Trainee Automation Developer

at  Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust

This position supports the Automation Solutions Team in the delivery of RPA across the Trust. As a Trainee the postholder will learn and be involved in all aspects of the automation lifecycle including design, programming, version control, testing, documentation, technical implementation, and deployment.
The postholder will Support the Digital Health Team in providing an efficient, reliable, responsive, and timely automation and integration service.
They will be monitoring automation solutions to ensure that they are running effectively.
Responsible for reviewing process exceptions (business and system) and undertaking high level review and escalating to the Senior Developers for corrective action.
Supporting the design and development of automations in line with requirements.
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagement in the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.
At LCHS, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in LCHS’ workforce.
LCHS recognises the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices in order to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages during their working lives. Flexible working opportunities such as part-time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff to balance their personal and work commitments. Arrangements can be put in place if it can be shown that the needs of the individual can be balanced with those of the service and the impact on other team members, enabling the Trust to recruit and retain skilled staff, raise staff morale, reduce absenteeism and respond to changing service needs more effectively.
We are an ambassador of a learning culture that will support the right individual to progress in their chosen career through an ‘earn while you learn’ apprenticeship programme. Visit our Learning and Development page to find out more https://www.lincolnshirecommunityhealthservices.nhs.uk/join-us/learning-and-dev

Support the Digital Health Team in providing an efficient, reliable, responsive, and timely automation and integration service.

• Monitor automation solutions to ensure that they are running effectively.
• Review process exceptions (business and system) undertaking high level review and escalating to the Senior Developers for corrective action.
• Support in the design and development of automations in line with requirements
• Provide regular updates to the Senior RPA Developer on the progress of work and any emerging issues or challenges to meeting agreed delivery dates.
• Keep abreast of team plans and all aspects of the RPA lifecycle.
• Ensure the departmental requirement to produce valid and reliable documentation is adhered to, including version control (guidance will be provided)
• Regularly creates reports/documentation, develop automations, maintain computer systems including virtual computers and user accounts.
• Planning the automation and test plans with digital colleagues, some of which would be ongoing.
• Regularly creates reports/documentation, develop automations, maintain computer systems including virtual computers and user accounts.
• Saving and maintaining the documentation relevant to the automations developed/in use.

Please refer the Job description for details