Software Engineer - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom - The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

4 days ago

Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Advanced Software Developer (Band 7) to join the award winning Bespoke Development team at Newcastle Hospitals.

A Software Developer (Band 6) would also be considered and can progress to a Band 7 once they complete competencies over a 12 month period.

The Bespoke Development team design enterprise level, cutting edge software applications used by one of the largest NHS trusts in the country.

As an Advanced Software Developer you will be responsible for leading the delivery of high quality software products used to support clinical decision making and support the Trust business.

~ You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Lead the development of bespoke software applications used to support the Trust's clinical systems and to integrate different IT systems used within the Trust. To provide technical expertise to inform the directorate on current IT solutions.

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 16,000 staff and an annual income of 1 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country.

This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 2 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

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, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Job Purpose Band 7

The post holder will support the IT Development Manager and:

Provide specialist advice across a range of IM& T areas including software design, Maintenance and information governance.

Investigate specialist and complex issues to determine the cause of software problems, arrive at solution and implement appropriate actions to correct.

Responsible for strategic planning of specific software development projects
Design, develop and adapt complex software.

To assist in the planning of the development programme plan via timely production and maintenance of individual development project plans.

Cover for the IT Development Manager in absence.
Responsible for coaching and guiding non-senior members of the IT Development team.
Work with the IT Development Manager to improve processes and procedures internally within the department.
Participate in design and discovery sessions for enterprise solutions and complex projects.
Monitor quality of systems and processes to identify areas of improvement. Capable of providing project management and can serve as an IT lead for new and existing solutions design.
Ensure that assigned projects are completed to time and budget constraints.

To provide application software that protects the data of patients, staff and the Trust in line with the legal requirements of British and European Law and in line with NHS and Department of Health Policy.

To ensure that all bespoke application development is carried out in a safe and professional manner, tested and with all documentation (including software code, test plans and data, training and system manuals, planning) of sufficient quality and detail to allow for on-going support and redevelopment of the application.

To ensure that all code produced complies with departmental coding standards, policies and procedures.

The post holder will assist the IT Development Manager in the development of Policy in relation to Legislation, NHS Guidelines and the Department of Health which is fundamental to the securing of Trust data assets relating not only to patient care but to staff and the Trust itself.

Take a primary role in the education and training of key staff in the care and use of Trust bespoke applications.

Provide a software support service to identify and rectify software bugs and faults logged on the IT Service desk (for supported in-house developed applications or as specified by the manager).

Is responsible for managing and monitoring connectivity and investigation of issues with Cerner Millennium interfaces.
Perform other duties and undertake special projects as requested by the IT Development Manager.
Formally document, present and organise necessary design documentation for a complex IT architecture.
Produce Technical documentation for IT support personnel.
Job Purpose Band 6

This challenging post will require the post holder, under limited direction, to analyse business requirements, create technical design documents, develop code test and provide on-going application support.

The post holder will be an integral member of the team responsible in providing services to meet the Trusts IT and business requirements.

The post holder will support the Applications and Development Manager with the following activities: Ensures specialist or complex IM& T information is processed in accordance with policies & procedures.

Investigate specialist or complex IM& T issues Provide in-house bespoke software analysis, design, development, testing and software support services to the Trust.

NET applications. NET technology.

Provide a support service to identify and rectify bugs and faults logged on the IT Service desk (for supported in-house developments or as specified by the manager).

Develop or adapt complex software / web pages / information reports Provide support to the Project Management team relating to any third party products / solutions which are brought into the Trust.

Work with the Server / Infrastructure team to ensure that all applications / servers are resilient providing maximum availability to the Trust.

Monitor quality and processes to identify areas of improvement.

To assist in the planning of the development programme plan via timely production and maintenance of individual development project plans.

Be responsible for the management of multiple projects. Ensure that assigned projects are completed to time and budget constraints.

To ensure that all bespoke development is carried out in a safe and professional manner, tested and with all documentation (including software code, test plans and data, training and system manuals, planning) of sufficient quality and detail to allow for on-going support and redevelopment.

To ensure that all code produced complies with departmental coding standards, policies and procedures.

Take a primary role in the education and training of key staff in the care and use of Trust bespoke applications.

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.

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.

All criteria for Band 7

A degree or equivalent qualification / experience including courses in computer programming, systems analysis, system development, or systems engineering and have extensive experience as a Software Developer.

NET Core and .NET framework.
Extensive knowledge and skilled in the use of C#.NET programming language.

Knowledge of software architecture and design patterns and good object- oriented programming concepts with practical and advanced experience of MVC/ MVC Core in a .NET environment.

Extensive knowledge and skilled in web development (HTML/HTML5, CSS/CSS3) and web application development using Microsoft .Net technologies
Extensive knowledge and experience of JavaScript and mainstream libraries such as jQuery and Angular js
Considerable experience in the design and development of software solutions

Experience of working with relational databases in particular Microsoft SQL server with extensive experience writing SQL stored procedures, functions & T-SQL.

Extensive experience and knowledge of IIS configuration
Knowledge of coding to OWAP's security recommendations
Experience in using and configuring version control software, ideally Team Foundation Server
Good understanding of system analysis and application development methodologies.
Experience in project management techniques, ideally holding a recognized project management qualification
Experience in software testing and ideally test-driven development.
Experience of working in an AGILE and PRINCE 2 development environment.
Knowledge of the Data Protection Act and Ideally Understanding of Caldicott Guardianship rules.
Serve as a lead resource for dealing with assigned projects, challenging technical or business issues relating to Clinical and nonclinical applications
Experience of realising business benefits derived from project deliverables
Experience of coaching and guiding non senior developers

Knowledge and experience of business analysis with appropriate documentation with the skills to translate these into technical requirements and documentation.

Ability to design, document and deliver application system training to staff at all levels.
Analytical skills including the ability to handle numerical data and statistics.

SharePoint Administration experience.
Experience using project management tools such ideally JIRA
Skilled in DTS/SSIS development.

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