Development Consultant (Lead Software Developer)

Job summary

This vacancy is open to employees of Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust only.

The Shared Corporate Service (SCS) is delivered across Isle of Wight Trust (IWT) or Portsmouth Hospitals University Trust (PHU), you may be based at either and may be required to undertake business travel between sites.

NHS Band : 8a Salary £57,528 - £64,750 per annum (pay scale effective from 1st April 2026)

Full Time: 37.5 hours per week

Fixed Term Contract: Fixed until 31st December 2027

Closing Date: 16th April or will be closed sooner when a sufficient amount of applications received

Main duties of the job

The SCS has embarked on a journey to share digital solutions across the trusts to improve patient outcomes and the experience of delivering care for our patients.

Whilst we bridge this digital gap in the short term, our long term objective is to share a single EPR across the 4 acute trusts to provide a combined vision and strategic goals of:

1. Isle of Wight NHS Trust (IWT)
2. Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (PHU)
3. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (HHFT)
4. 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.

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 single corporate service is delivered across both organisations. You can choose to be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Isle of Wight NHS Trust

Address

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust Corporate Hub, Block 4000, Lakeside North Harbour

Western Road, Cosham

Portsmouth

England

PO6 3EN

Employer's website

https://www.iow.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Isle of Wight NHS Trust

Address

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust Corporate Hub, Block 4000, Lakeside North Harbour

Western Road, Cosham

Portsmouth

England

PO6 3EN

Employer's website

https://www.iow.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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