Band 7 Informatics Developer

The Health Informatics Department at University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) are looking for an experienced Developer to join our talented team.

You will play a key role in the provision and support of our online analytics platform, Healthcare Evaluation Data (HED). This will include the design, development, implementation, support and maintenance of the HED system websites.

This post offers a truly unique opportunity for a technically talented developer to help build an innovative product that will inform and empower decision makers across the NHS.

Main duties of the job

In your role as a developer in the HED team, you'll get to:

Apply your advanced skills in .NET application development and MS SQL Server Products to tackle compelling technical problems;

Collaborate with our business managers, analysts, web developers and data scientists to design and implement developments which benefit the NHS;

Develop new skills and work within a close-knit, enthusiastic, and highly effective team with a strong ethos of personal development;

Showcase your people and project management skills and experience as you line manage and help mentor junior developers whilst working in sprints;

Empower clinical and non-clinical end users across the NHS by responding to technical queries and creating bespoke analytical reports.

To find out more about HED see our website at www.hed.nhs.uk.

This post would be ideally suited to an experienced developer with significant web application development knowledge. The post holder will be responsible for building and managing the performance of application functions which are both externally and internally facing, to ensure the Trust can meet existing and new national/local requirements for the HED system.

Shortlisted applicants will first be invited to a technical competency test to be invigilated remotely via MS Teams, with the best-performing candidates invited back for a full interview.

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.