Senior Development Specialist; OneEPR

NHS Band 7: Salary £49,387 - £56,515 per annum

Hours per Week: Full time 37.5

Fixed Term Contract:18 months

Location: Your base location will be either IWT or PHU, but we support a hybrid approach to working which includes remotely.

Closing Date: 2nd August 2026 (vacancy may close earlier if sufficient applications received)

The OneEPR Programme exists to implement a single integrated electronic patient record (EPR) designed to improve patient outcomes and the experience of delivering care for our patients.

The solution is the direct result of the combined vision and strategic goals of:

• Isle of Wight NHS Trust (IWT)
• Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (PHU)
• Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (HHFT)
• University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust (UHS)

The 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.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the technical delivery of complex software development and integration projects.
• Design, develop, test and support enterprise software applications and system integrations.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to juniordevelopers and apprentices.
• Act as a senior technical resource for software development,interoperability and integration requirements.
• Work with stakeholders to understand business requirement sand translate these into technical solutions.
• Contribute to product roadmaps, development standards and technical strategy.
• Promote Agile and Dev Ops methodologies within project delivery.
• Support innovation and continuous improvement initiatives across the Digital Service.

Working as a partnership, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aimsunderpinning how we will achieve this.

The single corporate service is delivered across bothorganisations. You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staffacross multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in personleadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.

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 fantasticbenefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for thoselong summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimmingpool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and Disability, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements.

We believe wecan offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring interms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veterans' status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.

Specific Core Functions

Software Development and Technical Delivery

• Lead the design, development, testing and implementation of software solutions using approved technologies and development frameworks.
• Produce clean, maintainable and secure code in accordance with Trust standards and best practice.
• Design and develop scalable databases, APIs and application services.
• Participate in requirements gathering, technical design and solution specification activities.
• Undertake code reviews and provide technical assurance for solutions developed by team members.
• Lead troubleshooting, root cause analysis and resolution of complex technical issues.
• Ensure appropriate testing, documentation and support arrangements are in place before deployment.

Integration and Interoperability

• Lead the technical implementation and support of integrations between clinical, operational and corporate systems.
• Analyse, design, build, test and deploy applications and integrations on our technology stack:
• In-house applications
• C#
• MS SQL
• React
• Git
• Inter Systems Health Connect
• Object Script
• Applicants must have experience in either application development or integration development (both is desirable)

For full details of this position please refer to enclosed job description.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field or equivalent experience required.

• Database
  
  Experience:
  
  Ability to Read and Write complex SQL code Database
  
  Experience:
  
  Preferred:
  Microsoft SQL Server.
• Verifiable experience with programming and scripting required.
• Experience in a health care systems environment is desirable.
• Demonstrable ability to work and communicate effectively with both technical and business audiences.

• Must have proven applied knowledge in a combination of two or more of the following areas: XML, C#, SOAP, REST, SQL, JSON, HL7/CCDA
• Must have proven applied knowledge in CI/CD pipeline…