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NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) provides a range of specialised systems and services, some of which are digital solutions, that enable NHS Boards to focus their efforts on delivering health improvement and patient care. Scotland has some of the best health service data in the world and we work in partnership with NHS Boards, hospitals, GP’s and Local Authorities to provide IT systems to support local decision makers and national policy and guidance
We seek a self-motivated enthusiastic Systems Developer to join our small established friendly developer team, who are supportive of each other on a day to day basis. The post could be office based or working at home so the candidate needs to be flexible to adapt to both of these options. You should keep up to date with new technology and frameworks. You will be involved in design, development, maintenance and support of the best possible solutions for new and existing software products used throughout Scotland.
Applicants should be educated to degree level in an IT related subject or have equivalent experience in a technical development role on large scale system solutions. You will have proven experience in a technical IT role, with strong experience in building Office 365 solutions including Power Apps and Power Automate (Flow) You will also have experience with:
• SQL Server (including complex SQL stored procedures)
• NoSQL databases
• JavaScript, JQuery and Web Services
• Agile methodologies
• C#
• ASP.Net and MVC
Experience with Azure DevOps, front end frameworks and container technologies would be desirable
You will have excellent inter-personal skills and be able to work with health professionals in NSS, NHS boards and Local Authorities. You will be able to demonstrate excellent organisational skills, and a high degree of accuracy. The ability to maintain strict confidentiality is essential.
You should have the ability to work across many different projects with different priorities, managing the conflicting demands that this entails, negotiating and influencing customers and suppliers in terms of timescales and deadlines.
Our Job Descriptions are generic for developer roles. Please refer to the Person Specification for the specific skill sets required for the role.
Our benefits package includes pension scheme, comprehensive range of work life balance policies, occupational health services, learning resource centres and discounted leisure, financial and shopping benefits.
For an informal discussion on the post, please contact John Hardy on 0141 282 2158.
Further information on NSS is available from: www.nhsnss.org
Closing date for completed applications is Friday 18th December 2020
Please note that the majority of correspondence is sent by e-mail only, so please check your e-mail regularly (including junk folders).
NHS National Services Scotland is an equal opportunities employer and as committed participant in the disability confident scheme, guarantees to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies