Job summary
Are you an IT professional with a development background and experience or interest in healthcare integration? Do you want to learn something new and take on a challenge? Does improving and supporting patients' healthcare make you happy? If so, join us as an Integration Engineer in our ITCS Technology-Integration Team and help build integrations between specialist systems and EpicThis is a genuinely exciting opportunity to be involved in developing and supporting the integration of clinical systems across the hospitals under GSTT and KCH NHS Foundation Trusts.
The role involves analysing integration messages and technologies, working with ITCS teams, the NHS community, and suppliers (eg, labs, imaging, prescribing) to integrate systems with the Epic EHR via Epic Bridges and InterSystems HealthConnect. You will work on new integration projects and support existing ones across the two Trusts.
You will be a team player, able to work independently, and mentor colleagues from diverse backgrounds. This role involves meeting project deadlines and can be challenging. You must juggle multiple, sometimes conflicting deadlines and maintain strong relationships with the end-user community and programme team. Strong communication skills, including the ability to break down barriers of understanding across teams are essential.We seek motivated individuals eager to learn and enthusiastic about healthcare informatics, ready to engage with ITCS colleagues and share their enthusiasm.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for development, testing,maintenance, deployment and support of the Integration Engine interfaces across the Enterprise as well as supporting Epic Bridges interfaces across both Trusts. The incumbent will manage Interfaces service desk tickets in accordance with trust SLAs and handling of Epic Bridges Error triaging. This involves collaborating with relevant ITCS teams and assisting in clearing Bridges error work queues. The post holder will be responsible for ensuring theinterface documentation is consistently updated.Additionally, the post holder will oversee the impact of interfaces during Epic upgrades in the Trust, controlling the interface delivery life cycle, and communicating any significant changes with the Work stream Leads.
About us
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT) and King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (KCH) are two of London's largest and busiest teaching hospitals, with a long and proud history, international reputations for their speciality services, teaching and research excellence, and a strong profile of local services to local residents in south east London. Together the Trusts have an annual turnover of nearly £3bn and employ around 30,000 staff, with main GSTT sites at St Thomas' Hospital and Guy's Hospital, and main KCH sites at King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, the Princess Royal University Hospital, Bromley and Orpington Hospital. The Trusts are key partners within King's Health Partners AHSC (KHP), and Guy's and St Thomas' merged with the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS FT (RBH) in the Spring of 2021.
The two Trusts share a Chief Digital Information Officer (CDIO) and a vision for digital services that are lean and agile, that maximise the benefits of a shared service operating model, and deliver the digital ambition for both Trusts. This ambition is supported by a forward-looking and strategic approach, and significant investment in a new Electronic Health Record (EHR) which will catalyse a programme of work across both Trusts to transform the way technology and data is used across our services. We will increase the care that can be provided at home, build our focus on wellness and prevention, and engage patients as partners in their care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Development, maintenance and support of InterSystems HealthConnect Trust Integration Engine interfaces Development, maintenance and support of Epic Bridges Interfaces Triaging Epic Bridges errors, assigning to relevant error work queues, prepare error resolution plans Assisting Epic/Application teams with the resolution of errors Triaging and addressing Service Desk Interface related tickets, ensuring timely resolutionwithin the defined SLA Monitoring the TIE error alerts and resolving, escalating issues Making sure that the Interface design documents are up to date with any changes, fixes performed Managing the impact on the interfaces when Epic upgrades are conducted Monitoring Integration platform, making sure appropriate resources are available and the High availability is maintained Ensure compliance to agreed change processes and change control mechanisms To support secure decommissioning of any legacy integration environments, data disposal, messaging retirement or transfers To work on the new Integration projects as assigned by Senior Integration Analysts and the Integration Manager The post-holder would be required to participate in the on-call rota for 24/7 support
For further information please refer to the attached JD and PS.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Development, maintenance and support of InterSystems HealthConnect Trust Integration Engine interfaces Development, maintenance and support of Epic Bridges Interfaces Triaging Epic Bridges errors, assigning to relevant error work queues, prepare error resolution plans Assisting Epic/Application teams with the resolution of errors Triaging and addressing Service Desk Interface related tickets, ensuring timely resolutionwithin the defined SLA Monitoring the TIE error alerts and resolving, escalating issues Making sure that the Interface design documents are up to date with any changes, fixes performed Managing the impact on the interfaces when Epic upgrades are conducted Monitoring Integration platform, making sure appropriate resources are available and the High availability is maintained Ensure compliance to agreed change processes and change control mechanisms To support secure decommissioning of any legacy integration environments, data disposal, messaging retirement or transfers To work on the new Integration projects as assigned by Senior Integration Analysts and the Integration Manager The post-holder would be required to participate in the on-call rota for 24/7 support
For further information please refer to the attached JD and PS.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to a degree level or equivalent or experience
Desirable
- Master's Degree or Equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Significant demonstrable software, Interfaces development experience
- Significant demonstrable experience in HL7 messaging
Desirable
- Experience within the NHS
- Epic Bridges or InterSystems HealthConnect experience
Skills
Essential
- HL7 Interface development skills using technologies like .Net, Java, ObjectScript etc.
Desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to a degree level or equivalent or experience
Desirable
- Master's Degree or Equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Significant demonstrable software, Interfaces development experience
- Significant demonstrable experience in HL7 messaging
Desirable
- Experience within the NHS
- Epic Bridges or InterSystems HealthConnect experience
Skills
Essential
- HL7 Interface development skills using technologies like .Net, Java, ObjectScript etc.
Desirable
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
