As our Principal Software Engineer, you will take a senior leadership role within the Digital Services Directorate, responsible for architecting, developing, integrating, and supporting the digital systems critical to our EPR rollout and wider organisational strategy.
Overview
In this role, you will:
- Lead and mentor a team of highly skilled developers and integration specialists.
- Oversee development of high‑quality, resilient, secure software and data integrations supporting clinical safety and operational efficiency.
- Act as technical authority across backend systems, interfaces, data architecture and code quality, providing expert leadership to development teams.
- Work with clinical and non‑clinical colleagues to ensure EPR data is accurate, validated, trusted and available for real‑time and strategic clinical needs.
- Champion Agile methodologies, serving as Scrum Master and driving continuous improvement.
- Drive interface development using HL7, FHIR, RESTful APIs, SOAP and modern standards across multiple Trust systems.
- Advise senior management, digital leaders and clinical stakeholders on technical strategy, data usage, integration approaches and system enhancements.
- Shape the Group’s approach to clinical system integration, resilience and integration standards; your work will support safer, faster and more informed patient care for thousands of users.
Responsibilities
Extensive software development experience, including:
- Intersystems Cach ObjectScript, SQL (SSIS/SSRS), REST APIs, ReactJS, JavaScript, HTML, CSS.
- Strong knowledge of interoperability standards (HL7, FHIR) and experience integrating complex clinical systems.
- Extensive experience with Integration Engines.
- Senior management experience within the NHS or similarly complex environments.
- Expertise in database design, server/platform configuration, DevOps/CI tooling, cybersecurity considerations and disaster recovery planning.
- Significant experience leading multi‑skilled development teams using Agile Scrum.
- Proven ability to design, test, deploy and maintain technically resilient software in safety‑critical settings.
Desirable Experience
- Experience working directly with NHS clinical systems or previous EPR experience.
- Knowledge of clinical workflows and NHS operational structures.
- DevOps certifications or advanced testing/system planning experience.
- Experience with Microsoft Server, enterprise storage, virtualisation and DevOps technologies.
- Certified Scrum Professional or other Agile/Scrum certifications.
About the Humber Health Partnership
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, serving more than one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3billion. The Partnership comprises Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH). We employ nearly 20,000 staff across five main hospital sites and are committed to delivering world‑class services for the 1.65million people we serve.
We believe in developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce to deliver excellent care for our patients and a great future for our employees, Partnership and community.
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