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Integration Developer

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Job summary

The Integration Developer at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust plays a vital role in the design, development, implementation and maintenance of secure, standards-compliant interfaces between clinical, operational and third-party systems. Primarily using the Trust's Rhapsody Integration Engine, you'll ensure efficient, reliable data exchange to support patient-centred care delivery.

Northumbria is highly digitally focused and committed to investing in our people. We offer generous holiday entitlement, access to additional training and a range of staff perks, including salary-sacrifice vehicle leasing and home-electronics schemes.

Main duties of the job

  • Interface Development & Maintenance: Design, develop, test (unit, integration, regression), and optimise HL7, FHIR, XML and REST/SOAP/MLLP interfaces; implement performance tuning and troubleshooting of integration flows.

  • Mapping & Data Standards: Create and maintain mapping tables in collaboration with the Data Platform team to ensure adherence to data standards.

  • Architecture & Documentation: Support the definition of integration architecture; produce detailed technical designs, SOPs, and post-mortems for unplanned downtime; update documentation to minimise recurrence.

  • Operational Support & Monitoring: Monitor day-to-day interface performance; provide on-call support and coordinate with the Digital Service Desk for planned or unplanned changes.

  • Stakeholder Engagement: Liaise with clinical users, suppliers, and technical teams to gather requirements, manage scope, negotiate priorities, and report on project status.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.

Job description

Job responsibilities

  • Technical Expertise:

    • Advanced experience with Rhapsody Integration Engine (filters, translators, communication points).

    • In-depth knowledge of HL7 v2.x, FHIR, and NHS messaging frameworks; scripting with JavaScript, XPath, and transformation logic.

    • Proficiency in any one of SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle for data querying/auditing.

    • Experience with RESTful APIs (JSON/XML) and web services integration.

  • Methodologies: Experience in Agile/DevOps environments, version control, and interface lifecycle management.

  • Communication & Analysis: Excellent verbal and written skills for translating complex technical issues to non-technical stakeholders; ability to perform root-cause analysis and statistical/technical problem solving

  • Act as the technical contact for integration activities, influencing long-term strategies in collaboration with Senior Developers.

  • Represents the Integration workstream in multi-stakeholder forums and contributes to policy/service development across the Trust

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential
  • Degree or equivalent level of experience involving computer science/programme modules covering at least some of the following: JavaScript or other object oriented programming language (e.g. Java, C#); SQL for query and management; Network communication for the purposes of trouble shooting
Desirable
  • Qualification or completed training in using Rhapsody
  • NHS-specific training or IG certification (e.g., DSPT awareness)

Experience

Essential
  • Previous work experience developing interfaces using Rhapsody
  • Excellent understanding of the HL7 messaging structure, the different HL7 versions, awareness that some systems deviate from the 'standard'
  • Use of JavaScript with objects and applications outside of web presentation layers
  • Experience working with Database technologies, such as SQL
  • Experience working with RESTful APIs
  • Experience working with FHIR
Desirable
  • Previous experience of designing integrations that are idempotent and robust
  • Awareness of GDPR, IG (Information Governance), and data security protocols in healthcare
  • Experience integrating with a range of healthcare systems (e.g., PAS, EPR, pathology, radiology, scheduling systems) across acute or community settings.
  • Deploying an integration Engine in a cloud environment and making use of PaaS services to support the Integration Engine
  • Familiarity with NHS Digital standards and data dictionaries
  • Experience working in agile development environments

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub

Avenue Rd

Seaton Delaval

NE25 0QJ


Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/

Company
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Seaton Delaval, United Kingdom NE25 0QJ
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£38682.00 - £46580.00 a year
Posted
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Company
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Seaton Delaval, United Kingdom NE25 0QJ
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£38682.00 - £46580.00 a year
Posted