Senior Integration Specialist

London North West Healthcare NHS Trust; Harrow; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking a Senior Systems Integration Specialist to design, develop and maintain interfaces using Intersystems Health Connect. You will liaise with suppliers to deliver data integration across the Trust and work with Operations, IT and other Trust counterparts to resolve data integrity issues while supporting the IM&T strategy.

You will ensure TIE compliance with IM&T policies and governance standards, and act as technical lead for data

Qualifications

• Design, develop and maintain interfaces.
• Experience with relational databases and HL7.
• Knowledge of Web Services/XML.
• AWS and GitLab are advantageous.
• NHS experience not required but helpful.
• Strong communication and stakeholder liaison skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure Policies and procedures are documented and reviewed.
• Report security incidents as appropriate.
• Investigate data quality issues and implement action plans.
• Maintain high availability of the TIE and data integrity.
• Lead data migration and interfacing elements of Trust projects.
• Develop IT system software and web services as needed.

Skills

HL7

Intersystems Health Connect

Relational databases

Web Services/XML

AWS

GitLab

Tools

SQL

REST APIs

Job description

A new and exciting opportunity has arisen within the Digital Services Systems Development department for a Senior Systems Integration Specialist. The post holder will design, develop and maintain interfaces using Intersystems Health Connect integration engine. You will have strong technical skills with experience of relational database management, HL7, Webservices/XML. Having skills in AWS and GitLab would also be advantageous. You will not necessarily have worked within the NHS and may have gained experience elsewhere.

An adept facilitator and articulate communicator, you will liaise with suppliers to deliver data integration across the Trust. Working closely with colleagues in Operations, IT and other Trust counterparts, you will be required to investigate underlying data integrity issues limiting Trust operational objectives and have proven problem solving skills that deliver solutions. Alongside these requirements you will advise on strategic technical developments to help support operational and clinical areas and work closely with system administrators to deliver the Trusts IM&T strategy.

The post holder is responsible for ensuring that the TIE, an IT system that is critical to the delivery of patient care in all areas of the Trust, is managed in a way that is fully compliant with Trust IM&T Policies and National Information Governance Toolkit Standards. All system integration, managed through the TIE, must follow industry standard processes to ensure the quality of the data and the system availability is not compromised.

In supporting the TIE, the post holder will ensure that:

• Policies and procedures are documented, followed and a schedule of regular review is planned and undertaken
• Actual and potential security incidents are appropriately reported
• Data quality incidents are appropriately investigated
• Associated action plans are completed in a timely manner, meeting required specifications
• The system maintains high availability and all system interruption is recorded.

The post holder will be responsible for providing Subject Matter Expertise as the technical lead for the Data Migration and Interfacing elements of Trust projects. This will include ensuring the completion and sign off of data mapping, data transformation and testing of the migration.

The post holder may be required to develop IT system software, web services and websites and must maintain a good knowledge of industry standards and technology.

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We Run Major Acute Services At

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Martin Browne Job title: Senior Systems Integration Specialist Email address: [e-mail]