Band 7 Senior Integration Programmer: Sponsorship Available

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Build the connections that keep healthcare moving

Do you want to use your development and integration skills in a role where your work has a direct impact on patient care, staff experience and the safe running of hospital services?

At University Hospitals Birmingham, our Integration Team develops and supports the digital connections that allow clinical and corporate systems to share information safely, reliably and effectively. These integrations help ensure that the right information is available to the right people, supporting better decisions, smoother services and reduced risk across the Trust.

We are looking for a Senior Integration Programmer to join our specialist IT Services team. You will work with technologies including Rhapsody, HL7, FHIR, XML, JSON and REST services, taking a leading role in designing, developing, testing and improving integration solutions.

This is an opportunity to join a skilled and supportive team where your expertise will be valued. You will help shape best practice, mentor colleagues, improve how we work and contribute to digital services that support one of the UK’s largest NHS Trusts.

Main duties of the job

As a Senior Integration Programmer, you will:

*Design, develop, test and support integrations that enable secure exchange of information across clinical and corporate systems.

*Create integration solutions using Rhapsody, HL7, FHIR, REST services, XML and JSON.

*Lead technical delivery on integration projects, ensuring solutions are robust, reliable and meet best practice.

*Investigate, troubleshoot and resolve issues, helping maintain high service availability.

*Create and execute test plans, support releases and contribute to continuous improvement.

*Work closely with stakeholders, translating requirements into effective solutions.

*Provide technical leadership, peer review and mentor team members to support development.

*Contribute to development of standards, processes and documentation to improve quality and consistency.

We are looking for someone with:

*Strong development and integration skills, including JavaScript, SQL and XML/JSON.

*Excellent analysis and problem-solving ability.

*The ability to manage priorities, work independently and meet deadlines.

*Strong communication skills and ability to explain concepts to a range of audiences.

*A proactive, creative and shared approach, with a commitment to learn and improve.

*Experience with integration standards would be advantageous.

This is an opportunity to play a role in delivering solutions that support patient care across one of the UK’s largest NHS Trusts.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • * BTEC National or Higher or 3 A levels
  • * Relevant IT or other science degree or degree level experience

Desirable

  • * Rhapsody Certified [Professional /Associate]

Experience

Essential

  • * Use of Javascript, c#, TSQL and XML/JSON
  • * System Integration and data transfer protocols

Desirable

  • * A good knowledge and understanding of the clinical processes involved in secondary, tertiary and to a lesser extent secondaryxtent primary healthcare environments.
  • * Software design, development and support environment that involves complex computer systems and that roughly parallels that of clinical IT systems within the NHS.
  • * Demonstrable experience of working in Source Control software e.g., Microsoft TFS.
  • * Use of Web Services (SOAP, RESTFul JSON), FHIR HL7
  • * Experience in message transformation and use of Integration Engine.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 20 September 2026

To apply for this job please visit uhb.tal.net.