Senior Development Specialist

Working as a partnership, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this. 

The single corporate service is delivered across both organisation.  You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.

NHS Band 7:  Salary £49,387 - £56,515 per annum

Hours per Week:  Full time 37.5

Fixed Term Contract:  until 31st December 2027 

Location:  Your base location will be either IWT or PHU, but we support a hybrid approach to working which includes remotely.

Closing Date: 2nd August 2026 (vacancy may close earlier if sufficient applications received)

IWT and PHU Trusts have started a journey to share PHU’s in-house developed EPR in readiness for OneEPR. The Senior Development Specialist will be a key player in the Trusts strategic goal to converge to a single EPR. This will involve working with Product Owners to support new feature requests to assist with feature parity with IWTs current EPR.

Job summary

• Design, build, test and deploy new features for in-house applications to align with IWT’s requirements (C# and .NET)
• Engage with product owners to understand requirements and convert into User Stories as part of the Agile process
• Stay current on new digital technologies and maintain an understanding of Trust-wide applications 
• Experience with Healthcare Integration is desirable 

Specific Core Functions

• Analyse, design, build, test and deploy applications and integrations on our technology stack:
  • In-house applications
    • C#
    • MS SQL
    • .NET Core
    • ASP.NET MVC 5
    • React
    • ASP.NET Web Forms
    • Git
    • Azure DevOps
  • Integration engine (desirable)
    • InterSystems Health Connect
    • ObjectScript

• Applicants must have experience in either application development or integration development (both is desirable)

For full details of this position please refer to enclosed Job Description

Essential

• Bachelor degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience required

Experience 

• Database Experience: Ability to Read and Write complex SQL code Database Experience: Preferred: Microsoft SQL Server.
• Verifiable experience with programming and scripting required.
• Experience in a health care systems environment is desirable.
• Demonstrable ability to work and communicate effectively with both technical and business audiences.

Skills & Knowledge

• Must have proven applied knowledge in a combination of two or more of the following areas: XML , C#, SOAP, REST, SQL, JSON, HL7/CCDA
• Must have proven applied knowledge in CI/CD pipeline management, such as Azure DevOps
• Must have experience in managing change effectively
• Must have experience in supporting operational issues under pressure

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and Disability, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs. 

For more information, please see our People and OD Strategy 2026