ESR Technical Analyst/Technician

at  NHS Business Services Authority

Job purpose: This position is to support the senior analysts in the development of new scripts and the upkeeping of the current scripts which form the ESR integration suite. There is an amount of reporting and documentation which is associated with this position in which you will be working alongside the 3 senior analysts already in post and 1 other Analyst. The main activities are: - To provide support of production interfaces To design, develop, unit test and system test new or enhanced interfaces To support, maintain and develop the application software running on the NHS Hub which support the processing of Interfaces. Resolve any issues relating to interface testing and data problems To assist with User Testing of interfaces Provide guidance, process and procedure information to trust project teams during interface testing To evaluate the trust interface requirements and produce detailed specification on a site by site basis Resolve any issues relating to interface testing and data problems In this role, you are accountable for: Duties will be the developing of new interfaces and the support of the production interfaces.
Development of new or enhanced Interfaces To build and test new software, against a system specification, ready for user testing. To be able to identify errors or issues and to apply urgent fixes or agree developments to resolve the error or issue within the often limited time scales. Support of Application Infrastructure on the NHS Hub Ability to respond to queries on existing interfaces. To be able to identify errors or issues and to apply urgent fixes or agree developments to resolve the error or issue.
Provide technical and non-technical support to users of all designations, both on the telephone and during face-to-face meetings. Apply knowledge and experience to plan and execute system mergers and large volume data changes. Development of new interface requirements Working with trusts to analyse interface requirements. Specification and development of software to meet requirements Working with ESR Central Team to ensure adequate specifications or development work Working with ESR Central Team, Group Project Managers and Employing Organisation representatives to test interface software.
Produce and maintain system documentation for internal and external use. Ensure all the processes are being followed correctly and all deadlines achieved on time

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