Automation Developer

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

The Automation Developer at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust will be a key member of the Centre for Automation to expand automation across clinical and administrative pathways. You will design, develop and integrate automation solutions, guidance to stakeholders, and participate in the full development lifecycle, including documentation and training.

We are leveraging Blue Prism, Power Platform, and emerging AI capabilities to enhance care delivery, improve productivity, and sustain

Qualifications

• Experience with robotic process automation (RPA) using Blue Prism.
• Experience with low-code tools (Microsoft Power Platform).
• Familiarity with AI assistants and Copilot.

Responsibilities

• Design and create automation solutions and integrate them with existing systems.
• Provide specialist guidance to stakeholders and document solutions.
• Develop automation code and manage parts of the programme lifecycle including testing and deployment.
• Train staff and act as SME for automation technology.

Skills

Robotic Process Automation

Blue Prism

Power Platform

AI tooling

Tools

Blue Prism

Microsoft Power Platform

Job description

The Trust has a Centre for Automation which seeks to realise the benefits of automation in transforming administrative and clinical pathways to improve our services. The Automation Developer will be a key part of this team and will be essential to further expand our capacity to improve clinical and administrative pathways.

The Automation programme has already developed capability in Robotic Process Automation with Blue Prism and low-code tools such as Microsoft Power Platform. The programme is actively exploring using AI, such as Microsoft Copilot and Microsoft Copilot Studio to create AI agents to support staff. The ideal postholder will be a collaborative and inquisitive individual who is self-motivated, adaptable, and driven to help expand the organisation’s capability to improve clinical and administrative pathways through automation and emerging technologies.

The Trust’s Automation programme aims to fundamentally enhance and update our care model and contribute to productivity. To do this, we aspire to continually enhance the quality of automation we deliver, to support the outcomes our patients achieve as a result, and their experience of our services. We must meanwhile future-proof the organisation and protect our world‑leading services and research by making care delivery as efficient as possible. To do so we aim to use automation to leverage our existing clinical and administrative resources whilst taking advantage of emerging healthcare technologies.

The postholder will support the design and creation of automation solutions and for the integration of these into and between existing systems. They will be able to provide specialist advice and guidance to relevant stakeholders. The post‑holder will develop and adapt automation code to automate approved processes. They will also manage elements of the programme for example preparing documentation of solutions and coding. Participating in all aspects of the robotic automation and system integration, including solution development, authoring controls and standards, documentation, software tools, design, programming and technical implementation across the entire automation development lifecycle including the creation of complex functional specifications, application programming across a range of technology platforms, systems integration, testing and deployment, the postholder will play a role as a subject matter expert and a source of training, support and development for others.

Identifying requirements for new automation and integration applications, the postholder will input into the automation lifecycle and development programme of work by recommending future developments and ensuring that automation is developed in a cost‑effective and professional manner, which meets the trust’s operational needs whilst maintaining system security and data integrity.

The Delivery team is part of the Centre for Innovation, Transformation, and Improvement (CITI). CITI was founded in 2021 under the Deputy Chief Executive (DCE). The DCE is the Executive Director responsible for leading and implementing the Trust’s strategy for innovation and improvement, which aims to develop an ecosystem that encourages the acceleration of new knowledge and capabilities and learn from best practices globally, to deliver improvements in patient care, research and education at scale. CITI co‑locates multi‑faceted teams to provide the focal point for clinical innovators and services seeking to translate ideas or early‑stage products or improvements into clinical practice. The Centre aims both to incubate and deliver innovations and improvement ideas, projects and programmes, working alongside and for its clinical customers for the benefit of patients.

CITI builds on industry best practice in taking innovation from concept to practice. It aims to foster a culture of innovation and improvement throughout the Trust, and acts as the intellectual home of our core change methodologies.

CITI aims to improve the adoption of new clinical technologies with an agile operational model, delivering a data‑driven approach to evaluating performance of novel technologies, creating a sustainable culture of innovation in clinical and operational workforce, and to build enduring partnerships with academia, industry, investors, our communities and other key Stakeholders.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Stephanie Lurshay Job title: Lead Pharmacist, Digital Innovation & Technology Email address: [e-mail]