Band 6 Systems Developer - Pharmacy
Job summary
The post-holder will assist in appraising new technologies and facilitate their adoption by the Trust in accordance with national and local strategies.
The post-holder will undertake key tasks to support the local implementation of the National drivers for Information Technology to ensure a smooth migration to the new services. In support of this initiative, s/he will assist with integrating the growing number of distributed clinical information systems into a single electronic patient record.
The post-holder will report to the Lead Systems Developer - Pharmacy and will assist in managing the Pharmacy priorities in accordance with the Senior Management Team (SMT).
Main duties of the job
* Work in collaboration with the Lead Systems Developer - Pharmacy to achieve successful priorities.
* Liaise with Trust staff at all levels to analyse highly complex requirements and produce proposals for information systems.
* Collaborate with other technical leads within ICT and with technical representatives from other healthcare and commercial organisations to achieve project goals.
* Interpret, distil, and disseminate complex ICT concepts to ICT staff through informal briefings.
* Interpret, distil, and disseminate complex ICT concepts to non-ICT staff through formal presentations and informal briefings.
* Promote the benefits of collecting timely and accurate information to Trust staff at all levels.
About us
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
- *GCSE or higher qualification in mathematics
- *Degree or equivalent academic qualification in computer-related science.
- * European Computer Driving Licence
Experience
- Specialist knowledge and expertise gained through theoretical study and practical experience across the following subject areas:
- *Structured systems analysis and design methodologies.
- *Relational database theory and implementation techniques.
- *Analysis of user requirements.
- *Assessment and selection of technologies.
- *Design, development and implementation of robust, secure, and scalable information systems.
- *Troubleshooting information system failures and identification of resolutions.
- Specialist knowledge gained through practical experience and supported by vocational training in some or all of the following core technologies (including the installation, configuration, on-going administration, and ability to diagnose and resolve faults):
- *Windows 2019/2022 Professional and Server operating systems
- *Windows 10/11 operating system
- *SQL Server 2016 relational database management systems and higher
- *MySQL database server
- *Internet Information Server
- *Crystal Reports
- Specialist knowledge gained through practical experience and supported by vocational training in some or all of the following languages and technologies:
- *Visual Basic (including VBA and VBScript dialects)
- *SQL (including ANSI, Transact and MS Access dialects)
- *ODBC
- *HTML
- *Active Server Pages
- *ECMA Script (including JavaScript and Jscript dialects)
- *MS.NET Framework
- *Object-oriented programming
- *COM / DCOM
- *Active X
- *Developing distributed multi-tier applications
- Specialist knowledge gained through practical experience and supported by vocational training in some or all of the following Microsoft tools:
- *Office (including N365)
- *N365 Power BI
- *Visual Interdev
- *Visual Studio
- *Visual Studio.NET
Additional Criteria
- *Innovative, enthusiastic, self-motivated, and committed to remaining at the forefront of advances in information and communications technology.
- *Articulate, outgoing, approachable, friendly manner, clear and concise written and oral communication, effective telephone manner, able to communicate with all levels of staff.
- *Able to interpret, distil and disseminate complex ICT concepts so they can be understood across a wide spectrum of staff.
- *Able to balance team player skills with the ability to work autonomously.
- *Able to adapt to changing and challenging circumstances.
- *Welcomes constructive criticism.
- *Able to adapt to changing and challenging circumstances.
- *Welcomes constructive criticism.
- NHS Experience:
- *Demonstrable understanding of information flows throughout the NHS including sharing of information at personal, departmental and trust levels.
- NHS Experience:
- *Practical experience of implementing information technology solutions within the NHS.
- *Basic knowledge and understanding of the technical and organisational implications of the National Drivers for Information Technology
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.
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Trustwide
Mindelsohn Way
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 2TH
https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm
- Company
- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
- Location
- Birmingham, United Kingdom B15 2TH
- Employment Type
- Permanent
- Salary
- £37338.00 - £44962.00 a year
- Posted
- Company
- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
- Location
- Birmingham, United Kingdom B15 2TH
- Employment Type
- Permanent
- Salary
- £37338.00 - £44962.00 a year
- Posted