Senior Software Developer

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust; St. Ives; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust is seeking a Software Development Specialist to develop and implement technical software solutions that support our strategic objectives. The role focuses on building bespoke applications where off-the-shelf options do not exist.

You will work within the Software Development team, ensure delivery of projects within quality, time and cost constraints, and apply modern development practices.

Qualifications

• Expertise and proven track record in system design and application architecture.
• Experience with MS SQL databases and SQL.
• Proficient with Visual Studio to write robust software.
• Experience with C# ASP.NET (version 8+).
• Knowledge of SOLID and object-oriented design.
• Experience using Git for source control.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement technical software solutions to meet business requirements.
• Ensure projects deliver within defined quality, time and cost constraints.
• Adhere to software development methodologies and best practices.
• Build productive working relationships across the organisation to ensure delivery.
• Provide ongoing support and changes to the suite of applications.

Skills

C#

ASP.NET

SQL

Visual Studio

Git

OO design

SOLID principles

Tools

Visual Studio

Git

MS SQL

Job description

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., If you receive a suspicious job offer or recruitment-related communication, do not make any payments, share personal information, or provide identity documents. We encourage you to report the matter to your local police or relevant law enforcement agency. Any concerns relating to potential recruitment fraud should also be reported to our Local Counter Fraud Specialist (LCFS) as soon as possible.

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 design using the principles of SOLID and object-oriented programming.

Practical experience using source control systems (i.e. Git).

Rated 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.

There's one reason why our services are outstanding - and that's our amazing staff who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.