Development Consultant (Lead Software Developer)

Development Consultant (Lead Software Developer)

NHS Band 8a: Salary £57,528 - £64,750 per annum

Full Time: 37.5 hours per week

Fixed Term Contract: until 31st December 2027

The SCS has embarked on a journey to share digital solutionsacross the trusts to improve patient outcomes and the experience of deliveringcare for our patients.

Whilst we bridge this digital gap in the short-term, ourlong-term objective is to share a single EPR across the 4 acute trusts toprovide a combined vision and strategic goals of:

• Isle of Wight NHS Trust (IWT)
• Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (PHU)
• Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (HHFT)
• University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust (UHS)

The Trusts will work together with their clinical anddepartmental experts alongside regional digital colleagues to procure andimplement a joint EPR over the coming years.

Main duties of the job

Job Purpose:

• Act as the lead developer for specified software products,feature developments and the integration of Trust systems, data and medicaldevices.
• Act as a technical lead for the delivery of softwaredevelopments, integration and sharing of data between applications utilisingAgile methodologies.
• Engage fully with stakeholders, Trust staff, and third-partysuppliers, where applicable, to ensure services are delivered in a timelyfashion and meet the requirements of clinical and corporate Trust staff.
• Proactively and positively contribute to the achievement ofdeliverables through individual and team effort. Manage the production of therequired deliverables and control risks.

Support team members to deliver on their functionallyrelevant objectives through offering advice, guidance and support asappropriate.

Ensure that approved budgets are spent effectively and inaccordance with agreed procedures.

About us

Working as a partnership, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust andPortsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have a shared vision for excellencein care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aimsunderpinning how we will achieve this.

The single corporate service is delivered across bothorganisations. You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals maybe required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managingstaff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide inperson leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront ofeverything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantasticbenefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for thoselong summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimmingpool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality andDisability, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe wecan offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring interms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, genderidentity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veterans' status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.

Job responsibilities

Software Development, Integration and Delivery:

• Provide the lead technical developer and product managerroles for projects requiring software development, integration of systems, dataand medical devices.
• Facilitate the smooth delivery of all projects, enhancementsand operational support provided by the team.
• Work closely with Trust Staff, suppliers and other ITfunctions to identify, define and specify functional and non-functionalrequirements.
• Provide Product management for specific softwareapplications and manage the product(s) backlog.
• Represent the user within 'user stories' at sprint planningsessions and participate in SPRINT retrospectives to identify improvements toprocesses and practices within the team.
• Identify opportunities where internal development would meetthe requirements, alternatively work collaboratively in evaluating externalproducts and solutions and ensuring technological fit to strategy.
• Take a lead role in the delivery of the technical strategyadopted by the organisation. This will involve the specification and deliveryof complex technical development projects.
• Drive consistent standards and approaches throughout theteam. Write clean and healthy structured, well documented code. To buildfuture-proof reusable core code libraries, which can be shared, in-order todrive further efficiencies throughout the team. Deliver code which is welltested and consistently error free. Design and build database schemas withintegrity and scalability with data access layers that are optimised forperformance and security.
• Undertake all aspects of system maintenance and support asrequired, including end user support and training

For further details please refer to enclosed JobDescription.

Person Specification

Experience

• Professional experience of software requirements gathering with at least five years' experience within an enterprise IT environment.
• Well-developed experience of building, managing and developing relationships and working through other teams to achieve objectives and maximised results. Considerable experience of achieving success when working in multi-disciplinary teams.
• Wider experience within the NHS, particularly in the acute hospital sector.

Skills and Knowledge

• Excellent organisational, planning and time - management skills; able to clearly manage priorities for self and team to meet objectives and deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal and explanatory skills in dealing with a wide range of information technology adept users.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; you must be a strong communicator.
• Good presentation and negotiation skills to produce and present formal proposals and gain proposal acceptance.

Qualifications

• Degree level qualification or equivalent in IT or related field.
• Specialist IT qualification covering database and software engineering (e.g., Microsoft certification) .
• ITIL Foundation Certificate.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or equivalent.
• ISEB Testing Certification.
• Registration or membership of a professional body with IT accreditation (e.g. British Computer Society).

Employer name

Isle of Wight NHS Trust

Address

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust Corporate Hub, Block 4000, Lakeside North Harbour

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust Corporate Hub, Block 4000, Lakeside North Harbour

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