Job summary
This vacancy is open to employees of Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust only.
Permanent contract
The Automation Developer will support the delivery of intelligent automation and digital process improvement across both Trusts.
You will develop, test, and maintain Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and Power Platform applications, using your growing technical expertise to improve efficiency, reduce manual effort, and enhance the Trusts digital capabilities.
Working as part of a collaborative team, you will contribute to automation projects of varying complexity, ensuring that all solutions are robust, secure, and meet organisational and governance standards.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities
- Develop, test, and deploy RPA solutions using Blue Prism, following established standards and best practice.
- Assist in the design and implementation of Microsoft Power Platform applications, including Power Automate and Power Apps.
- Collaborate with senior developers, business analysts, and service leads to translate business requirements into effective automation solutions.
- Maintain and enhance existing automations, ensuring reliability and ongoing value.
- Produce technical documentation, reusable components, and accurate process records.
- Support users and colleagues in understanding and adopting automated solutions.
- Ensure compliance with Information Governance, data protection, and cybersecurity requirements.
- Contribute to process improvement, testing, and innovation activities within the automation team.
- Participate in knowledge-sharing and skill-building across the wider digital team.
About us
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 aims underpinning how we will achieve this.
The vision for our single corporate services is to:
- Be an employer of choice for corporate talent, attracting and retaining people who share our values for excellence in care and welcome the opportunity to benefit from the broad range of flexible career and development opportunities we can offer.
- Improve efficiency through simplified and standardised policies, processes, and systems, drawing on the best from both Trusts.
- Do things once and reduce any duplication on transactional tasks giving corporate staff the ability to focus on higher value and more diverse activities.
- Co-invest in the latest digital solutions and standardise our approach, meaning we do things once for both organisations.
- Improve learning and development opportunities and sharing best practice, upskilling both Trusts.
- Co-locate teams in purpose-built facilities on the Island and in Portsmouth to enable closer working and sharing.
- Build resilience for individuals and our teams.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Proactively and positively contribute to the successful overall performance of the Trust.
- Deliver excellent levels of customer service to all patients/visitors and staff at the Trust.
- Develop effective ways of working and create strong partnerships and relationships with all stakeholders to support the implementation of the Governments policies on Health.
- Develop an organisational culture that fosters collaborative working among all staff groups, to ensure a focused commitment to delivering quality services and outcomes.
- Act as an advocate for the Trust & its contribution to the Health Service arena through creating effective partnerships and relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Comply with corporate governance structure in keeping with the principles and standards set out by the Trust.
- Please read the full Job description attached for further details on this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Proactively and positively contribute to the successful overall performance of the Trust.
- Deliver excellent levels of customer service to all patients/visitors and staff at the Trust.
- Develop effective ways of working and create strong partnerships and relationships with all stakeholders to support the implementation of the Governments policies on Health.
- Develop an organisational culture that fosters collaborative working among all staff groups, to ensure a focused commitment to delivering quality services and outcomes.
- Act as an advocate for the Trust & its contribution to the Health Service arena through creating effective partnerships and relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Comply with corporate governance structure in keeping with the principles and standards set out by the Trust.
- Please read the full Job description attached for further details on this role.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Customer service skills.
- Able to set clear and appropriate objectives for self to meet overall goals.
- Ability to manage problems in sometimes stressful environments.
- Planning and time management skills, able to clearly manage priorities for self to meet deadlines.
- Technical awareness to understand and resolve technical problems.
- Knowledge of computer languages.
- Knowledge of computer programme design methods and techniques.
- Written communication and documentation.
- Communication and interpersonal skills to influence and persuade staff in all roles and at all levels.
Desirable
- Application and Interview
Experience
Essential
- Ability to work on own initiative, leading and motivating other staff to deliver set objectives on time and within target.
- Able to analyse complex problems and develop practical and workable solutions to address them.
- Ability to facilitate change introducing new ways of working enabled by new technology.
Desirable
- Application and Interview.
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree-level education or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- 23 years experience in automation development, ideally including Blue Prism.
- Practical understanding of the RPA lifecycle and exception handling.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft 365, particularly Power Automate and Power Apps.
- Experience integrating systems via APIs, web services, or databases (SQL).
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
- Ability to prioritise workloads and meet agreed deadlines.
- Good communication and teamwork skills, with a willingness to learn and grow.
Desirable
- Blue Prism Developer certification (Foundation or Professional).
- Experience working within the NHS or other large public-sector organisations.
- Familiarity with Agile or iterative development methodologies.
- Knowledge of other RPA tools (e.g., UiPath, Automation Anywhere).
- Awareness of cloud environments and virtual workforce management.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Customer service skills.
- Able to set clear and appropriate objectives for self to meet overall goals.
- Ability to manage problems in sometimes stressful environments.
- Planning and time management skills, able to clearly manage priorities for self to meet deadlines.
- Technical awareness to understand and resolve technical problems.
- Knowledge of computer languages.
- Knowledge of computer programme design methods and techniques.
- Written communication and documentation.
- Communication and interpersonal skills to influence and persuade staff in all roles and at all levels.
Desirable
- Application and Interview
Experience
Essential
- Ability to work on own initiative, leading and motivating other staff to deliver set objectives on time and within target.
- Able to analyse complex problems and develop practical and workable solutions to address them.
- Ability to facilitate change introducing new ways of working enabled by new technology.
Desirable
- Application and Interview.
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree-level education or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- 23 years experience in automation development, ideally including Blue Prism.
- Practical understanding of the RPA lifecycle and exception handling.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft 365, particularly Power Automate and Power Apps.
- Experience integrating systems via APIs, web services, or databases (SQL).
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
- Ability to prioritise workloads and meet agreed deadlines.
- Good communication and teamwork skills, with a willingness to learn and grow.
Desirable
- Blue Prism Developer certification (Foundation or Professional).
- Experience working within the NHS or other large public-sector organisations.
- Familiarity with Agile or iterative development methodologies.
- Knowledge of other RPA tools (e.g., UiPath, Automation Anywhere).
- Awareness of cloud environments and virtual workforce management.
