Job summary
Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) is the national strategic IM&T organisation responsible for the design, development, delivery of ICT systems for the NHS in Wales. We play a key role in the delivery of safe, effective healthcare for patients across the whole of Wales. This means ensuring that whilst IT systems store information securely, they also allow the relevant information to be available to the right staff, in the right place, at the right time across NHS Wales to support patient care.
Key to this delivery of patient care is effective communications between primary and secondary care, ensuring test requests or referrals from GPs are transferred quickly and safely to a hospital consultant, who will decide on the patient's future care. The transmission of the selected treatment pathway back to the GP is also an essential part of this process.
The Primary Care Gateway Services team in DHCW are responsible for the services which manage this bi-directional communication between Primary and Secondary care. We are looking for enthusiastic Software Developers to help overhaul existing services, as well as delivering new communication mechanisms which will support enhanced services used across the whole of Wales and ensure they are capable of meeting new means of healthcare delivery.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for senior developers (band 6) to join a multi-disciplinary team developing software for our clinical software systems.
If you would like to be part of the team delivering these services, you will need a strong technical background and an aptitude for problem solving.
Working as part of a well-structured Scrum teams, under the guidance of experienced team leads, you shall take responsibility for delivering individual software components. You shall have the opportunity to get involved in all aspects of either the .NET development stack or MS SQL depending on your experience. Working as part of a wider development team you will have the opportunity to develop and broaden your skills, whilst learning from senior developers the principles of good software design.
You will also work with commercial system suppliers including those providing GP systems, and specialist messaging companies who form part of the team's overall healthcare solution.
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.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Job description
Job responsibilities
If you are a .NET developer you should have experience in the following areas:
- Developing .NET (preferably using C#)
- Good understanding of OOP, unit testing and software design patterns
- Working knowledge of T-SQL and SQL Enterprise RDBMS
- Developing or consuming web service APIs (e.g. REST or SOAP)
- Website development using MVC.
If you are a SQL developer you should have some experience in the following areas:
- Writing complex data manipulation statements using T-SQL as stored procedures and functions.
- Familiarity and experience with SQL Server Management Studio 2008 - 2019
- Creating, and using, Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services packages 2008+.
- Normalisation techniques and ER-diagramming to design and create scalable, high-performance databases
Familiarity in any the following areas will also be advantageous:
- JavaScript and JQuery
- XML Web services or Web API
- Entity Framework
- Using API platform testing tools (e.g. Postman, SOAP UI)
- Agile development methodologies such as Scrum
- Inversion of Control containers (such as Unity)
- Understanding and implementing SOLID principles
- Experience with structured messaging standards, including HL7 v 2.x and FHIR
- Redgate SQL developer tools
- TSQLT Unit Testing SQL Procedures
- Knowledge of High Availability solutions, such as Mirroring, Replication, Clustering, and Always On (Availability Groups)
Job description
Job responsibilities
If you are a .NET developer you should have experience in the following areas:
- Developing .NET (preferably using C#)
- Good understanding of OOP, unit testing and software design patterns
- Working knowledge of T-SQL and SQL Enterprise RDBMS
- Developing or consuming web service APIs (e.g. REST or SOAP)
- Website development using MVC.
If you are a SQL developer you should have some experience in the following areas:
- Writing complex data manipulation statements using T-SQL as stored procedures and functions.
- Familiarity and experience with SQL Server Management Studio 2008 - 2019
- Creating, and using, Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services packages 2008+.
- Normalisation techniques and ER-diagramming to design and create scalable, high-performance databases
Familiarity in any the following areas will also be advantageous:
- JavaScript and JQuery
- XML Web services or Web API
- Entity Framework
- Using API platform testing tools (e.g. Postman, SOAP UI)
- Agile development methodologies such as Scrum
- Inversion of Control containers (such as Unity)
- Understanding and implementing SOLID principles
- Experience with structured messaging standards, including HL7 v 2.x and FHIR
- Redgate SQL developer tools
- TSQLT Unit Testing SQL Procedures
- Knowledge of High Availability solutions, such as Mirroring, Replication, Clustering, and Always On (Availability Groups)
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 mentoring other software developers
- Evidence of taking responsibility to make decisions when necessary
Desirable
- Experience developing software for Clinical Information or Healthcare systems.
- Good working knowledge of relational database systems and associated database administration activities
- Experience of working in an Agile Development environment (e.g. Scrum)
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential
- 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
- Understands the Data Protection Act and its implications for the holding of patient information NHS Information flows/services
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 mentoring other software developers
- Evidence of taking responsibility to make decisions when necessary
Desirable
- Experience developing software for Clinical Information or Healthcare systems.
- Good working knowledge of relational database systems and associated database administration activities
- Experience of working in an Agile Development environment (e.g. Scrum)
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential
- 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
- Understands the Data Protection Act and its implications for the holding of patient information NHS Information flows/services
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).
