Senior Software Developer

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust (Cambridgeshire); Peldon; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust (Cambridgeshire) is recruiting a Senior Software Developer (Band 7). The role focuses on delivering bespoke software solutions to meet hospital and community care needs within the East of England.

The post involves system design, architecture, and development using MS SQL and C# ASP.NET 8+. The successful candidate will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team and operate within NHS processes, promoting fair recruitment and flexible working

Qualifications

• Expertise and proven track record in system design and application architecture.
• Technical knowledge of MS SQL relational databases and database design.
• Proven experience using Visual Studio to write software code and deliver robust applications.
• Proven experience with C# ASP.NET versions 8 and above.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement software solutions to meet business requirements and support strategic objectives.
• Ensure projects deliver expected outcomes within quality, time and cost constraints.
• Establish productive relationships across teams to enable successful delivery of software solutions.
• Provide support and ongoing development for the suite of applications delivered by the development team.

Skills

System design

Application architecture

Programming languages

MS SQL

Visual Studio

C# ASP.NET 8+

Job description

Employer East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust (Cambridgeshire) Employer type NHS Site The Meadows Town St Ives Salary £49,387 - £56,515 per annum, pro-rata Salary period Yearly Closing 20/10/2026 23:59 Interview date 02/11/2026

Senior Software Developer

Band 7

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust delivers expert healthcare in people’s homes, community hospitals and local settings across the East of England.

Our nurses, therapists, clinicians, support teams and partners work together to provide coordinated care that supports independence, recovery and wellbeing. We believe people are best cared for close to home, in the communities where they live and belong.

By combining professional expertise with strong local relationships, we help people stay well, feel supported and access the right care at the right time. Expert healthcare, close to home, trusted by our communities.

Different ideas, experiences and backgrounds make us stronger and more creative and applications from all walks of life are welcomed. Our processes ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust is committed to creating a modern and inclusive work environment. We actively promote flexible working opportunities where possible to meet the needs and wishes of our workforce and maintain and improve their wellbeing. We also offer flexible working patterns and we would encourage you to discuss this with the recruiting manager before or during the application process if this would interest you.

We welcome applications from people who share our values and can help us deliver outstanding care in our local community.

Before applying for this vacancy, please make sure you’re familiar with ongoing GOV.uk sponsorship eligibility criteria which will impact the organisations ability to provide sponsorship, whether this is currently or in the future.

Please note, our selection processes are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right values and skills. Please be advised that the use of AI in applications is monitored. We remain watchful of candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills.

Please note all new starters will be subject to a 6 month probationary period.

Job overview

Working as part of the Software Development team the post holder will be a software development specialist, with experience of developing and implementing technical software solutions to meet business requirements and support the organisation in the achievement of its strategic objectives. The software development team develop bespoke applications to support EEC where no ‘off the shelf’ solutions exist.

The post holder will ensure that projects produce the required deliverables within the defined quality, time and cost constraints and facilitate full realisation of benefits defined in the associated business cases which they may help develop. This will be achieved by adherence to relevant software development methodology and best practice within the profession.

The post holder will establish productive working relationships with colleagues within the organisation at all to facilitate the successful delivery of software solutions. The Senior Software Developer will be proficient with modern software development methodologies. They will also be proficient with version control.

In addition to software development the post holder is also expected to provide support for changes and development for the suite of applications delivered by the development team as and when appropriate.

Please note; Interviews will be Face-2-Face.

"(Should we receive a high number of applications we reserve the right to close this vacancy at any point after 09/10/2026)"

Main duties of the job

Expertise and a proven track record in system design, application architecture, programming, procedural, declarative or structured querying programming language.

Technical knowledge of MS SQL relational databases, database design and the Structured Query Language.

Proven experience using Visual Studio to write software code and produce elegant, robust and maintainable software applications.

Proven experience using current C# ASP.NET versions 8 and above

A command of the principles of good software