HL7 Specialist

Stelfox Tech Recruitment; Dublin; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Stelfox Tech Recruitment seeks an Interoperability Specialist with HL7 v2 and FHIR expertise to design and implement data exchange across healthcare IT systems. You will work on API-led integration, secure interfaces, and cloud-based health data solutions, collaborating with clinical, vendor, security and IT teams.

The role requires hands-on HL7/FHIR experience, strong SQL, and programming skills to build tools, automate tasks, and support complex interoperability projects across on-premises and

Qualifications

• Hands-on HL7 v2 and FHIR-based integration.
• Strong SQL capability including data profiling and troubleshooting.
• Experience designing, consuming, or exposing REST APIs.
• Knowledge of healthcare data moves across systems and cloud platforms.
• Familiarity with JSON/XML data mapping and interface testing.
• Experience with InterSystems Health Connect Cloud or similar healthcare integration platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and support healthcare data exchange acrossIT systems.
• Collaborate with clinical, operational, vendor, architecture, security and IT teams to ensure secure data movement.
• Deliver reliable interfaces using API-led integration and HL7/FHIR interoperability.
• Investigate complex integration issues across applications, databases, APIs, and middleware.
• Document interface specifications, mappings, test evidence, and runbooks.

Skills

HL7 v2

FHIR interoperability

REST APIs

SQL

JSON/XML

API design

DevOps practices

Education

Degree in CS/Info Systems/Health Informatics

HL7/FHIR certifications

InterSystems technologies certifications

Cloud platforms certifications

Healthcare IT interoperability experience

Hands-on HL7 v2 and FHIR integration

Tools

InterSystems Health Connect Cloud

InterSystems Health Connect/HealthShare/Ensemble/IRIS for Health

Job description

Interoperability Specialist - HL7 experience is essential

Overview:

We are seeking an Interoperability Specialist to design, build, support, and enhance healthcare data exchange across our client's IT organisation. The role focuses on API-led integration, HL7 and FHIR interoperability, and the delivery of secure, reliable interfaces using InterSystems Health Connect Cloud.

This is a hands-on technical role requiring strong healthcare integration expertise, advanced SQL skills, and programming experience.

The successful candidate will collaborate with clinical, operational, vendor, architecture, security, and IT teams to ensure healthcare data moves accurately, securely, and efficiently between internal systems, cloud platforms, and external partners.

Education:

• Degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Information Systems, Health Informatics, Software Engineering, Data Engineering, or a related discipline
• Relevant certifications in HL7/FHIR, InterSystems technologies, cloud platforms, software development, date, or health informatics.
• Strong experience in healthcare IT integration or interoperability roles.
• Hands-on experience with HL7 v2 and FHIR-based integration.
• Practical experience designing, consuming, or exposing APIs, especially REST APIs.
• Experience with InterSystems Health Connect, HealthShare, Ensemble, IRIS for Health, or preferably InterSystems Health Connect Cloud.
• Strong SQL capability, including querying, joins, data profiling, troubleshooting, reconciliation, and performance-aware data analysis.
• Programming or scripting experience in at least one modern language, with the ability to build tools, automate tasks, and solve technical integration problems.
• Strong understanding of healthcare workflows and clinical/administrative data flows.
• Experience with JSON, XML, message transformation, data mapping, validation, and interface testing.
• Ability to investigate complex integration issues across applications, databases, APIs, middleware, and external systems.
• Strong documentation skills, including interface specifications, mapping documents, test evidence, and support runbooks.
• Ability to work effectively with technical teams, clinical stakeholders, vendors, and governance groups.

Key Technologies

• APIs, including RESTful APIs and API integration patterns
• HL7 v2 messaging
• FHIR resources, profiles, bundles, operations, and implementation guides
• InterSystems Health Connect Cloud
• SQL and relational databases
• Direct experience with InterSystems Health Connect Cloud.
• Experience with InterSystems ObjectScript, productions, business services, business processes, business operations, DTLs, and message tracing.
• Experience with FHIR servers, terminology services, implementation guides, SMART on FHIR, OAuth2/OIDC, or API gateways.
• Knowledge of healthcare coding and terminology standards such as SNOMED CT, LOINC, ICD, dm+d, or local equivalents.
• Experience with cloud-hosted integration platforms and modern DevOps practices.
• Familiarity with CI/CD, source control, automated testing, environment management, and infrastructure-as-code concepts.
• Experience with data privacy, GDPR, cybersecurity, audit, and healthcare information governance.
• Experience supporting national or regional health data exchange programes.