Integration Specialist (Senior Developer)
Job summary
NHS Band 7: Salary£49,387 - £56,515 per annum
Hours per Week: Full time 37.5
Fixed TermContract: until 31st December 2027
Location: Your base location will be either IWT or PHU, but we support a hybrid approach to working which includes remotely.
Closing Date:21st May 2026 (vacancy may close earlier if sufficient applications received)
Main duties of the job
IWT and PHU Trusts have started a journey to share PHUs in-house developed EPR in readiness for a single EPR across the region. The Systems Integration Specialist will be a key player in the Trusts strategic goal to converge to a single EPR. This will involve working with Product Owners to support new feature requests to assist with feature parity with IWTs current EPR.
About us
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 organisation. 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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Specific Core Functions
- Design, build, test and deploy integration solutions in the trusts integration engine, InterSystems Health Connect. Experience in designing and building in an integration engine is essential, with experience in InterSystems Health Connect desirable.
- Engage with product owners to understand requirements and convert into User Stories as part of the Agile process
- Stay current on new digital technologies, and new healthcare interoperability standards
- Maintain an understanding of Trust-wide applications as well as those applications with which they interface.
- Create/ use case specific implementation guides in accordance with HL7 standards including FHIR
- Maintain interfaces based on user requirement changes, and/or modifications to data formats, or protocols, of either the sending or receiving systems in both on-premise and cloud based architectures
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Bachelor degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience required.
Experience
- Verifiable experience with programming and scripting required.
- Experience in a health care systems environment is required.
- Adequate relevant experience with standard health care formats (HL7, FHIR etc.) to enable the autonomy required in this role.
- Demonstrable understanding of Interface Concepts (both end user and data).
- Database Experience: Ability to Read and Write complex SQL code. Database Experience: Preferred: Microsoft SQL Server.
- Network Experience: Ability to investigate and diagnose connectivity issues using tools such as netstat, etc. Some knowledge of LANs, WANs, VPNs, and load balancing.
- Demonstrable ability to work and communicate effectively with both technical and business audiences.
Knowledge
- Must have proven applied knowledge in a combination of two or more of the following areas: XML, HL7, SOAP, REST, SQL, JSON, HL7/CCDA.
- Must have an extensive knowledge with Healthcare Interface Engines and the core principles, such as the importance of FIFO.
Employer details
Employer name
Isle of Wight NHS Trust
Address
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust Corporate Hub
Block 4000, Lakeside North Harbour
Portsmouth
Hampshire
PO6 3EN
Employer's website
https://www.iow.nhs.uk/