Job summary
Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) are a new Special Health Authority, creating the digital solutions needed to improve healthcare in Wales. As a Software Developer working in the single record on the Welsh Clinical Portal and various eForms you will be working with a team of Developers, Business Analysts, Testers, and Business Owners using agile scrum methodology. You will help develop applications that will enhance the ability of Health Care Professionals to provide better outcomes for patients using .Net , C# , JavaScript (jQuery), MVC, SQL and HTML.
Main duties of the job
To take a full part in backlog , backlog refinement, Sprint planning , scrum , retrospective and sprint demo meetings
To ensure that code reviews are completed in a timely manner
Discuss progress with colleagues in the development team
Contribute to the team on how to improve the development process
Demonstrate functionality developed in the sprint to interested parties
Ensure the DevOps is updated correctly and timely to ensure its an accurate reflection on the progress of development during the sprint
Work with the support team where necessary on resolution of issues affecting users.
About us
Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) is part of the NHS Wales family and has an important role in changing the way health and care services are delivered through technology and data. The organisation supports frontline staff with modern systems and access to important information about their patients, while empowering the people of Wales to manage their own health through digital NHS Wales services.
Working for DHCW offers lots of employee benefits, including flexible working, a competitive salary, 28 days of annual leave plus Bank Holidays and opportunities for career development. We are committed to recognising and celebrating our staff as the most valuable part of our organisation.
Join our game changing, life-saving team and start making a real difference to health and care services in Wales.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac
Person Specification
Qualifications and/or Knowledge
Essential
- Bachelor's degree in Software Development or equivalent qualifications, knowledge or experience.
Desirable
- Foundation qualification in an agile development methodology (for example the BCS Foundation Agile)
Experience
Essential
- Proven experience of software development role in a formal development environment.
- Evidence of experience with Windows PC and server operating systems
Desirable
- Experience developing software for Clinical Information or Healthcare systems
- Experience of working in an Agile Development environment (e.g., Scrum)
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential
- Skilled in application or web development using a suitable IDE and programming language
- Ability and confidence to speak publicly to groups of people, demonstrating ideas, concepts and working software and answer related questions.
- Able to work individually, or as part of a team
- Able to establish good working relationships with people at all levels.
- Be methodical and disciplined in work with meticulous attention to detail.
- Able to work under own initiative
- Able to communicate with staff on complex business or clinical processes
- Display high quality written and verbal communication skills
- Able to learn new technologies and IT systems quickly through both self-study and professional courses
- Determined, patient and self-motivated
- Highly professional and flexible attitude to work.
Desirable
- Ability to speak Welsh
- Able to work flexibly.
Person Specification
Qualifications and/or Knowledge
Essential
- Bachelor's degree in Software Development or equivalent qualifications, knowledge or experience.
Desirable
- Foundation qualification in an agile development methodology (for example the BCS Foundation Agile)
Experience
Essential
- Proven experience of software development role in a formal development environment.
- Evidence of experience with Windows PC and server operating systems
Desirable
- Experience developing software for Clinical Information or Healthcare systems
- Experience of working in an Agile Development environment (e.g., Scrum)
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential
- Skilled in application or web development using a suitable IDE and programming language
- Ability and confidence to speak publicly to groups of people, demonstrating ideas, concepts and working software and answer related questions.
- Able to work individually, or as part of a team
- Able to establish good working relationships with people at all levels.
- Be methodical and disciplined in work with meticulous attention to detail.
- Able to work under own initiative
- Able to communicate with staff on complex business or clinical processes
- Display high quality written and verbal communication skills
- Able to learn new technologies and IT systems quickly through both self-study and professional courses
- Determined, patient and self-motivated
- Highly professional and flexible attitude to work.
Desirable
- Ability to speak Welsh
- Able to work flexibly.
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).
