Interview date: TBC.

An opportunity has arisen for an Applications Developer to work within the Applications Development Team of the Business Intelligence Department at Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

The role of the Applications Development Team is to provide effective, timely, and viable applications and solutions in line with the Trusts strategic direction in order to enable the effective and safe provision of frontline care services.

Main duties of the job

The Applications Development Team's duties primarily include: providing data warehouse management and maintenance, developing new systems and applications, supporting changes and new functionalities, working alongside other teams to ensure maintenance of SharePoint versions, and creating and maintaining the eForms used across the Trust.

The post holder will work as part of the team to create, manage and maintain the dashboards, eForms, and applications that are used throughout the Trust. Other duties will include completing daily checks to ensure current systems are functioning correctly, and data warehouse maintenance. This post requires someone to work collaboratively with a team, as well as being motivated and able to work on their own initiative.

About us

Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close a position early.

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing Trust achieving a Good rating in our most recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) assessment and achieving significant progress in the delivery of our strategic objectives. We are proud of the commitment of our staff to ensuring a strong and sustainable future for this organisation which is highly valued by our local communities.

There has never been a better time to join Barnsley Hospital. It is moving at pace and a we can do this attitude is evident right through the organisation, where staff are engaged for change and committed to being part of the journey to sustainability and growth.

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity and fair treatment to all applicants regardless of race, nationality, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, mental or physical disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation, age or offending history.

The cost of the DBS (criminal records check) for Band 6 and above roles only will be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Description for Applications Developer

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role and responsibilities.

Supporting Documents

Please refer to the values-based recruitment guidance and associated documentation.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of programming project experience in delivering team coding projects.
• Experience of third party supplier management.
• Extensive experience in using Microsoft Office applications including Microsoft Project & Visio.
• Change management experience.

Desirable

• Experience of delivering clinical IT system application projects.

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to Degree level or equivalent experience.
• Professional level programming qualification/accreditation.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Ability to write Stored Procedures and SQL queries.
• Advanced analytical, judgmental and problem solving skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels especially with stakeholders.
• Ability to negotiate, persuade, influence and motivate.
• Advanced keyboard skills to enable speed and accuracy of data input/extract and report generation.

Desirable

• Strong strategic planning, visionary and business case skills.

Trust Values

Essential

• In around 100 words, please describe what Equality & Diversity means to you and why they are important.
• In around 100 words, please describe what motivates you to do a good job.

Knowledge and Awareness

Essential

• Understanding of Object Oriented Programming in NET 2.0 and above, C#, Python and T-SQL.
• Use of SharePoint Designer, InfoPath and Visual Studio for forms development.
• Understanding of Web Parts and workflow creation.
• Understanding of SharePoints application services framework including implementation, configuration, and usages of Search, Managed Metadata, and User Profile Services.
• A good understanding of IT system environments (i.e. operating systems, networking, applications and databases).

Employer details

Employer name

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Gateway Plaza

Sackville Street

Barnsley

South Yorkshire

S70 2RD

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