Senior Digital Integration Specialist

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the 'Supporting Documents' heading. So that you're even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you'll need to take time to read the 'Candidate Essentials Guide' that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how 'we care for you as you care for others'. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you'll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

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Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Master's degree in a Computer Science or related subject, or equivalent qualification or experience in in large-scale, complex IT solution implementations involving integration/interoperability
• Epic Bridges certification; Intersystems Healthshare Development certification or equivalent experience.

Desirable criteria

• EPIC specialist certification in clinical modules e.g. Beaker/Radiant/Cupid/Willow.
• Certification in other InterSystems product toolset e.g. Caché server administration and Caché ObjectScript.
• Prince 2 accreditation Familiarity with Agile

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria

• Extensive experience of designing, developing, testing and managing interfaces using Intersystems HealthShare and Epic Bridges toolsets.
• Advanced software development skills using Caché ObjectScript in a business environment
• Substantial experience of managing Intersystems Caché/IRIS integration server platform.
• Extensive experience of conducting in-depth technical analysis required for integrating hospital clinical systems through messaging & interfaces.
• Extensive experience of delivering integration solutions, software products and the accompanying application configurations in a healthcare setting.
• Extensive experience of software design and management using structured methodologies.
• Good working knowledge of common patient visit workflows and events that drive NHS data flow through interfaces/messages.
• Extensive experience of working with system users, suppliers and subject-matter experts throughout interface delivery cycles.
• Extensive experience of utilising and producing technical documentation
• Extensive experience of solving complex and multi-stranded IT issues.
• Substantial experience in a management role.
• Substantial experience of IT project management including contribution to IT business cases, and production of relevant project documentation.
• Previous experience in NHS or similar Healthcare IT environment

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of enterprise architecture, systems architecture, integration architecture and data architecture standards, frameworks, and architecture best practices
• Good working knowledge of business workflows in key clinical areas e.g. ED, Laboratory, Radiology, Pharmacy
• Good working knowledge of SQL and an industry-standard Relational Database Management System such as Oracle or SQL Server in a business environment.
• Experience of service oriented architecture delivery.
• Experience of service oriented architecture delivery.
• Knowledge and experience of Windows, Apache
• Experience in the 2nd or 3rd line IT support.

Skills

Essential criteria

• Capability to develop skills quickly in any technical environment appropriate to service provision and ability to analyse and strong problem solving approach to issue resolution
• Good organisational skills including time management, record keeping and paying attention to detail.
• Strong management experience.
• Strong ability to communicate a range of IM&T issues which can be complex and multi-stranded to all levels within the organisation and with external partners.
• Ability to work as part of team or on own initiative.
• Ability to plan and organise broad range of complex activities, formulate and adjust plans which impact beyond own area.
• Ability to manage, motivate and develop staff.
• Collaborative approach and good team working.
• Ability to work effectively and efficiently under pressure.
• Able to cope with unpredictable and intense situations.
• Able to take responsibility for decisions.

Other

Essential criteria

• Be part of on-call rota.
• Ability to undertake shift working including out-of-hours, weekend and Public Holiday
• Ability to travel to all sites within the MFT, other reference sites and off-site training venues which might be overseas.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Documents to download

• Job/Person description (PDF, 480.3KB)
• Functional Requirements (PDF, 933.7KB)
• Candidate Essential Guide Non Medical (PDF, 1.3MB)