Integration Developer | Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Seaton Delaval; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization in the UK is seeking an Integration Developer to design and maintain secure integration interfaces vital to patient care. You will work with various technologies including Rhapsody Integration Engine and RESTful APIs, ensuring compliance with data standards. The role involves collaboration with clinical users and operational support while promoting digital advancements in healthcare. Join a committed team focused on quality care and staff experience in an innovative environment.

Benefits

Generous holiday entitlement

Salary-sacrifice vehicle leasing

Home-electronics schemes

Qualifications

• Expertise in HL7, FHIR, XML and REST/SOAP interfaces.
• Proficient in data querying/auditing using SQL.
• Ability to translate technical issues for non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and optimize integration interfaces.
• Create and maintain mapping tables according to data standards.
• Monitor interface performance and provide on-call support.

Skills

Advanced experience with Rhapsody Integration Engine

Knowledge of HL7 v2.x, FHIR

Scripting with JavaScript, XPath

Experience with RESTful APIs

Experience in Agile/DevOps

Excellent verbal and written communication

Tools

SQL Server

PostgreSQL

Oracle

Job description

The Integration Developer at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust plays a vital role in the design, development, implementation and maintenance of secure, standards‑compliant interfaces between clinical, operational and third‑party systems. Primarily using the Trust’s Rhapsody Integration Engine, you’ll ensure efficient, reliable data exchange to support patient‑centred care delivery.

Northumbria is highly digitally focused and committed to investing in our people. We offer generous holiday entitlement, access to additional training and a range of staff perks, including salary‑sacrifice vehicle leasing and home‑electronics schemes.

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England.

Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.

Responsibilities

• Interface Development & Maintenance: Design, develop, test (unit, integration, regression), and optimise HL7, FHIR, XML and REST/SOAP/MLLP interfaces; implement performance tuning and troubleshooting of integration flows.
• Mapping & Data Standards: Create and maintain mapping tables in collaboration with the Data Platform team to ensure adherence to data standards.
• Architecture & Documentation: Support the definition of integration architecture; produce detailed technical designs, SOPs, and post‑mortems for unplanned downtime; update documentation to minimise recurrence.
• Operational Support & Monitoring: Monitor day‑to‑day interface performance; provide on‑call support and coordinate with the Digital Service Desk for planned or unplanned changes.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Liaise with clinical users, suppliers, and technical teams to gather requirements, manage scope, negotiate priorities, and report on project status.

Technical Expertise

• Advanced experience with Rhapsody Integration Engine (filters, translators, communication points).
• In-depth knowledge of HL7 v2.x, FHIR, and NHS messaging frameworks; scripting with JavaScript, XPath, and transformation logic.
• Proficiency in any one of SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle for data querying/auditing.
• Experience with RESTful APIs (JSON/XML) and web services integration.
• Methodologies: Experience in Agile/DevOps environments, version control, and interface lifecycle management.
• Communication & Analysis: Excellent verbal and written skills for translating complex technical issues to non‑technical stakeholders; ability to perform root‑cause analysis and statistical/technical problem solving.
• Act as the technical contact for integration activities, influencing long‑term strategies in collaboration with Senior Developers.
• Represents the Integration workstream in multi‑stakeholder forums and contributes to policy/service development across the Trust.

This advert closes on Monday 8 Dec 2025