Overview

How would you like to be involved in creating innovative solutions that directly benefit clinical staff and patients within the NHS? In Informatics Merseyside Development Service, we use a variety of platforms to develop software applications and interfaces, supporting multiple NHS organisations.

We are looking for a well organised and enthusiastic individual, who is a strong problem solver with experience in the integration of clinical systems.

Role and Requirements

• Integration of Systems (HL7, XML, JSON, Javascript, REST, Rhapsody).
• This role will be specifically to support the integration team within the development service. Previous integration experience will be essential, and experience of SQL database management.
• For more information about this Lead Developer role, and about Informatics Merseyside, we will be hosting a brief and informal virtual session on Microsoft Teams. Email Michael Bland, Head of Development Service (Michael.Bland@imerseyside.nhs.uk) if you would like to be invited to join this session.

What we can offer

• Hybrid Working
• Role based training
• Continued personal and professional development
• A friendly and supportive environment
• Consideration of requests for Flexible working arrangements
• Health and wellbeing services and support
• Access to NHS staff discounts scheme
• Staff recognition schemes
• Minimum of 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• The opportunity to participate in the NHS pension scheme

The post holder will be responsible for the provision of application support to partner organisations and customers and support with the design and development of complex bespoke software applications, including interfaces, databases and other web-enabled and non-web-enabled information systems.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to “perfect care” – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Job Purpose

The objective of the Informatics Merseyside Development Service is to develop digital solutions through collaboration and innovation. We are a high performing team, consistently looking to evolve our best practices, knowledge, and skills to provide innovative digital solutions to our partners and customers.

We are a customer orientated service that is responsive and effective in the delivery of the digital requirements of our Partner Organizations (POs) and Customers in line with local and national IM&T priorities. The Development service provision is required to keep pace with ongoing development of technologies, providing solutions that are interactive for the end user and support changes in models of care delivery within the NHS and the need for agile working. The requirements now are increasingly for advanced custom development capabilities, using an array of platforms, languages and technologies.

The post holder will be responsible for leading the design and development of complex bespoke software applications, including interfaces, databases and other web-enabled and non-web-enabled information systems.

Principal Responsibilities

• Designs, develops and tests websites and complex bespoke software applications, including databases and other web enabled and non web enabled information systems.
• Receives and assesses non-routine and complex enquiries and requests for service from partner organisations and customers.
• Analyses partner and customer requirements and evaluates and selects appropriate technical solutions, where there are several technologies.
• Provides training and on-going support to Developers in web design and development, and in the use of web, software, and integration development technologies.
• Manages a variable workload, plans and modifies, often at short notice, a work programme containing complex tasks and activities to ensure that PO requirements are addressed in an appropriate and timely manner.

This advert closes on Sunday 5 Oct 2025