Interface Analyst Programmer inCoventry inCoventry PUBLISHED
MON 2 DEC 2024
Opportunity to work in a dynamic environment with the UHCW System Interfacing team, contributing to the development of vital clinical and information systems.
Exposure to cutting-edge technologies and standards such as Rhapsody, HL7, ITK, FHIR, and SQL, enhancing professional skill sets and knowledge.
Flexible remote working arrangements, allowing for a better work-life balance while still maintaining a connection to the Trust.
Involvement in the full life cycle of application/interface development, providing a comprehensive learning experience from user requirement gathering to implementation and support.
Opportunity to collaborate with a variety of stakeholders including clinicians, GPs, and Trust staff, ensuring that systems meet real-world needs and enhance clinical workflows.
Possibility to mentor and train junior staff, contributing to their professional development and fostering a collaborative team environment.
Engagement in project management following PRINCE 2 principles, which enhances organizational and leadership skills while ensuring quality project delivery.
The Interface Analyst Programmer at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust will play a key role in developing, implementing, and supporting the Trust's Interface Engine and various clinical information systems. This position involves the full lifecycle management of application/interface development, requiring expertise in interface engine software and standards such as Rhapsody, HL7, ITK, FHIR, and SQL. The successful candidate will work remotely but may need to be on-site occasionally, and will be responsible for gathering user requirements, system analysis, design, programming, testing, and documentation.
In addition to technical development, the role includes project management responsibilities, ensuring adherence to quality, budget, and timelines, while facilitating communication with clinicians and trust staff to enhance clinical systems. The candidate will also assist in training junior team members and contribute to the ongoing maintenance of relevant tools and standards. Overall, this role demands a proactive approach to software development, problem-solving, and collaboration within the Systems Interfacing Team.
In addition to technical development, the role includes project management responsibilities, ensuring adherence to quality, budget, and timelines, while facilitating communication with clinicians and trust staff to enhance clinical systems. The candidate will also assist in training junior team members and contribute to the ongoing maintenance of relevant tools and standards. Overall, this role demands a proactive approach to software development, problem-solving, and collaboration within the Systems Interfacing Team.
An exciting opportunity to join the UHCW System Interfacing team in devloping, implementing and supporting the UHCW Interface Engine and designated clinical and information systems.
This role will have resposibility for the analysis, design , development and management of allocated Trust developed complex system interfaces and database information information systems. The role required specialist knowledge in assocated interface engine software and standards, such as Rhapsody, HL7, ITK, FHIR and SQL.
This post is generally remote working however there may be requirement to come on site.
- To be responsible for the full life cycle of application/interface development including user requirement gathering, system analysis, system specification, system design, programming, testing, performance tuning/modification, implementation and support.
- Develop technical and user documentation, liaising with Trust staff and system suppliers as required, ensuring that all new system/interface developments are appropriately documented and trained prior to hand over to business as usual support.
- Project manage the assessment, planning and implementation of allocated interfaces.
- Assist in the training and co-ordination of Analyst / Programmers and Junior Analyst / Programmers' workload in conjunction with the Interface Manager and 8b Senior Analyst/Programmers.
- To work independently to develop the Trust's interface engines and other appropriate software application/databases adhering to the design goals of required functionality, usability, maintenance, extensibility, resilience, performance, cost-effectiveness and timeliness.
- Ensure that program code is both modular and clearly documented to ensure ease of maintenance and to facilitate re-use.
- Liaise with Clinicians, GPs and senior Trust staff to establish user requirements and specifications which will enhance the Trust's Clinical Systems.
- Work with Systems Interfacing Team to ensure consistency with agreed standards, for example HL7, ITK, FHIR, API, DICOM, etc.
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- Ensure that all programs are properly tested, where appropriate liaising with clients to organise testing using real or realistic data.
- Assist with the implementation of software updates as appropriate.
- To participate in project planning and maintenance according to PRINCE 2 principles, ensuring project objectives are met in accordance with quality, budget and timescale, documenting all project work to departmental standards.
- Complete programming and other project work according to agreed timescales.
- Develop and maintain familiarity with relevant software tools, packages, interface engines, interfacing standards, selected for use within the Trust and provide support as required.
- Develop web and mobile application skills with relevant software tools and packages selected for use within the Trust.
- Support the Interface Manager in leveraging the commercial value of the skill pool available in the Development Teams.
- Undertake other duties commensurate with this grade and nature of the post as allocated by the Manager.
For further details of the role please see the attached job description.
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