This is an exciting opportunity to join the Digital Integration and Development Team at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, where innovation meets impact in the heart of healthcare technology. As a Systems Integration Development Specialist, you will be a vital contributor to a team of technical experts dedicated to the development, support, and security of the Trust’s integration architecture. Your role will focus on the operational support and enhancement of system-to-system interfaces, ensuring that the Trust’s digital infrastructure remains agile and responsive to changes in its application portfolio. With a strong emphasis on clinical safety and seamless user experience, you’ll help enable healthcare systems to access essential health data accurately, efficiently, and securely.
This hybrid position offers the flexibility of working two days a week in the Bedford office and three days remotely, supporting a balanced and productive work environment. The interview process will be conducted face-to-face at our Bedford offices and includes a short technical exam covering computer programming, SQL, and HL7 standards. If you're passionate about digital transformation in healthcare and ready to make a meaningful difference, we’d love to hear from you.
The role
• Take the lead on ensuring the quality of system integration development: reviewing and improving code and documentation for readability and maintainability.
• Provide expert support for operational interfaces and messaging platforms across the whole Trust integration architecture.
• Analyse system integration requirements, reviewing specifications and preparing detailed designs for bespoke integration solutions.
• Proactively identify risks and issues that affect release scope, schedule and quality.
• Create and manage development work packages for junior team members, ensuring the most effective use of available resources to meet operational need and project constraints.
• Develop system-to-system HL7 interfaces and other integration solutions using efficient, well-structured ObjectScript code; InterSystems HealthShare; SQL and other tools to meet agreed designs and project requirements.
About you
We’re looking for someone with strong systems integration, development, organisational and communication skills, as well as excellent attention to detail. You’ll have experience of IT within Healthcare or in a large IT department with a large system portfolio.
This is a very team-focused environment, so you’ll need to be adaptable and enjoy team work too. High levels of personal resilience is a must as this is a very fast-paced and at times challenging environment. Any experience of team leadership/supervision is extremely advantageous.
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics.
You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high-quality training and development to help you grow your career.
We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting-edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.
Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarise yourself with all requirements of the job.
The full Job Description and Person Specification are attached to this job. Please review for the full details and responsibilities.
· Ensuring the efficient organisation of systems integration or development services within department, making best use of capacity to deliver activity within the terms of the Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and with cost-effective utilisation of staff and non-pay resources.
· Developing and maintaining in-depth specialist knowledge of the relevant programming languages and methodologies as appropriate to deliver the Trust strategy.
· Designing, developing, coding, debugging and supporting the trust messaging platforms.
· Developing interface specifications and reviewing vendor specifications in line with objectives or business requirements.
· Proactively identifying risks and issues that affect release scope, schedule and quality.
This advert closes on Monday 27 Oct 2025