Development Service Lead Developer

at  Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

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 toDevelopers 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

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