Development Team Lead

This is an exciting opportunity for an individual to work with Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's Digital Development and Integration Team.
The Development Team consists of technical staff specialising in support, security, maintenance, development or management of the Trusts integration architecture and associated platforms.
The Development Team Lead is a key part of the Development team, the post will act as a lead within the team for systems integration, interface and development management or support. The post holder provides design, support or advice to the Development team manager and development team on current or new system integrations, interfaces or developments
This position offers the opportunity for hybrid working with 2-3 days on site / home working depending on the business need.
Candidates will be expected to work their 37.5 hours flexibly to meet business requirements. Evenings, nights and weekends work may also be expected as part of a safer and more effective service delivery. Occasional on call duties may be required., This role is responsible for the day to day line management of specialist technical development staff, this includes 1:1s, PDPs and disciplinary matters as delegated by the Development team manager. The Development Team Lead is responsible for leading a team providing systems integration or development support covering a variety of technologies and responsibilities, this includes: -
+ Support and maintenance
+ Daily and scheduled tasks
+ Essential patches or bug fixes
+ Messaging Standards such as HL7, XML, JSON
+ Integration Engine support, maintenance and alerting
+ Highly complex issue or problem resolution
+ Root cause analysis
+ Licences, contracts and Vendor management
+ Attend scoping meetings for integration and development requirements, The Development team lead is a source of knowledge and advice for project teams. This includes providing expertise on licensing, systems integration, ongoing support, resource projections or costs, timelines and advising on business case development.
The post holder will take a lead role in specialist projects such as upgrades to key systems that impact across clinical and non-clinical areas, this includes downtime to be agreed with multiple stakeholders.
The Development team lead will support the programme teams in the planning of projects and liaise or work alongside application vendors, internal stakeholders and other technical experts to do so.

We're looking for someone with strong development, organisational and communication skills, as well as excellent attention to detail. You'll have experience of IT within Healthcare or in a large IT department with a large system portfolio,
This is a very team-focused environment, so you'll need to be adaptable and enjoy team work too. High levels of personal resilience is a must as this is a very fast paced and at times challenging environment. Any experience of team leadership/supervision is extremely advantageous.

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics.
You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career.
We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.
Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. Please ensure that you make your application as soon as possible.
All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required.
Please review all documents attached to this advert to ensure you familiarise yourself with all requirements of the job.