Application Developer

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a skilled and experienced developer to work on a range of applications, and process automation. This post plays a key role in enhancing the trust's digital capabilities, supporting clinicians and other corporate staff to carry out their functions.

The role requires 3-5+ years' experience of working in a development role, creating new applications, process automation, and diagnosing errors quickly to resolve any issues that might occur in existing deployments.

Career Progression pathways and development opportunities:

We are committed to getting the very best out of our staff and support staff in their career aspirations. We have career pathways available, where you will be able to develop your skills and build on your experience to progress into other roles across different specialties.

The post sits within the Digital Applications team, who are responsible for maintaining, and configuring the trust's main clinical systems, as well as developing new innovative digital products. The team has 3 main areas, Support, Configuration, and Development which work together to provide a comprehensive digital applications service.

We work closely with the trust's CCIO, Project Management Office, Service Improvement Leads, operational managers, suppliers, and other stakeholders to ensure requirements are correctly identified, and introduced into service delivery.

Daily, you can expect to work on a range of tasks, supporting existing products, developing new applications, and process automations using a range of coding languages and frameworks., Unless expressly stated in the job advert the role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK

Autonomy

Works under general direction within a clear framework of accountability. Exercises substantial personal responsibility and autonomy. Plans own work to meet given objectives and processes.

Influence

Influences customers, suppliers, and partners at account level. May have some responsibility for the work of others and for the allocation of resources. Participates in external activities related to own specialism. Makes decisions which influence the success of projects and team objectives. Collaborates regularly with team members, users, and customers. Engages to ensure that user needs are being met throughout.

Complexity

Work includes a broad range of complex technical or professional activities, in a variety of contexts. Investigates, defines, and resolves complex issues.

Knowledge

Has a thorough understanding of recognised generic industry bodies of knowledge and specialist bodies of knowledge as necessary. Has gained a thorough knowledge of the domain of the organisation. Can apply the knowledge effectively in unfamiliar situations and actively maintains own knowledge and contributes to the development of others. Rapidly absorbs new information and applies it effectively. Maintains an awareness of developing practices and their application and takes responsibility for driving own development.

Business Skills

Communicates fluently, orally and in writing, and can present complex information to both technical and non-technical audiences. Plans, schedules, and monitors work to meet time and quality targets. Facilitates collaboration between stakeholders who share common objectives. Selects appropriately from applicable standards, methods, tools, and applications. Fully understands the importance of security to own work and the operation of the organisation. Seeks specialist security knowledge or advice when required to support own work or work of immediate colleagues.

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.