ConsultantFixed Term

Development Consultant (Lead Software Developer)

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Portsmouth

Salary

£57,528 – £64,750

Training post

No

Trust type

Teaching

Posted

2 weeks ago

About the role

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 solutions across the trusts to improve patient outcomes and the experience of delivering care for our patients. Whilst we bridge this digital gap in the short-term, our long-term objective is to share a single EPR across the 4 acute trusts to provide 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 and departmental experts alongside regional digital colleagues to procure and implement a joint EPR over the coming years.

Job Purpose:

Development Consultant (Lead Software Developer)

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

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Act as the lead developer for specified software products, feature developments and the integration of Trust systems, data and medical devices. Act as a technical lead for the delivery of software developments, integration and sharing of data between applications utilising Agile methodologies. Engage fully with stakeholders, Trust staff, and third-party suppliers, where applicable, to ensure services are delivered in a timely fashion and meet the requirements of clinical and corporate Trust staff. Proactively and positively contribute to the achievement of deliverables through individual and team effort. Manage the production of the required deliverables and control risks. Support team members to deliver on their functionally relevant objectives through offering advice, guidance and support as appropriate. Ensure that approved budgets are spent effectively and in accordance with agreed procedures.

Working as a partnership, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this. The single corporate service is delivered across both organisations. You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally. The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and Disability, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

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

Person specification

Essential

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.
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.
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.

Desirable

Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or equivalent.
ISEB Testing Certification.
PRINCE2 Foundation/Practitioner.
Registration or membership of a professional body with IT accreditation (e.g. British Computer Society).
Wider experience within the NHS, particularly in the acute hospital sector.