Band 7 Senior Integration Programmer

Job summary

Build the connections that keep healthcare moving

Do you want to use your development and integration skills in a role where your work has a direct impact on patient care, staff experience and the safe running of hospital services?

At University Hospitals Birmingham, our Integration Team develops and supports the digital connections that allow clinical and corporate systems to share information safely, reliably and effectively. These integrations help ensure that the right information is available to the right people, supporting better decisions, smoother services and reduced risk across the Trust.

We are looking for a Senior Integration Programmer to join our specialist IT Services team. You will work with technologies including Rhapsody, HL7, FHIR, XML, JSON and REST services, taking a leading role in designing, developing, testing and improving integration solutions.

This is an opportunity to join a skilled and supportive team where your expertise will be valued. You will help shape best practice, mentor colleagues, improve how we work and contribute to digital services that support one of the UK's largest NHS Trusts.

Previous applicants need not apply.

Main duties of the jobAs a Senior Integration Programmer, you will:
* Design, develop, test and support integrations that enable secure exchange of information across clinical and corporate systems.
* Create integration solutions using Rhapsody, HL7, FHIR, REST services, XML and JSON.
* Lead technical delivery on integration projects, ensuring solutions are robust, reliable and meet best practice.
* Investigate, troubleshoot and resolve issues, helping maintain high service availability.
* Create and execute test plans, support releases and contribute to continuous improvement.
* Work closely with stakeholders, translating requirements into effective solutions.
* Provide technical leadership, peer review and mentor team members to support development.
* Contribute to development of standards, processes and documentation to improve quality and consistency.

We are looking for someone with:
* Strong development and integration skills, including JavaScript, SQL and XML/JSON.
* Excellent analysis and problem-solving ability.
* The ability to manage priorities, work independently and meet deadlines.
* Strong communication skills and ability to explain concepts to a range of audiences.
* A proactive, creative and shared approach, with a commitment to learn and improve.
* Experience with integration standards would be advantageous.

This is an opportunity to play a role in delivering solutions that support patient care across one of the UK's largest NHS Trusts.

About us University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people.

As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Details Date posted
21 August 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

BandBand 7

Salary
49,387 to 56,515 a year

Contract Permanent Working  pattern

Full-time,

Flexible working

Reference number-3

Job locations

Yardley Court
11-13 Frederick Road, Edgbaston Birmingham West  MidlandsB
15 1JD
United Kingdom Job description

Job responsibilities

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Job description
Job responsibilities

Please note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential
* BTEC National or Higher or 3 A levels
* Relevant IT or other science degree or degree level experience Desirable
* Rhapsody Certified [Professional /Associate]

Experience

Essential
* Use of Java script, c#, TSQL and XML/JSON
* System Integration and data transfer protocols Desirable
* A good knowledge and understanding of the clinical processes involved in secondary, tertiary and to a lesser extent secondaryxtent primary healthcare environments.
* Software design, development and support environment that involves complex computer systems and that roughly parallels that of clinical IT systems within the NHS.
* Demonstrable experience of working in Source Control software e.g., Microsoft TFS.
* Use of Web Services (SOAP, RESTFul JSON), FHIR HL7
* Experience in message transformation and use of Integration Engine.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential
* BTEC National or Higher or 3 A levels
* Relevant IT or other…