Integration Specialist (Senior Developer)

NHS Band 7:  Salary £49,387 - £56,515 per annum

Hours per Week:  Full time 37.5

Fixed Term Contract – until 31st December 2027 

Location:  Your base location will be either IWT or PHU, but we support a hybrid approach to working which includes remotely.

Closing Date: 21st May 2026 (vacancy may close earlier if sufficient applications received)

IWT and PHU Trusts have started a journey to share PHU’s in-house developed EPR in readiness for a single EPR across the region. The Systems Integration Specialist will be a key player in the Trusts strategic goal to converge to a single EPR. This will involve working with Product Owners to support new feature requests to assist with feature parity with IWTs current EPR.

Specific Core Functions

• Design, build, test and deploy integration solutions in the trust’s integration engine, InterSystems Health Connect. Experience in designing and building in an integration engine is essential, with experience in InterSystems Health Connect desirable.
• Engage with product owners to understand requirements and convert into User Stories as part of the Agile process
• Stay current on new digital technologies, and new healthcare interoperability standards
• Maintain an understanding of Trust-wide applications as well as those applications with which they interface.
• Create/ use case specific implementation guides in accordance with HL7 standards including FHIR
• Maintain interfaces based on user requirement changes, and/or modifications to data formats, or protocols, of either the sending or receiving systems in both on-premise and cloud based architectures

For full details of this position please refer to enclosed Job Description 

Bachelor degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience required.

Experience 

Verifiable experience with programming and scripting required.

Experience in a health care systems environment is required.

Adequate relevant experience with standard health care formats (HL7, FHIR etc.) to enable the autonomy required in this role. 

Demonstrable understanding of Interface Concepts (both end user and data)

Database Experience: Ability to Read and Write complex SQL code Database Experience: Preferred: Microsoft SQL Server.

Network Experience: Ability to investigate and diagnose connectivity issues using tools such as netstat, etc. Some knowledge of LANs, WANs, VPNs, and load balancing.

Demonstrable ability to work and communicate effectively with both technical and business audiences.

Knowledge

Must have proven applied knowledge in a combination of two or more of the following areas: XML, HL7, SOAP, REST, SQL, JSON, HL7/CCDA

Must have an extensive knowledge with Healthcare Interface Engines and the core principles, such as the importance of FIFO.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and Disability, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.