Job summary
- Main area
- Digital Services
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term 12 months)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 120-AC800-0525
- Employer
- Velindre University NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Welsh Blood Service
- Town
- Talbot Green
- Salary
- £37,898 - £45,637 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Power Platform Developer
Band 6
Thank you for your interest in working for Velindre University NHS Trust, which is a committed equal opportunities employer. The Trust welcomes applications from people who share our vision;
Velindre University NHS Trust will be recognised locally, nationally and internationally as a renowned organisation of excellence for patient and donor care, education and research.
our values;
- Caring
- Respectful
- Accountable
and who will complement our current experienced and specialist employees who are passionate about working in a Trust that has the ambition to provide world class services and care to patient and donors.
Velindre University NHS Trust holds a special place at the heart of healthcare in Wales. It is also an amazing organisation to work and to develop your career. The Trust comprises of two divisions, Velindre Cancer Centre and Welsh Blood Service. The Trust also hosts on behalf of the Welsh Government and NHS Wales, NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP) and Health Technology Wales (HTW).
Velindre University NHS Trust provides our employees with a favourable salary and reward / staff benefits & support package.
For more information on this vacancy please contact the recruiting manager, who will be pleased to discuss their employment opportunity with you.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
The Trust also reserves the right to close a vacancy early or withdraw an advertisement at any stage of the process, to enable internal staff requiring to be redeployed in suitable roles.
Posts may be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check and Professional Registration Check.
For more information on our Trust Employee Reward and Benefit’s Package please visit the Velindre University NHS Trust website.
Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed
Job overview
We are looking for an experienced Power Platform Developer, to develop a replacement IT system for the National External Quality Assessment Service for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (UK NEQAS for H&I), who are hosted in the Welsh Blood Service at its Talbot Green site in south Wales.
UK NEQAS for H&I is part of the UK NEQAS Consortium and has provided a comprehensive range of External Quality Assessment (EQA) Schemes for laboratories operating clinical Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (H&I) services since 1975. It's existing 3rd party commercial platform needs replacing and our intention is to re-develop the solution using the Microsoft Power Platform suite.
This will be our first major system development using the full Microsoft Power Platform suite – as such, the post holder will help shape our future ambitions to leverage benefits from these services. Alongside the development of the platform, you will impart knowledge of the Power Platform suite and its potential uses into the existing Software Development team, who are responsible for the development and maintenance of a range of in-house developed applications.
For more about UK NEQAS for H&I, visit our website @ https://ukneqashandi.org.uk.
· This is a Fixed term /Secondment for 12 months to cover project work
Main duties of the job
· Work with the VUNHST Software Development team, Product Managers, NHS Clinicians and other staff / users, to establish requirements for new Power Platform solutions and enhancements to existing systems for technology areas for which the post holder is responsible
Work with service users and Business & Systems Analysis staff to interpret requirements to define system processes, manage the production of detailed technical specifications.
Design, develop and deploy Power Platform services into VUNHST, ensuring adherence to relevant NHS legislation, assurance and governance policies and to prepare estimates and timescales for delivery.
Where relevant, work with the Senior Software Developer to manage the work of staff allocated to the project to ensure that products meet the requirements of the specification and adhere to local and national (NHS Wales) standards. Where necessary, provide training and background information to staff who are unfamiliar with the technology area.
Working for our organisation
Here at Velindre University NHS Trust we are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in our cutting-edge Velindre Cancer Centre and our award-winning Welsh Blood Service, as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together. We are also fortunate to host the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership and Health Technology Wales and have developed strong partnership working with these expert services.
Formed in 1994, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to apply the key principles of value based healthcare through a wide array of roles. We play a vital role in the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future to continue to improve the services we deliver. We strive to maintain our core values in everything we do by being; accountable, bold, caring and dynamic, and ensuring the best possible care for our patients and donors.
If you want to work for an organisation that prides itself on making a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities then Velindre University NHS Trust is the place for you.
Visit our website to find out more https://velindre.nhs.wales/
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree in Software Development, Computer Information Systems, Business Information or be able to demonstrate knowledge, skills and proven experience commensurate with holding such a qualification.
- Foundation qualification in an agile development methodology (for example the BCS Foundation Agile).
- An in-depth understanding of at least one popular software development methodology (such as Agile).
- A command of the principles of good software design
Desirable criteria
- Registered with the British Computer Society.
- Registered Informatics Professional with FED-IP.
- Knowledge of NHS Wales Digital Systems and ‘open architecture’ strategy framework.
- Practical experience of writing manual and automated unit and integration tests and implementing test processes with software development projects
Experience
Essential criteria
- Highly skilled in the development of digital solutions using a range of Microsoft PowerPlatform technologies and services, such as (but not limited to): PowerPages, SharePoint, Microsoft Dataverse, PowerAutomate, PowerApps.
- Proven experience of software development in a formal Agile development environment.
- Experience in defining, documenting and working on projects across all phases either alone or with a small team.
- Experience in risk assessment and implementation of realistic project plans.
- Experience of business process testing including the management of test scenarios and reporting of testing outcomes
- Substantial experience of working on multiple complex projects.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a Quality driven environment.
- ITIL Practitioner or equivalent knowledge and experience
- Knowledge of NHS Wales Digital Systems and ‘open architecture’ strategy framework
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability and confidence to speak publicly to groups of people, demonstrating ideas, concepts and working software and answer related questions
- Ability and confidence to lead and motivate a team, chairing team meetings.
- Excellent planning skills
- Able to work individually, or as part of a team.
- Able to establish good working relationships with people at all levels
- Be methodical and disciplined in work with meticulous attention to detail
- Able to work under own initiative, organise own work and meet deadlines under pressure, with competing demands and tight timescales
- Able to communicate with staff on complex business or clinical processes.
- Experience of resolving conflict and problems and challenging projects
- Display high quality written and verbal communication skills
- Able to learn new technologies and IT systems quickly through both self-study and professional courses.
- Good interpersonal and teaching skills.
- Determined, patient and self-motivated
- Quality focussed.
- Highly professional and flexible attitude to work.
- Experience of resolving conflict and problems within challenging projects
- Digitally curious
Desirable criteria
- Understands the Data Protection Act and its implications for the holding of patient / donor information.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
Welsh language skills are not necessary
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Tony Anyiam
- Job title
- Head of Digital Applications
- Email address
- [email protected]
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