Job vacancy: Integration Specialist, Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust, Northampton

Job summary

Main area

Digital Transformation and Innovation

Grade

NHS AfC: Band 7

Contract

2 years (FIXED TERM/SECONDMENT OPPORTUNITY)

Hours

Full time
Flexible working

37.5 hours per week

Job ref

265-6448311

Employer: Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Northampton General Hospital
Town: Northampton
Salary: £43,742 - £50,056 Pro rate per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 25/07/2024 23:59

Integration Specialist

NHS AfC: Band 7

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key deliverables:

Providing leadership to ensure efficient, integrated and customer-focused services to all staff, supporting the team to ensure that services provided across the group are and continue to be effective, meet the clinical and business needs of the Group, and represent best value for money.

Configuration of the TIE and support for all interfacing activities. Ensuring secure and effective transmission of mission critical information between clinical and other information systems.

You will constantly review integration architecture and using your expert knowledge will implement improvement plans and lead on delivery to ensure systems are reliable and resilient, and that robust arrangements for maintenance are in place and regularly reviewed. 

Creation and maintenance of an integration architecture map to manage the various system integration points during the system and upgrade lifecycle, acting as the technical expert for all integration.

Ensure effective service delivery monitoring is in place, with up-to-date dashboards for service reporting purposes.

Liaise with colleagues (such as the EPR Programme Manager, Integration Manager and EPR Integration Lead) to enable creativity and innovation around the future provision of integrated solutions in support of the Digital Strategy.

Establish key relationships within the Service Delivery Team to enable all incident and service requests to be responded to within the departments SLA’s and in line with departmental policy.

Work with the Trust’s Information Security Manager to ensure that Trust EPR systems are compliant with best practice and conform to standards expected in the security section of the IG Toolkit. Provide evidence of effective security controls for the purpose of the annual IG Toolkit Submission to HSCIC.

Support project developments that involve integration - scoping, costing, development, testing and release management of new and potentially novel solutions.

You will be a key member of the ICT change advisory board (CAB).

Lead on business cases and support longer term business planning for the implementation and strategic development of electronic patient records and diagnostic systems within the Trust.

Negotiate with external organisations over service issues where the issue may be highly complex e.g. third-party suppliers, other NHS organisations, to ensure any outstanding issues are resolved to the satisfaction of the Trust.

Collaborate with colleagues to ensure effective integration of the Clinical Applications with other systems with the aim of maximising the efficiency of the clinical workflow overall, and longer-term business planning.

You will implement and propose continuous improvements to business continuity and disaster recovery plans in relation to all integration flows supported by the team.

Champion and role model the Groups values and behaviours and support others in doing so to deliver the Group Vision and Mission successfully.

Person specification

Educations, Training and Qualifications

Essential criteria

Educated to Masters level education or equivalent level or equivalent experience delivering Digital services
Formal Integration qualification
Sufficient knowledge of the provision of health services
Evidence of continuous personal and professional development

Desirable criteria

ITIL Certification or relevant experience or working in an ITIL environment
Project Management qualification, such as PRINCE II or experience of using structured project methodology
Evidence of experience or qualification in one or more of the following SQL / SQL Server HL7 Interfaces Reporting tools (e.g. Business Objects) Windows Server Administration

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria

Professional experience providing support for TIE and integration flows
Experience in contributing to the success of a multi-disciplinary team as effective team member
Ability to contribute to the effective performance and budgetary management and control in Service area
Leadership of complex digital/IT clinical systems change/project management while also developing and maintaining high standards of quality
Sufficient knowledge of NHS/Government policies, strategies and organisational relationships in relation Clinical Systems, to be able to advise stakeholders and develop proposals for the service area
Advanced systems development skills and technical knowledge across the TIE and clinical systems
Knowledge of digital healthcare standards and NHS datasets and their relationship to coding, finance, and commissioning
Experience of contributing to the development of policies and procedures
Change management experience
Demonstrable knowledge of clinical risk management policies and processes
Excellent understanding of NHS IT systems and services
Experience of developing and executing testing plans

Desirable criteria

Experience of working within the Agile methodology

skills

Essential criteria

Effective verbal and written communication and presentation skills suitable for a range of audiences
Able to clearly manage priorities for self and contribute to those of the team
Ability to perform well under pressure and manage unpredictable workload with conflicting priorities
Quality focused with an innovative approach and ability to solve highly complex problems
Have experience of administering and supporting an organisational wide IT system
Must have a methodical, disciplined approach to working practices
Have knowledge of, and be able to communicate effectively on complex operational requirements for effective integration management (e.g. performance monitoring etc)
Must be familiar with hospital environment and the role of EPR Systems in the clinical and business operation of the Trust
Ability to undertake duties effectively and to time in line with legislation, policies, and procedures
High level of proficiency in the use of IT tools, particularly Microsoft Office

Desirable criteria

Competence in process analysis and redesign techniques

Key Competencies/Personal Qualities and Attributes

Essential criteria

Passionate and committed to bring our Dedicated to Excellence values to life, improving the way we work with each other, particularly focusing on empowerment, equality diversity and inclusion of our staff, patients and service users
Ability to interpret and convey complex information from various systems in a manner that is easily understood by a variety of users
Must be able to demonstrate analytical thinking and the ability to work through problems to a resolution
Must be able to demonstrate both formal and informal communication ability, orally and in writing, when dealing with colleagues and other staff at all levels
Ability to deliver to targets and deadlines
Aligned to the Group’s values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Integrity, and Courage
Highly motivated, hard-working, self-confident, robust, and resilient individual with drive and determination to deliver
Able to perform confidently in stressful situations
Honesty and professional integrity
Commitment to personal development and development of staff
Can constructively challenge and effectively manage conflict to reach a positive conclusion
Ability to travel between the Kettering and Northampton Hospital sites and other sites across the Group and ICS and take part in an 24/7 on call service

At Northampton General Hospital we provide general acute services and hyper-acute stroke, vascular and renal services to people living in Northamptonshire. As well as this we are an accredited cancer centre and provide cancer services to a wider population of Northamptonshire and parts of Buckinghamshire.

We are proud to be the first hospital in the UK to have obtained Pathway to Excellence® designated accreditation from the American nurses credentialing centre (ANCC).

We celebrate staff achievements and value the importance of working as one big team. That’s why we talk about Team NGH. It’s all about working together to provide the best possible care for our patients and supporting each other to grow and develop our skills. We are driven to helping you to be the best you can be.

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone’s full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities. The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals. We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative. We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.

Apply today and join the largest family in Northamptonshire.

Our Excellence Values:

Compassion
Respect
Integrity
Courageous
Accountable

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