Development Consultant (Lead Software Developer)

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust; Portsmouth; Hybrid; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site nursery

Beach Hut access

Wellness Centre (gym & pool)

Staff networks (LGBTQ, Race Equality,

Disability networks

Awards ceremonies

Job summary

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust seeks an Development Consultant (Lead Software Developer) to lead the delivery of software solutions and ongoing integration across Trust systems. You will work across multi-site locations with in-person leadership and agile practices.

The role requires experience as a lead developer, strong C#/.NET skills, and the ability to drive requirements into user stories within an ITIL-driven environment.

Qualifications

• Degree level qualification or 5+ years’ experience in software development or integration.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Lead developer experience or equivalent leadership role.

Responsibilities

• Act as the lead developer for specified software products and integrations.
• Provide technical leadership for delivery of software and data sharing between applications.
• Design, build, test and deploy features for in-house applications (C# and .NET).
• Engage with product owners to translate requirements into User Stories within Agile processes.
• Work with Agile methodologies and ITIL Change Management processes.

Skills

Lead developer

C#

.NET

Agile methodologies

Education

Degree or experience

Tools

C#

.NET

Job description

Development Consultant (Lead Software Developer)

• Contract
• Weekly Hours / Programmed Activities: 37.5
• Salary Band: Band 8a
• Staff Group: Administrative and Clerical
• Contract Type: Temporary
• Job Area: Admin and Corporate

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 organisation. 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.

NHS Band 8A: Salary £57,528 - £64,750 per annum

Full Time: 37.5 hours per week

Fixed Term Contract: 23 months

Location: Your base location will either be Isle of Wight NHS Trust offices (postcode: PO30 5TG) or Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust offices (postcode: PO6 3EN),

Remote working: Up to 2 days a week.

The SCS has embarked on a journey to share digital solutions across the trusts to improve patient outcomes and the experience of delivering care for our patients.

Whilst we bridge this digital gap in the short term, our long term objective is to share a single EPR across the 4 acute trusts to provide a 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.

Job purpose

Act as the lead developer for specified software products, feature developments and the integration of Trust systems, data and medical devices. Technical lead for the delivery of software developments, integration and sharing of data between applications utilising Agile methodologies.

Job summary

• Subject Matter Expert across a range of in-house technical solutions
• Lead the delivery of software solutions, from requirements right through to implementation
• Design, build, test and deploy new features for in-house applications to align with IWT’s requirements (C# and .NET)
• Risk assess thechange impact, and manage changes through ITIL Change Management processes
• 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.
• Applicants must have experience in either application development or integration development (both is desirable)
  • Degree level qualification or 5+ years’ experience working with either software development or integration experience, with experience of a lead developer role
  • Evidence of continuing professional development

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and Disability, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.

All of our hospitals operate a strict no smoking policy. Smoking cigarettes or tobacco products is not allowed on any of the grounds or in any of the buildings run by us. This applies to patients, staff, carers and visitors to Trust premises.

Our goal is to improve the health and wellbeing of everyone we care for and, by making sure that our NHS services are smoke-free, we benefit the health of people who use our services as well as the health of the people who work for us.