Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
Automation Senior Developer
The closing date is 09 November 2025
Location: Base location either St Mary's Hospital, Parkhurst Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5TG, or Building 4000, Lakeside, North Harbour, Cosham, Portsmouth, PO6 3EN. Across site travel may be required, the frequency will be agreed locally
Main duties of the job
The Senior Automation Developer will play a key role in delivering intelligent automation solutions across both Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust and Isle of Wight NHS Trust.
You will design, develop, test, and support Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and Power Platform applications, applying your technical expertise to streamline business processes, enhance digital capabilities, and support the Trusts wider digital transformation strategies.
Working within a skilled and collaborative team, you will lead on complex automation projects, ensuring that all solutions are secure, maintainable, and deliver measurable benefits to the organisation.
About us
Working as a partnership, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this.
The vision for our single corporate services is to:
* Be an employer of choice for corporate talent, attracting and retaining people who share our values for excellence in care and welcome the opportunity to benefit from the broad range of flexible career and development opportunities we can offer.
* Improve efficiency through simplified and standardised policies, processes, and systems, drawing on the best from both Trusts.
* Do things once and reduce any duplication on transactional tasks giving corporate staff the ability to focus on higher value and more diverse activities.
* Co-invest in the latest digital solutions and standardise our approach, meaning we do things once for both organisations.
* Improve learning and development opportunities and sharing best practice, upskilling both Trusts.
* Co-locate teams in purpose-built facilities on the Island and in Portsmouth to enable closer working and sharing.
* Build resilience for individuals and our teams.
Job responsibilities
* Design, develop, test, and deploy RPA solutions using Blue Prism in accordance with Trust standards and best practice.
* Support the development and integration of Microsoft Power Platform applications, including Power Automate and Power Apps.
* Collaborate with business analysts and service leads to translate operational requirements into scalable technical solutions.
* Create and maintain reusable automation components, documentation, and governance artefacts.
* Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior automation developers.
* Ensure compliance with Information Governance, data protection, and cybersecurity standards.
* Participate in change management, release processes, and quality assurance reviews.
* Proactively identify opportunities for process automation and continuous improvement.
* Support the ongoing maintenance and optimisation of existing automations.
* Contribute to technical innovation, evaluation of emerging technologies, and best practice sharing across the team.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Degree level education/qualification or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
* Blue Prism certification (Developer / Professional Developer).
Experience
* Significant experience in RPA development, specifically with Blue Prism.
* Strong understanding of automation lifecycle management, exception handling, and process design.
* Knowledge of Microsoft 365 tools, including Power Automate and Power Apps.
* Experience of system integration using APIs, web services, and databases (SQL).
* Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
* Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver to agreed timescales.
* Effective communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
* Experience of working within the NHS or other public sector environments.
* Knowledge of Agile or hybrid delivery methodologies.
* Experience with cloud environments or virtual workforce management (e.g., Blue Prism Cloud).
* Familiarity with other RPA platforms (UiPath, Automation Anywhere, etc.).
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.
Employer name
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
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