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Job overview

Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides acute and community medical services across Bolton Metropolitan Borough area. We provide IT services to approximately 7000 users with a wide range of hardware, software and applications.

Based at the Royal Bolton Hospital, you will be part of a dedicated team of IT professionals in a challenging environment. With a wide range of IT infrastructure and software applications, we can provide a comprehensive and structured career path.

Our Integration Specialists work with a range of HL7 interfaces making extensive use of Altera eLink and HealthShare/Ensemble Integration Engine to develop and support a whole host of healthcare integration solutions.

You will have previous experience building detailed HL7 interface between healthcare systems using middleware messaging tools (Altera eLink/interface sub system ISS) which will encompass previous experience of healthcare applications (PAS, EPR, Laboratory/Radiology, Pharmacy, e OBS, EDMS etc.) You will have extensive knowledge of Sunrise Clinical Manager (EPR) and associated database schemas. The successful candidate will manage the integration workstream on deployment projects delivering the full integration lifecycle-design/develop/deploy.

The role also requires C# and JavaScript programming skills to develop and maintain system interfaces. Experience of Windows Server platform and SQL Database technologies is also required.

Main duties of the job

With the direction of the Integration and Systems Development Manager:

• Support the management, maintenance and development of the Trust’s enterprise integration architecture, implementing robust middleware and effective interface governance.
• Design, develop, test and document all systems interfaces in use or required within the Trust, in line with the Trust’s Informatics Strategy.
•         Provide ongoing support by analysing, monitoring and troubleshooting all aspects of system integration.
• Assist and provide continued support of the implementation of the Trust’s EPR System / Interfacing.
•           Provide support and training for junior members of the team.

Working for our organisation

The aims of the Trust are to improve the health of and provide the best possible care to the population in which we serve to ensure that our staff have joy and pride in their work. We are striving to recruit a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We value our staff and can offer excellent opportunities for further training and development. We are keen to reflect our local population and therefore all applications from all sectors of the community are welcomed.