Development Consultant (Lead Software Developer)

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Job Location:

Portsmouth - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 6 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

This vacancy is open to employees of Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust only.

The Shared Corporate Service (SCS) is delivered across Isle of Wight Trust (IWT) or Portsmouth Hospitals University Trust (PHU) you may be based at either and may be required to undertake business travel between sites.

NHS Band 8a: Salary 57528 - 64750 per annum (pay scale effective from 1st April 2026)

Full Time: 37.5 hours per week

Fixed Term Contract: Fixed until 31st December 2027

Closing Date: 16th April or will be closed sooner when sufficient amount of applications received

The SCS has embarked on a journey to share digital solutions across the trusts to improve patient outcomes and the experience of delivering care for our patients.

Whilst we bridge this digital gap in the short term our long term objective is to share a single EPR across the 4 acute trusts to provide a combined vision and strategic goals of:

Isle of Wight NHS Trust (IWT)
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (PHU)
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (HHFT)
University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust (UHS)

The Trusts will work together with their clinical and departmental experts alongside regional digital colleagues to procure and implement a joint EPR over the coming years .

Job purpose

Act as the lead developer for specified software products feature developments and the integration of Trust systems data and medical devices.

Act as a technical lead for the delivery of software developments integration and sharing of data between applications utilising Agile methodologies.

Engage fully with stakeholders Trust staff and third-party suppliers where applicable to ensure services are delivered in a timely fashion and meet the requirements of clinical and corporate Trust staff.

Please see attached Job Description

Qualifications :

Essential

Degree level qualification or 5 years experience working with either software development or integration experience
Evidence of continuing professional development

Additional Information :

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 veterans status colour religion disability sexual orientation and beliefs.

Remote Work :

Employment Type :

Contract

This vacancy is open to employees of Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust only.The Shared Corporate Service (SCS) is delivered across Isle of Wight Trust (IWT) or Portsmouth Hospitals University Trust (PHU) you may be based at either and may be required to undertake ...