Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for two Oracle Cerner Millennium developers to join our successful and established development team based within the IM&T Directorate of Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals Trust.
Key Responsibilities:o Work with the EPR Manager and Product Owners to develop and release solution improvements to eRecordo Lead a team of eRecord analysts in both development and service support taskso Develop eRecord functionality in a structured and methodical manner adhering to best practice and Trust standards
About youWe are looking for an enthusiastic candidate with excellent communication skills and a desire to deliver fast paced change
Key Requirementso Have development experience in Oracle Cerner Millenniumo Have experience of writing system specificationso Have strong interpersonal skillso Understanding of the healthcare sector
Full time 37 hours 30 minutes/week
- Interview Date: 19 December 2023
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
Main duties of the job
As an Oracle Cerner Millennium developer you will lead teams of analysts to enhance the Trust's acute EPR (eRecord). The role will be responsible for the development and implementation of solution improvements across the full suite of Oracle Cerner Millennium applications, along with 2nd and 3rd line service support requests. We have a monthly release process and this post will be an active member of the daily Sprint meetings, to coordinate the in flight work through JIRA. There will also be a requirement to attend meetings with requestors, and to deputise for the Product Owners when required.
The current Oracle Cerner Millennium Applications deployed by the Trust are:PowerChartFirstNetCapacity ManagementSchapptbookPMOfficeAnaesthsiaCritical CareHIMChartcodingSurgiNetReporting Portal
About us
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 18,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- This challenging post will require the post holder, under limited direction, to analyse business requirements, create technical design documents, develop code test and provide on-going application support. The post holder will be an integral member of the team responsible in providing services to meet the Trusts IT and business requirements.
- Support the Clinical Applications Architect
- Line management of eRecord Applications Support Officers
- Ensures specialist or complex IM&T information is processed in accordance with policies & procedures.
- Investigate specialist or complex IM&T issues
- Provide in-house bespoke software analysis, design, development, testing and software support services to the Trust.
- Provide a support service to identify and rectify bugs and faults logged on the IT Service desk (for supported in-house developments or as specified by the manager).
- Develop or adapt complex software / web pages / information reports
- Provide support to the Project Management team relating to any third party products / solutions which are brought into the Trust.
- Work with the Server / Infrastructure team to ensure that all applications / servers are resilient providing maximum availability to the Trust.
- Monitor quality and processes to identify areas of improvement. Work with other members of the department to implement these improvements.
- Regularly research and investigate new technologies and methods that would be of benefit to the department.
- To assist in the planning of the development programme plan via timely production and maintenance of individual development project plans.
- Be responsible for the management of multiple projects.
- Liaise directly with clients in order to gather information.
- Specify, develop and implement bespoke applications to enable the Trust to improve working processes.
- Work to deadlines to achieve agreed objectives using ones own skill and judgement.
- Carry out tasks with minimal supervision to a high standard.
- Ensure that assigned projects are completed to time and budget constraints.
- Research and identify the best methods/solutions to overcome issues be they development or Trust related.
- To ensure that all bespoke development is carried out in a safe and professional manner, tested and with all documentation (including software code, test plans and data, training and system manuals, planning) of sufficient quality and detail to allow for on-going support and redevelopment.
- To ensure that all code produced complies with departmental coding standards, policies and procedures.
- Assist in the development of continuity and disaster recovery plans in the event of loss of service.
- Take a primary role in the education and training of key staff in the care and use of Trust bespoke applications.
- To ensure that all Requests for Change (specifications and requirements) are captured and fully documented.
- Perform other duties and undertake special projects as requested by the manager.
- Work with Trust staff, partners and vendors.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate.The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- This challenging post will require the post holder, under limited direction, to analyse business requirements, create technical design documents, develop code test and provide on-going application support. The post holder will be an integral member of the team responsible in providing services to meet the Trusts IT and business requirements.
- Support the Clinical Applications Architect
- Line management of eRecord Applications Support Officers
- Ensures specialist or complex IM&T information is processed in accordance with policies & procedures.
- Investigate specialist or complex IM&T issues
- Provide in-house bespoke software analysis, design, development, testing and software support services to the Trust.
- Provide a support service to identify and rectify bugs and faults logged on the IT Service desk (for supported in-house developments or as specified by the manager).
