About this role
Job summary
You will be responsible for leading the development team working on a range of enterprise systems built upon modern technology stacks. You will have a strong background leading development teams within an agile setting and have the desire and enthusiasm to deliver but also innovate.
The development team are responsible for providing systems to frontline staff at the point of patient care. The team and supporting teams have expanded over the last year with a plan of continued recruitment and investment in the team to be a leader within the NHS.
The position is based in Fleet Solutions, and you will be responsible for initially driving a shift from legacy solutions written in asp.net, PHP and SQL (stored procedures) to modern .NET, React, Cloud First, Event Driven applications.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible of defining process that our dev team follows and ensuring the development team take responsibility to implement Technically adept you will provide assistance/guidance to the dev team and define best practice in relation to code quality and standards Working closely with Project Managers/Product Owners you will provide insight towards new development work via agreed changes, estimates and also innovative changes that come from within the development team You will take responsiblity for resourcing the team correctly and reporting in to the Deputy Director of Development to expand and deliver on a strong Digital Vision You can have the capacity to be actively involved with development work but not at the detriment of an efficiently functioning delivery team as you will be core to the teams success You will be working on existing and green field solutions that use the latest technologies with a large variety of projects to get involved with You will operate in a cloud first development environment and we would look to you to introduce new tools/approaches to improve development lifecycle. Demonstrate excellent understanding of the Change Framework, promoting awareness of and adherence to the process within the team
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England?
Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application
Job description Job responsibilities
As Dev Team Lead/Manager you will be responsible for leading and managing the application development team within Northumbria Healthcare Trust delivering on a range of systems with the Digital Services department. This will include the management of Backend and Frontenddevelopers and you will be expected to have deep technical knowledge and experience. You will have experience of working in a development environment and either experience of a similar role or being a senior developer/senior QA tester/product manager looking to move in to dev team leadership. Your primary focus is to provide leadership and line management to developers who are working on new projects and supporting existing services. You will work collaboratively to define common approaches to application development and integration and ensure development standards are documented and maintained by the team. Within your role, you will be developing the teams' adoption of agile ways of working alongside, Product Owners, Project Managers, and Business Analysts. You will be successful in supporting teams to adopt new tools and approaches to development and continue to change as theorganisation expands its portfolio of internally developed systems. Development teams main tech stacks/approaches are .NET / React / Micro Services / Azure / Azure DevOps To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learningand quality improvement and (c) facilitates tea working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries. Lead the modernisation of our Fleet applications, from asp.net, PHP and SQL (stored procedures) to modern .NET, React, Cloud First, Event Driven applications.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Professional knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent experience plus in-depth technical and strategic knowledge.
Experience Essential
Strong technical skills obtained as a Lead Developer Experience working with Agile and Scrum Teams
Desirable
Experience in resource planning and scheduling, estimation, and reporting on progress Previous experience managing a development team Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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Employer details Employer name Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address Digital Services, Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub
Avenue Road
Seaton Deleval
NE25 0QJ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)