Job summary
Would you like to make a real difference to the lives of 3.1 million people?
This is your chance to make a real difference to the lives of millions through the development and deployment of ground-breaking health and care solutions across Wales.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Lead Software Developer to support the Digital Services for Patients and the Public (DSPP) programme to develop and support the next generation of health and care digital services in Wales, including the NHS Wales App.
The NHS Wales app will be a user-facing solution that will connect patients and the public to Welsh health and care services and be accessible to anyone living in Wales to proactively manage their health and access to trusted information on health, care and wellbeing services.
The DSPP programme will also develop the technology for suppliers and practitioners across health and care services in Wales to deploy digital services in a joined-up, safe and secure way, opening-up NHS Wales for future innovations in health and care digital services.
Members of the public will work with our team, alongside medical and care practitioners, to co-produce this technology and ensure the needs of our community are met.
Main duties of the job
As a Lead Software Developer you will be responsible for:
- Quality of the technical output of their team
- Technical Design of Epics and Stories
- Providing assistance during Work Package definition
- Low level Estimates for Work Packages
- Main Participant for technical activities during discovery
- Story Preparation
- Participation in code development
- Coaching and Mentoring staff
Communication and Relationship Skills:
- Work closely with colleagues, customers, and senior staff through face-to-face communication to complete tasks.
- Discuss progress and notify senior staff of impediments during regular team meetings like Daily SCRUMS.
- Mentor junior colleagues, analyse their strengths and weaknesses, and provide guidance for skill development.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
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.
DHCW offers opportunities for career growth and professional development. We will work with you and help you develop your career. We offer opportunities to pursue further academic qualifications, up to PhD level. Our benefits include:
- Automatic membership of the NHS pension scheme
- 28 days paid leave plus bank holidays
- Blue Light Card membership - access to NHS discounts including high street, gyms, restaurants, insurance, cars, holidays etc.
- Flexible working, including options to work from home
- Employee Assistance Programme - confidential information and counselling support service available 24/7
- Cycle 2 Work scheme
- Car lease and home electronics salary sacrifice schemes
Join our game changing, life-saving team and start making a real difference to health and care services in Wales.
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.
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
- Foundation qualification in an agile development methodology (for example the BCS Foundation Agile) or equivalent knowledge or experience.
Desirable
- Registered with the British Computer Society
- Registered Informatics Professional with FED-IP.
- Advanced qualification in an agile development methodology (for example the Professional Scrum master qualification) or equivalent knowledge or experience.
Experience
Essential
- Proven experience of software development in a formal development environment.
- Expert knowledge in advanced principles of object oriented design.
- A thorough understanding of the following development practices:- oContinuous Integration. oAutomated unit testing
- Experience developing software for Clinical Information or Healthcare systems
- Experience of working in an Agile Development environment (e.g. Scrum).
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Highly 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.
- Ability and confidence to lead and motivate a team, at daily team meetings (i.e. SCRUMS) when called upon to do so.
- Excellent planning skills
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
- Foundation qualification in an agile development methodology (for example the BCS Foundation Agile) or equivalent knowledge or experience.
Desirable
- Registered with the British Computer Society
- Registered Informatics Professional with FED-IP.
- Advanced qualification in an agile development methodology (for example the Professional Scrum master qualification) or equivalent knowledge or experience.
Experience
Essential
- Proven experience of software development in a formal development environment.
- Expert knowledge in advanced principles of object oriented design.
- A thorough understanding of the following development practices:- oContinuous Integration. oAutomated unit testing
- Experience developing software for Clinical Information or Healthcare systems
- Experience of working in an Agile Development environment (e.g. Scrum).
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Highly 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.
- Ability and confidence to lead and motivate a team, at daily team meetings (i.e. SCRUMS) when called upon to do so.
- Excellent planning skills
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).
