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The closing date is 17 July 2025

We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated individual to join our Digital Team. This role is part of a Team who are responsible supporting and delivering integration for clinical applications and projects.

We are looking for individuals with excellent technical and communication skills. The post holder is responsible for designing, developing and maintaining the patient data interfaces (mostly HL7) between the Trust's main clinical systems (iCLIP Pro) and various clinical systems inside and outside the Trust.

The post holder will ensure the day-to-day running and the correct operation of the interfaces contained in the Trust integration engines. It is essential that the post holder has Mirth skills and experience

Please note: Previous applicants need not apply

Design, develop and maintain data transfer interfaces within the Trust's integration engines using data formats such as HL7, FHIR, XML, and communication protocols such as REST, SOAP, M(L)LP

Design and plan new interfaces as required, to include quality assurance, unit testing, integration testing, regression testing and signoff

Co-ordinate the design, creation and maintenance of mapping tables used by the integration engines to translate data between systems. This will involve working closely with the system application managers and other technical staff.

Help to ensure the interfaces and their management are supportive all governance and security policies and procedures.

To monitor the day-to-day running and usage of data interfaces and integration engines

Discuss, design, develop, document and maintain programs, views or mechanisms to monitor various interfaces in the Trust's integration engines and ensure the smooth running of the interfaces

To deal with any issues arising and notifying any users of planned or unplanned downtime. This would generally involve liaison with the ICT department

Produce a post-mortem on the occurrence of any unplanned downtime

To be available for on-call duties (involving the possibility of call outs) if required

To provide support for any issues arising from planned or unplanned down time

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.

We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surreyand NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.

The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and issupported by over 500 volunteers.

Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.

The recruiting team reserve the right to close this advertisement early once applications reach maximum limit.

• Degree or equivalent level of experience involving computer science/programme modules
• SQL for query and management
• Qualification or completed training in using Mirth.
• Application troubleshooting level of understanding on Linux

• Previous work experience developing interfaces using Mirth.
• Development against HL7v2, v3 and FHIR.
• Database creation and effective use with MS SQL
• Significant experience in the health sector (ideally NHS).
• SQL administration.
• Experience in using a Mirth integration engine and developing HL7 interfaces with EPR providers.

• Excellent understanding of the HL7 messaging structure, the different HL7 versions, awareness that some systems deviate from the 'standard'.
• SQL database skills for data handling and service management.
• Operating system knowledge for Windows and Linus for the purposes of issue trouble shooting and basic system monitoring.
• Knowledge about EPRs
• Understanding of SOA, microservices and API benefits and challenges.
• Excellent skills in Mirth interface development

• Excellent communication skills and ability to liaise with others outside immediate team
• Excellent problem solving, bug fixing, and analytical skills
• Ability to work on own initiative

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

£51,883 to £58,544 a yearPro-rata, per annum inc HCAS (Outer London)