Applications Team Lead

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust; Salford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the UK is seeking an enthusiastic Applications Team Lead to maintain and develop its community Electronic Patient Record. The ideal candidate will have experience in clinical systems and strong leadership skills. Duties include overseeing the Application Analysts' performance and designing solutions for clinical workflows. Additional benefits include flexibility and a competitive benefits package.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

Flexible working opportunities

Protected hours for health and wellbeing activities

Qualifications

• Experience configuring and developing clinical systems in a healthcare setting.
• Strong leadership skills.
• Experience configuring TPP SystmOne preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance and development of the Trust’s community Electronic Patient Record.
• Day‑to‑day line management and performance of the Application Analysts.
• Analyse current clinical workflows and design solutions.

Job description

Role Overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic, self‑motivated, innovative Applications Team Lead with extensive experience configuring and developing clinical systems in a healthcare setting and strong leadership skills to join our team.

The post holder will lead on the maintenance and development of the Trust’s community Electronic Patient Record and ideally have experience configuring TPP SystmOne. They will be responsible for the day‑to‑day line‑management and performance of the Application Analysts within the community workstream of the Enterprise and Clinical Applications Team, leading on the day‑to‑day running of the system, analysing and interpreting current clinical workflows and designing solutions utilising the clinical system’s advanced functionality.

Please note: this role is office‑based at the Clinical Sciences Building (Salford Royal Hospital) with occasional requirements to visit the main hospitals or community sites. This is a key role in the configuration of the Trust’s clinical applications. The emphasis will be to take a creative and visionary approach to the design and build of the clinical application, using core configuration tools (SQL, C# or SSRS skills are not required).

Key Benefits

In return we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work‑life balance.

Core Values

We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values – care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

Additional Information

We value diversity and are committed to delivering inclusive, accessible care. Applications are welcomed from individuals of all backgrounds, identities and beliefs. We also warmly welcome interest from serving and ex‑personnel, and their relatives. Please identify that you are a member of the armed forces community on your application form to be entitled to a guaranteed interview (subject to essential criteria being met). As a Disability Confident Employer, guaranteed interviews are also available to disabled applicants when essential role requirements have been met. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the application process, please contact [email protected]

Contact & Application

Vacancies may close early if sufficient applications are received, or if an internal redeployment has been identified. For fixed‑term roles, current NHS staff will be considered for secondments, while fixed‑term contracts will be offered to external (non‑NHS) applicants. The NCA does not accept unsolicited CVs from agencies.