DeveloperinNewcastle Upon TyneinNewcastle Upon TynePUBLISHED MON 10 FEB 2025

NHSBSA Digital directive has a number of IT services that it develops and supports, both digital and classic in nature.

As a Developer your role is to provide a specialist development experience and knowledge across a range of IT skills underpinned by theory to actively develop new services and will include some or all of the following activities:

• Software Design and Development,
• 2nd/3rd Line support
• Manual and automated Testing,
• Cloud deployment platforms and techniques,
• Database design,
• Implementation and support
• Continuous improvement and lifecycle management

What do we offer?

• 27 days leave (increasing with length of service) plus 8 bank holidays
• Flexible working (we are happy to discuss options such as compressed hours)
• Flexi time
• Hybrid working model (we are currently working largely remotely)
• Career development
• Active wellbeing and inclusion networks
• Excellent pension
• NHS Car lease scheme
• Access to a wide range of benefits and high street discounts!

Specialist skills

• Evaluating, analysing, and interpreting complex information and requirements to inform development of applications and services.
• Applying appropriate methods and procedures for the full development lifecycle in accordance with standards and customer needs.
• Designing, developing and delivering features and benefits for new and existing services.
• Oversees effective running of bespoke services, 3 rd party applications and configurable of the shelf products (CoTS) and services,providing advice and guidance to support resolution of problems and major incidents.
• Using incident, problem, request and change management processes and systems to support the successful implementation of system enhancements and fault resolutions.
• Implementing standards and policies, pro-actively identifying and proposing improvements or enhancement.
• Proactively engaging to support the on-going development of your own skills and knowledge.
• Communicating complex information effectively across a variety of people and levels of understanding, to influence, negotiate and secure value based outcomes.
• Planning your own work to achieve agreed objectives, prioritising multiple and conflicting deliverables, escalating as appropriate.
• Leading, participating and contributing to quality assurance reviews of work through a variety of approaches.
• Regularly horizon scans to keep abreast of new and emerging technologies and standards to support innovative and creative delivery of business objectives.

About us

In this role, you are accountable for

Specialist skills

• Evaluating, analysing, and interpreting complex information and requirements to inform development of applications and services, providing options to support a range of solutions.
• Applying appropriate methods and procedures throughout the full development lifecycle in accordance with IT standards and customer requirements.
• Designing, developing and delivering features and benefits for new and existing services that provide business value.
• Oversees effective running of bespoke services, third-party applications and configurable of the shelf products (CoTS) and services, providing advice and guidance to other teams to support resolution of problems and major incidents.
• Using incident, problem, request and change management processes and systems to support the successful implementation of system enhancements and fault resolutions, in a timely manner.
• Implementing standards and policies, pro-actively identifying and proposing improvements or enhancements to meet changing needs.
• Proactively engaging in conversations to support the on-going development and maintenance of your own skills and knowledge, including attending relevant Communities of Practice.
• Communicating complex information effectively across a wide range of people and levels of understanding, including both technical and non-technical audiences, to influence, negotiate and secure value based outcomes for the delivery of services.
• Planning your own work to achieve agreed objectives, prioritising multiple and sometimes conflicting deliverables, escalating as appropriate, any issues which may impact deadlines.
• Leading, participating and contributing to quality assurance reviews of your and others work through a variety of approaches such as peer review, learning logs, and engaging in appropriate communities of practice.
• Regularly horizon scans to keep abreast of new and emerging technologies and standards to support innovative and creative delivery of business objectives.

Staff

• Support relevant recruitment and selection in line with organisational processes.
• Mentor and coach other team members, and apprentices to enable the on-going personal development and growth of skills within the team.
• Co-ordinates work other team members in line with agreed delivery of services

Financial Management

• Maintain an awareness of financial and personal implications in the use of a range of resources.
• Contribute to and prepare proposals for change including producing necessary estimates, mandates and business cases within the technology department.

Relationship Management

• Identifying opportunities and engaging in partnership working with other individuals, groups and agencies.
• Effectively engage and collaborate across multiple disciplines to ensure consistent approaches, methods, standards, and patterns are holistically applied.

Information Management

• Maintaining an awareness of agreed service levels, KPI's and standards within team, reviewing own performance and adapt own approach to maximise the delivery to support and meet agreed standards.
• Monitoring and reporting on a number of areas including agreed service levels, KPI's and standards within team, generating reports to agreed frequency, methods and processes.