Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism and community based services for the populations we serve.
As an integrated mental health, learning disability and community Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including:
1. Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, forensic services including low and medium secure care.
2. Specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
3. Community physical health and well-being services for children and adults.
The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,000 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health and general nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers.
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust supports flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, home/remote working, and flexi-time.
Please note that further communication from Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCft) will normally be to the email address given on the application form. You should also ensure that email addresses and telephone numbers are provided for your referees, to enable LSCft to contact them.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Digital Services Department for an enthusiastic, self-motivated individual for the post of Junior Developer within the technical systems development team.
The post holder will be a key contributor to the success of the Technical Systems Development Team in providing high-quality development and system support skills focussed on developing and supporting system integration solutions. The team play a critical role in ensuring patients are supported through innovation, with a number of developments having received national recognition.
Main duties of the job
The role will enable the post holder to learn new skills and to personally develop, with the support of experienced integration developers. The role will contribute to the design, implementation, testing, maintenance and future development of technical solutions, working with both internal and external systems. The post holder will provide technical support, as well as develop and support solutions on the Trust's platforms.
The individual will need good communication and organisational skills, and have the ability to work on your own initiative, with some guidance.
The post holder will be able to work remotely with the occasional visit to site required.
Working for our organisation
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Educated to degree or equivalent standard.
Knowledge
* Understanding of the software development lifecycle
* Basic understanding of HL7 messaging
* Experience of writing SQL queries to retrieve, update and insert data.
* Understanding of relational databases.
Experience
* Previous experience of working within an NHS information management environment
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Please be aware, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) when submitting an application is monitored and if you have used AI to generate an application, you are required to declare this on your application form. Failure to do so, may result in your application being withdrawn.
We want to highlight the importance of integrity and authenticity in your application form, and ask you to use AI tools responsibly to ensure your application form is a true reflection of your skills, knowledge and experiences.
Please ensure that you read the person specification attached below as your application will be measured against this document.
Applications from job share partners are welcome and other forms of flexible working will be considered for all posts.
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