Junior .NET Developer (Healthcare Technology)
Job summary
Role Purpose
Reporting to the Digital Product Lead, we are seeking a passionate and detail-oriented Junior .NET Developer to join our Digital team. In this role, you'll join a team working on green field projects and contribute to building secure, scalable, and user-friendly applications that support healthcare professionals and improve patient outcomes. This is a fantastic opportunity to grow your development skills across the full stack whilst making a meaningful and noticeable impact to Primary Eyecare Services.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities
- Be an active part of an Agile team, assist in the development and maintenance of a C# .NET-based greenfield healthcare application.
- Collaborate with clinical and technical teams to understand and break down healthcare problems into technical solutions.
- Build good engineering habits and write clean, maintainable code following industry and healthcare compliance standards (e.g., GDPR, Data Protection Act, NHS IG).
- Participate in code reviews, demos, testing, and debugging of applications.
- Support integration with electronic health record (EHR) systems and third-party APIs.
- Stay informed about healthcare technology trends and regulatory requirements.
About us
Primary Eyecare Services is the largest not-for-profit provider of NHS primary and community eye care services in England. Established over a decade ago in the North West, we now operate nationally, delivering enhanced community-based eye care through a network of over 3,000 optometry practices.
We work closely with NHS commissioners and Trusts to deliver accessible, high-quality care, supported by teams with expertise in NHS contracting, patient support, referral triage, and telemedicine.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Be an active part of an Agile team,assistin the development and maintenance of a C# .NET-based greenfield healthcare application.
- Collaborate with clinical and technical teams to understand and break down healthcare problems into technical solutions.
- Build good engineering habits and write clean, maintainable code following industry and healthcare compliance standards (e.g., GDPR, Data Protection Act, NHS IG).
- Participate in code reviews, demos, testing, and debugging of applications.
- Support integration with electronic health record (EHR) systems and third-party APIs.
- Stay informed about healthcare technology trends and regulatory requirements.
Person Specification
Person Specification
- Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- Proficiency in C# and the .NET framework (.NET Core or .NET 6+ preferred).
- Understanding of object-oriented programming and software development principles.
- Familiarity with RESTful APIs and web development.
- Familiarity with Git and GitHub.
- Basic knowledge of SQL and relational databases (e.g., Postgres).
- Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset.
- Interest in healthcare and improving patient care through technology.
- Act in ways that support equality and promote diversity.
- Experience working with healthcare data formats or open standards (e.g., HL7, FHIR, openEHR).
- Exposure to front-end technologies (e.g., Blazor, Angular, or React).
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies and DevOps practices.
- Understanding of XUnit for unit testing.
- Knowledge of cloud platforms (especially Microsoft Azure).
- Understanding of data privacy and security in healthcare 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.
Employer details
Employer name
Primary Eyecare Services
Address
Waulk Mill [2.3]
51 Bengal Street
Manchester
Cheshire
M4 6LN
Employer's website
https://primaryeyecare.co.uk/