Job summary
- Main area
- Information Management
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 1 year (1 year from the start of the contract (Secondments will be considered))
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 391-RFL-7342322
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Free Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £56,276 - £63,176 per annum including HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Band 7 Senior Database Developer
Band 7
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
Click here to view our video Welcome to the Royal Free
Job overview
This one-year fixed-term challenging post is open to secondment applications and will require the post holder, under limited direction, to analyse business requirements, create technical design documents, develop code test and provide on going application support.
The post holder will be an integral member of the team responsible in providing services to meet the Trusts IT and business requirements.
Support Senior database developer and lead the development of bespoke clinical database applications used to support the Immunity and Rare Diseases Directorate and to integrate different Trust IT systems used within the Trust. To provide technical expertise to inform the directorate on current IT solutions.
The post holder will be responsible for the development and maintenance of the bespoke in house Immunity and Rare Diseases database systems, and will work closely with the senior database developer, information manager, clinical leads, and the Information Management department to improve data richness and accessibility while increasing automation to reduce manual burden.
To ensure that all bespoke development is carried out in a safe and professional manner, tested and with all documentation (including software code, test plans and data, training and system manuals, planning) of sufficient quality and detail to allow for on going support and redevelopment.
Main duties of the job
Please see enclosed document for a detailed job description, which includes main responsibilities of the job.
Working for our organisation
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
Click here to view our video Welcome to the Royal Free
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see enclosed document for a detailed job description, which includes main responsibilities of the job.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree of equivalent qualification in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field
- Extensive experience as a Software Developer
- Considerable experience in the design and development of software solutions
- Strong understanding of relational database design and normalization.
- Proven experience developing and maintaining Microsoft Access applications.
Desirable criteria
- Microsoft certifications (e.g., MCSA: SQL Server)
- Experience of HL7
- SSIS (SQL Server Integration Services)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Proven experience developing and maintaining Microsoft Access applications
- Possess extensive knowledge of integrating Trust systems such as ORACLE Health’s EPR
- Collaborating with various stakeholders, including managers, clinicians, and other analysts
- To lead on projects relating to data and databases management within the Immunity and Rare Diseases Directorate.
Desirable criteria
- Provide training to clinical, and administrators within the information department.
- To be aware of new IT solutions which could be utilised for future development of the Immunity and Rare Diseases Directorate databases
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Akram Piyara
- Job title
- Information Manager – Immunity and Rare Diseases
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 7433 2706
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