Job Description

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Band 7

Main area

Digital

Grade

Band 7

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Full time - 37.5 hours per week (to be agreed)

Job ref

343-NN-7135764-FM-HM-A

Site

Epsom Gateway

Town

Epsom

Salary

51,883 - 58,544 Pro-rata, per annum inc HCAS (Outer London)

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

17/07/2025 23:59

At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.




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Job overview

We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated individual to join our Digital Team. This role is part of a Team who are responsible supporting and delivering integration for clinical applications and projects.



We are looking for individuals with excellent technical and communication skills. The post holder is responsible for designing, developing and maintaining the patient data interfaces (mostly HL7) between the Trust's main clinical systems (iCLIP Pro) and various clinical systems inside and outside the Trust.



The post holder will ensure the day-to-day running and the correct operation of the interfaces contained in the Trust integration engines. It is essential that the post holder has Mirth skills and experience

Please note: Previous applicants need not apply

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Main duties of the job

Design, develop and maintain data transfer interfaces within the Trust's integration engines using data formats such as HL7, FHIR, XML, and communication protocols such as REST, SOAP, M(L)LP

Design and plan new interfaces as required, to include quality assurance, unit testing, integration testing, regression testing and signoff

Co-ordinate the design, creation and maintenance of mapping tables used by the integration engines to translate data between systems. This will involve working closely with the system application managers and other technical staff.

Help to ensure the interfaces and their management are supportive all governance and security policies and procedures.

To monitor the day-to-day running and usage of data interfaces and integration engines

Discuss, design, develop, document and maintain programs, views or mechanisms to monitor various interfaces in the Trust's integration engines and ensure the smooth running of the interfaces

To deal with any issues arising and notifying any users of planned or unplanned downtime. This would generally involve liaison with the ICT department

Produce a post-mortem on the occurrence of any unplanned downtime

To be available for on-call duties (involving the possibility of call outs) if required

To provide support for any issues arising from planned or unplanned down time

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Working for our organisation

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.



We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.



The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.


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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.

The recruiting team reserve the right to close this advertisement early once applications reach maximum limit.

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Person specification

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Education

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Essential criteria

Degree or equivalent level of experience involving computer science/programme modules JavaScript or other object-oriented programming language SQL for query and management #####

Desirable criteria

Qualification or completed training in using Mirth. Application troubleshooting level of understanding on Linux ####

Experience

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Essential criteria

Previous work experience developing interfaces using Mirth. Development against HL7v2, v3 and FHIR. Database creation and effective use with MS SQL #####

Desirable criteria

Significant experience in the health sector (ideally NHS). SQL administration. Experience in using a Mirth integration engine and developing HL7 interfaces with EPR providers. ####

Skills and Knowledge

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Essential criteria

Excellent understanding of the HL7 messaging structure, the different HL7 versions, awareness that some systems deviate from the 'standard'. SQL database skills for data handling and service management. Operating system knowledge for Windows and Linus for the purposes of issue trouble shooting and basic system monitoring. #####

Desirable criteria

Knowledge about EPRs Understanding of SOA, microservices and API benefits and challenges. Excellent skills in Mirth interface development ####

Personal Qualities

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Essential criteria

Excellent communication skills and ability to liaise with others outside immediate team Excellent problem solving, bug fixing, and analytical skills Ability to work on own initiative

Your application

: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.

References

: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We

do notaccept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.

Closing date

: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

Shortlisting

: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.

DBS

: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.



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Disability Advice Line:

SWL Recruitment Hub is committed to promoting equity and equal opportunities for individuals with disabilities. We believe that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even more positive impact on the people we serve. For support with job opportunities and reasonable adjustments contact our

Confidential Disability Advice Line at:

Telephone: 02082963786

Text: 07501066267

Email: esth.dal@nhs.net.

Our confidential answering service is available after 5pm.
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Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.