Operating Systems Engineer (Interfaces)

Freeman Hospital

Carthage (MO)

On-site

USD 43,000 - 54,000

Full time

26 hours ago

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Job summary

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust seeks an Operating Systems Engineer (Interfaces) to join the award-winning Development Team. You will maintain and enhance enterprise interfaces and software used across the Trust, collaborating with development, service delivery and clinical teams.

The role requires strong problem-solving, communication skills, and the ability to balance project work with operational support. On-call duties for 24/7 integration support are included.

Qualifications

Degree in system integration or related field with practical interfacing experience.
Experience in interface development and support: HL7, FHIR, XML, JSON; JavaScript.
Strong communication and ability to work with diverse teams.
Desirable: MIRTH Connect certified.

Responsibilities

Maintain, develop, test, deploy and support interfaces and related software.
Provide 24/7 integration support as part of on-call rota.
Investigate issues and propose improvements to ensure reliability and security.

Skills

Interface development

HL7/FHIR

JavaScript

Interface testing

Troubleshooting

Communication

Project management

Education

Degree in system integration

MIRTH Connect certified

Tools

MIRTH appliance

Linux

Cerner Millennium

Job description

Qualifications & Education

Essential criteria

Employer heading

Operating Systems Engineer (Interfaces)

Band 6

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion.

With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, we’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country.

As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under-represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Job Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Operating Systems Engineer to join the award-winning Development Team at Newcastle Hospitals.

The team designs, develops and supports enterprise-level software applications used across one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country. These systems support clinical decision-making, operational processes and the wider business needs of the Trust.

This challenging post will require the post holder to maintain internally developed interfaces and purchased interface software packages, to determine and resolve problems occurring in interfaces and act as a technical liaison to users/vendors.

The post holder will be required to assume responsibility as part of an on-call rota to provide 24/7 integration support.

Interview Date Tuesday 13 October 2026
37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will join the Digital and Technology Services Interface Development team, supporting the delivery of agreed Trust digital projects while helping to maintain safe and reliable live services.

The role will involve developing, testing, deploying and supporting software used across the Trust, working closely with colleagues in development, application support, service delivery and clinical/business teams.

The post holder will need strong technical problem-solving skills, good communication, and the ability to balance project work with operational support. They will be expected to investigate issues, contribute to improvements, support system changes, and help ensure that services remain resilient, secure and fit for purpose.

Working for our organisation

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
Freeman Hospital
Newcastle Dental Hospital
Cramlington Manor Walks
Urgent treatment centres
Newcastle Fertility Centre
Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
Northern Genetics Service

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under "Documents to download" or "Supporting documents".

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

The post holder will support the Development Manager and:

Recognise subtle problems with interface design or performance and act appropriately to improve the condition, seeking validation of actions in advance as appropriate.
Intuitively grasp familiar, stable interface performance situations.
Respond to unfamiliar, undefined, unexpected, or unstable situations with the professionally prescribed standard response.
Coach less experienced IT professionals.
Perform other duties and undertake special projects as requested by the IT Manager.

Whilst Newcastle Hospitals are a forward thinking and highly innovative organisation, the use of Third-Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity of your individual application or to the recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.

Person specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential criteria

Possess a degree including courses in system integration or systems analysis OR has acquired core interfacing skills and knowledge via extensive practical experience

Desirable criteria

MIRTH Connect certified

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria

Have experience of interface development and support: o Interfacing frameworks such as HL7, FHIR, XML, JSON, etc. o JavaScript development. o Interface design and documentation. o Interface testing. o Troubleshooting of errors and issue resolution

Desirable criteria

Have experience of interface development and support: o Interfacing frameworks such as HL7, FHIR, XML, JSON, etc. o JavaScript development. o Interface design and documentation. o Interface testing. o Troubleshooting of errors and issue resolution
Experience with MIRTH appliance administration
Experience of using Linux
Experience of Cerner Millennium

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

Have the ability to converse fluently, logically and confidently with a wide range of levels of staff
Have effective organisational and coordination skills, combined with ability to work to deadlines under pressure
Have analytical skills including the ability to handle numerical data and statistics
Have experience in project management techniques, ideally holding a recognised project management qualification

Desirable criteria

Have experience in project management techniques

Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form

All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.

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