational issues under pressure.