NHS South Central and West Commissioning Support Unit

Lead Developer (Web & Apps)

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Job summary

The purpose of the Lead Developer (Web/App) role is to lead on the development and maintenance of SCW internal and external customer projects and information systems.

The role will require working on the projects assigned to the team under the direction of the Product Development Manager/Senior Application Architect or relevant lead. It is expected that the role holder will work as part of a team utilising development standards and working practices as defined by SCW.

Main duties of the job

Development of software solutions under the direction of the Senior Application Architect.
Managing a small team of developers and leading on standards that they should follow.
Commit to working and engaging constructively with internal and external stakeholders.
Working with the projects team to lead in the design and implement solutions for SCW and its customers.
Lead in the direction of technology choices, development tools and techniques used by the team.

About us

To find out more about what SCW has to offer, please visit Our offer to you page.

We are an equal opportunities employer committed to attracting and retaining the best people in order to provide the best possible services to our customers. Our staff enjoys challenging, rewarding roles, supporting our customers to improve their local health and care services.

We want our people to fulfil their potential, so we offer a wide range of training, opportunities to gain qualifications as well as access to coaching, mentoring schemes and employee wellbeing and support for a healthy work-life balance.

SCW were selected as an NHS Employers Diversity and Inclusion Partner for three consecutive years 2015-2018 and are now proud to be Alumni of this programme.

Date posted

26 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£50,952 to £57,349 a year Per Annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

891-CSU-7739SB

Job locations

Omega House

Eastleigh

SO50 5PB

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and person specification for further details and information regarding this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and person specification for further details and information regarding this role.

Person Specification

Values & Behaviours

Essential

Patient First - Customer Excellence
Aspirational
Collaborative
Insightful
Respectful

Education

Essential

Qualifications and /or experience beneficial to the role

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

Operational database development and administration (e.g. MSSQL, MySQL etc)
Authentication\Active Directory\ADFS Concepts\OAuth
Software development project life cycle
Server Infrastructure
Public Cloud technologies & Concepts (eg Azure, AWS)
Source control management (e.g. TFS, GitHub)
Network infrastructure concepts
Test driven development
Using and developing RESTful services
Automated build and deployment
Objected Orientated Programming
Management of others within a team
Gathering requirements from stakeholders
Project planning & delivery
Full end to end development of API, Application and Web Solutions
Working with an Agile approach to projects and development

Desirable

Content Management Systems (e.g. Joomla, Magento, DotNetNuke, Umbraco)
Government Service Standards

Skills & Capabilities

Essential

C# or PHP
Javascript / JQuery
HTML
CSS
JSON
SQL Server (T-SQL) or MySQL

Desirable

Entity Framework
Typescript
Angular
React
Nunjucks
Node.JS
FHIR
Azure Devops

Person Specification

Values & Behaviours

Essential

Patient First - Customer Excellence
Aspirational
Collaborative
Insightful
Respectful

Education

Essential

Qualifications and /or experience beneficial to the role

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

Operational database development and administration (e.g. MSSQL, MySQL etc)
Authentication\Active Directory\ADFS Concepts\OAuth
Software development project life cycle
Server Infrastructure
Public Cloud technologies & Concepts (eg Azure, AWS)
Source control management (e.g. TFS, GitHub)
Network infrastructure concepts
Test driven development
Using and developing RESTful services
Automated build and deployment
Objected Orientated Programming
Management of others within a team
Gathering requirements from stakeholders
Project planning & delivery
Full end to end development of API, Application and Web Solutions
Working with an Agile approach to projects and development

Desirable

Content Management Systems (e.g. Joomla, Magento, DotNetNuke, Umbraco)
Government Service Standards

Skills & Capabilities

Essential

C# or PHP
Javascript / JQuery
HTML
CSS
JSON
SQL Server (T-SQL) or MySQL

Desirable

Entity Framework
Typescript
Angular
React
Nunjucks
Node.JS
FHIR
Azure Devops

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.

Employer details

Employer name

NHS South Central and West Commissioning Support Unit

Address

Omega House

Eastleigh

SO50 5PB

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

NHS South Central and West Commissioning Support Unit

Address

Omega House

Eastleigh

SO50 5PB

Employer's website

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