Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Software Developer (Band 6) to join the award-winning Bespoke Development team at Newcastle Hospitals.
The Bespoke Development team design enterprise level, cutting edge software applications used by one of the largest NHS trusts in the country. As a Software Developer you will be responsible for leading the delivery of high-quality software products used to support clinical decision making and support the Trust business.
- Interview Date: 28 July 2025
- 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
- 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.
If successful there will be a technical test to be completed before interview and the interview will be held at Regent Point (virtual video interviews will not be considered).
NO AGENCIES PLEASE
Main duties of the job
Lead the development of bespoke software applications used to support the Trust's clinical systems and to integrate different IT systems used within the Trust. To provide technical expertise to inform the directorate on current IT solutions.
About us
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
o Freeman Hospital
o Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
o Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
o Newcastle Dental Hospital
o Newcastle Fertility Centre
o Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
o Northern Genetics Service
o Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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. The post holder will support the Applications and Development Manager with the following activities:
- 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.
- Support legacy .NET applications. In some cases this will involve re-engineering into the latest .NET technology.
- 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 New Ref: 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. The post holder will support the Applications and Development Manager with the following activities:
- 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.
- Support legacy .NET applications. In some cases this will involve re-engineering into the latest .NET technology.
- 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 New Ref: 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.
Desirable
- A recognised Project management methodology certification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience as a Software Developer.
- Considerable experience in translating business requirements into technical specifications
- Considerable experience in the design and development of software solutions
- Experience in project management techniques.
Desirable
- Experience of taking a lead role in software development.
- Experience of working within the NHS.
- Understanding of NHS Information requirements.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate verbally and in writing both clearly and concisely.
- Ability to prioritise and organise own work effectively and work on own initiative
- Ability to gather and analyse system requirements
- Ability to analyse and resolve complex IT issues.
- Ability to work effectively with a wide range of specialists, at many levels of seniority, across internal and external organisational barriers.
- Ability to research and evaluate new technologies and continually learn new skills
- Ability to train, mentor and supervise other IT development staff
Knowledge
Essential
- .NET (C#)
- ASP.NET
- MVC/MVVM
- JavaScript / AJAX
- jQuery
- Microsoft SQL Server
- HTML / DHTML / XHTML / XML
- CSS
- IIS
Desirable
- SSAS
- HL7
- SharePoint
- SSIS
- Version Control Software
- CMS
- Mirth
- JIRA / Confluence
- Microsoft Office Suite
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A degree or equivalent qualification / experience including courses in computer programming, systems analysis, system development, or systems engineering.
Desirable
- A recognised Project management methodology certification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience as a Software Developer.
- Considerable experience in translating business requirements into technical specifications
- Considerable experience in the design and development of software solutions
- Experience in project management techniques.
Desirable
- Experience of taking a lead role in software development.
- Experience of working within the NHS.
- Understanding of NHS Information requirements.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate verbally and in writing both clearly and concisely.
- Ability to prioritise and organise own work effectively and work on own initiative
- Ability to gather and analyse system requirements
- Ability to analyse and resolve complex IT issues.
- Ability to work effectively with a wide range of specialists, at many levels of seniority, across internal and external organisational barriers.
- Ability to research and evaluate new technologies and continually learn new skills
- Ability to train, mentor and supervise other IT development staff
Knowledge
Essential
- .NET (C#)
- ASP.NET
- MVC/MVVM
- JavaScript / AJAX
- jQuery
- Microsoft SQL Server
- HTML / DHTML / XHTML / XML
- CSS
- IIS
Desirable
- SSAS
- HL7
- SharePoint
- SSIS
- Version Control Software
- CMS
- Mirth
- JIRA / Confluence
- Microsoft Office Suite
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).
