Employer: University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Royal Stoke
Town: Stoke on Trent
Salary: £62,215 - £72,293 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 06/03/2025 23:59
Software Development and Integration Manager
Band 8b
Job overview
Band 8B Software Development and Integration Manager
The Software Development and Integration manager will be responsible for the development and delivery of internally developed systems, integration and database structures to support internally developed and managed operational business and/or clinical systems.
The role will support the development of systems to enable efficient digital systems to record electronic data across the organisation as well as those used across the wider ICS partner organisations and be responsible for strategic planning across a number of specialised areas within this area of responsibility.
The Software Development and Integration Manager will ensure any upgrades required to or affecting systems managed or integrated within area of responsibility are tested thoroughly. This also includes overseeing the design, planning, configuration testing and implementation phase are documented, robust and accessible to meet the requirements of the service, as well as ensuring robust contingency plan is in place for continuity of internally developed systems.
Main duties of the job
* The role will provide the expertise in software development and integration and regularly review the toolset used across the team, as well as new opportunities to ensure that the functionality of internally developed systems are utilised to maximise the benefits to users and support delivery of trust business objectives.
* To provide leadership in the operational management, implementation, maintenance of software development and integration projects assisting in the provision of continuous and acceptable service to users.
* To lead the team tasks as well as co-ordinate project resource, develop training programmes, recruitment, disciplinary and appraisal processes as required.
* To be the Trust expert in Software Development (including web development, database structures and integration tools) and support the project management and implementation of Trust wide IT systems which are consistent with the Trust’s strategic direction, ensuring that these comply with national guidance, informing the organisation and taking appropriate action to ensure compliance.
* To identify and develop areas across the Trust where internal developed systems or team skills can be utilised to improve business processes and lead to increased efficiency.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by our staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Qualification in Management, Leadership or innovation
* Evidence of continuing professional development, either academic (e.g., MSc) or in an industry standard qualification (e.g., MSCD).
* Relevant first degree or equivalent experience in digital solutions (web/database/integration)
Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience
* Designing and implementing complex solution architecture
* Deploying, configuring, and managing software database and integration solutions design and development
* Diagnosing and resolving software solutions, performing root cause analysis, and implementing corrective actions to minimize downtime and ensure system stability
* Comprehensive documentation of applications including design, deployment and testing
* Team Leadership and Mentoring: Providing technical guidance and mentorship to Network/Telephony engineers and support to software, database and integration developers
* Experience of being responsible for financial or physical assets.
* Experience of clinical practices and working within specialist environments
Personal Qualities
* Positive mindset in respect of supporting organisational change; learning, and continuous improvement.
* Effective interpersonal and intrapersonal skills including high degree of self-awareness and self-regulation.
* Takes responsibility and is accountable for delivering to their agree objectives.
* Consistently professional, collaborative, and compassionate in their approach.
* Works with patients and people at the fore – operates to a customer service ethos.
* Acts to support and enable effective teamwork.
* Delivers work of consistent and predictable high quality.
* There is a frequent requirement for prolonged concentration when facilitating.
* Emotional effort: the post holder will at times be exposed to distressing and emotional circumstances.
* Ability to travel to and work across multiple sites.
Important information about your application
* All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
* References - please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.
* We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
* Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies.
* New recruits are required to pay for their Disclosure and Barring Service check (and admin fee) prior to starting if the role requires a DBS check.
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University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) has been awarded the Gold Award for proudly supporting those who serve. We actively encourage applications from the Armed Forces community.
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If you would like support completing an application form, please contact the recruitment department on 01782 675533 where one of our trained assistants will be able to help.
At UHNM we are fortunate to receive a high volume of applications for many of our roles, on this occasion we would reserve the right to close any advert early, therefore please apply without delay!
If you obtained your qualifications overseas, you will be required to provide an official government translation through ECCTIS (formerly known as NARIC). Please note, this is in addition to any professional registration requirements and not a replacement for your qualifications.
If you are currently in the UK on a visa, you must have at least six months remaining on your visa at the time of application to ensure sufficient time for the recruitment and training process associated with the role. The requirement of at least six months remaining on your visa does not apply to a Skilled Worker Visa, as a new Skilled Worker Visa would be required for a new role.
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