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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.\n This post is only open for applications for internal applicants for Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust and Isle of Wight NHS Trust\nNHS Band 8A: Salary £57,528 - £64,750 per annum\nFull Time: 37.5 hours per week\nFixed Term Contract: 23 months\nLocation: Your base location will either be Isle of Wight NHS Trust offices (postcode: PO30 5TG) or Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust offices (postcode: PO6 3EN),\nRemote working: Up to 2 days a week.\nThe SCS has embarked on a journey to share digital solutions across the trusts to improve patient outcomes and the experience of delivering care for our patients.\nWhilst we bridge this digital gap in the short term, our long term objective is to share a single EPR across the 4 acute trusts to provide a combined vision and strategic goals of:\nIsle of Wight NHS Trust (IWT)\nPortsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (PHU)\nHampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (HHFT)\nUniversity Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust (UHS)\nThe Trusts will work together with their clinical and departmental experts alongside regional digital colleagues to procure and implement a joint EPR over the coming years .\nJob purpose\nAct as the lead developer for specified software products, feature developments and the integration of Trust systems, data and medical devices. Technical lead for the delivery of software developments, integration and sharing of data between applications utilising Agile methodologies.\nJob summary\nSubject Matter Expert across a range of in-house technical solutions\nLead the delivery of software solutions, from requirements right through to implementation\nSupport/mentor junior developers \nDesign, build, test and deploy new features for in-house applications to align with IWT’s requirements (C# and .NET)\nRisk assess the change impact, and manage changes through ITIL Change Management processes\nEngage with product owners to understand requirements and convert into User Stories as part of the Agile process\nStay current on new digital technologies and maintain an understanding of Trust-wide applications \nExperience with Healthcare Integration is desirable. \nFor further details please refer to enclosed Job Description.\nTechnology stack\nIn-house applicationsC#\nMS SQL\n.NET Core\nASP.NET MVC 5\nReact\nASP.NET Web Forms\nGit\nAzure DevOps\n\nIntegration engine (desirable)InterSystems Health Connect\nObjectScript\n\nApplicants must have experience in either application development or integration development (both is desirable)\n Essential\nDegree level qualification or 5+ years’ experience working with either software development or integration experience, with experience of a lead developer role\nEvidence of continuing professional development\n The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and Disability, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.\nWe welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.\nFor more information, please see our People and OD Strategy 2026\nSmoke Free Policy:\nAll of our hospitals operate a strict no smoking policy. Smoking cigarettes or tobacco products is not allowed on any of the grounds or in any of the buildings run by us. 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