- Develop or adapt complex software / web pages / information reports
- Provide support to the Project Management team relating to any third party products / solutions which are brought into the Trust.
- Work with the Server / Infrastructure team to ensure that all applications / servers are resilient providing maximum availability to the Trust.
- Monitor quality and processes to identify areas of improvement. Work with other members of the department to implement these improvements.
- Regularly research and investigate new technologies and methods that would be of benefit to the department.
- To assist in the planning of the development programme plan via timely production and maintenance of individual development project plans.
- Be responsible for the management of multiple projects.
- Liaise directly with clients in order to gather information.
- Specify, develop and implement bespoke applications to enable the Trust to improve working processes.
- Work to deadlines to achieve agreed objectives using ones own skill and judgement.
- Carry out tasks with minimal supervision to a high standard.
- Ensure that assigned projects are completed to time and budget constraints.
- Research and identify the best methods/solutions to overcome issues be they development or Trust related.
- To ensure that all bespoke development is carried out in a safe and professional manner, tested and with all documentation (including software code, test plans and data, training and system manuals, planning) of sufficient quality and detail to allow for on-going support and redevelopment.
- To ensure that all code produced complies with departmental coding standards, policies and procedures.
- Assist in the development of continuity and disaster recovery plans in the event of loss of service.
- Take a primary role in the education and training of key staff in the care and use of Trust bespoke applications.
- To ensure that all Requests for Change (specifications and requirements) are captured and fully documented.
- Perform other duties and undertake special projects as requested by the manager.
- Work with Trust staff, partners and vendors.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate.The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A degree or equivalent qualification / experience including courses in computer programming, systems analysis, system development, or systems engineering or have extensive experience as a Software Developer
Desirable
- Knowledge of PAS systems (McKesson, SystmOne)
- Experience of Microsoft Office applications
- Experience of working within the NHS
Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced technical knowledge and development experience of the Cerner Millennium framework including courses in Core Foundations, Clinical XR and Architecture and Troubleshooting in Millennium
- Knowledge and experience of administering or using a healthcare system, ideally Cerner Millennium
- Experience of working with relational databases
- Understanding of system analysis and application development methodologies
- Knowledge and experience utilising testing methods, tools and producing test documentation
- Have experience in project management techniques, ideally holding a recognised project management qualification
- Experience of working in an AGILE and PRINCE 2 development environment
- Knowledge of the Data Protection Act and Ideally Understanding of Caldicott Guardianship rules
- Experience of working collaboratively to deliver results.
- Knowledge of Change management and its implications on delivery of critical care systems
Desirable
- Experience of line management
Skills
Essential
- Ability to design, document and deliver application system training to staff at all levels.
- Ability to converse fluently, logically and confidently with a wide range of levels of staff
- Analytical skills including the ability to handle numerical data and statistics
- Apply advanced knowledge in a primary discipline and build a working knowledge in multiple relevant disciplines to create solutions for highly complex service delivery departments
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A degree or equivalent qualification / experience including courses in computer programming, systems analysis, system development, or systems engineering or have extensive experience as a Software Developer
Desirable
- Knowledge of PAS systems (McKesson, SystmOne)
- Experience of Microsoft Office applications
- Experience of working within the NHS
Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced technical knowledge and development experience of the Cerner Millennium framework including courses in Core Foundations, Clinical XR and Architecture and Troubleshooting in Millennium
- Knowledge and experience of administering or using a healthcare system, ideally Cerner Millennium
- Experience of working with relational databases
- Understanding of system analysis and application development methodologies
- Knowledge and experience utilising testing methods, tools and producing test documentation
- Have experience in project management techniques, ideally holding a recognised project management qualification
- Experience of working in an AGILE and PRINCE 2 development environment
- Knowledge of the Data Protection Act and Ideally Understanding of Caldicott Guardianship rules
- Experience of working collaboratively to deliver results.
- Knowledge of Change management and its implications on delivery of critical care systems
Desirable
- Experience of line management
Skills
Essential
- Ability to design, document and deliver application system training to staff at all levels.
- Ability to converse fluently, logically and confidently with a wide range of levels of staff
- Analytical skills including the ability to handle numerical data and statistics
- Apply advanced knowledge in a primary discipline and build a working knowledge in multiple relevant disciplines to create solutions for highly complex service delivery departments
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).
