Database and Integration Engineer: Sponsorship Available

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Job Summary

Major transformation programme seeks enthusiastic, committed individuals to join its dedicated EPR team

We are recruiting a new team to work on our exciting new Electronic Patient Record (EPR) programme.

Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is bringing in a new Electronic Patient Record. This is major transformation programme that will affect almost all Trust employees, supporting them to provide better quality care for our patients and families.

We are currently recruiting for a Database and Integration Engineer (B8a) for Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital.

We’re looking for the right people to join us on this exciting digital journey and be part of our vision to be a world-leading team, providing world-leading care.

The EPR will be a big change for all our patient-facing teams, so we are looking for people with the energy, passion and resilience to manage the complexities and high risks involved to help us deliver this critical programme of work.

 

Main duties of the job

This post is a BWC wide post with operational responsibility across the whole organisation for all databases including Epic support activities. The department’s Database and Integration Engineer is tasked with the support and maintenance of all 900 or so databases hosted / managed by the ICT department. The department utilises mainly Microsoft Structure Query Language (SQL) technology as such the post holder should possess excellent knowledge of this technology and act as the departments Subject Matter Expert (SME) on SQL database technology. Most of the Trust electronic data are stored in databases.

The post holder will set the Trust’s database technology strategy and vision with the HOD and will make decisions on the operations of all Trust SQL Database Management Systems (DBMS). The post holder, will when required, lead junior or contract staff.

This post has responsibilities for continually improving database performance and maintaining their data quality and integrity, namely accuracy, completeness, consistency and validity. As the department regularly updates the Trust systems, the post holder is expected to regularly plan and manage several database projects, often simultaneously, throughout the year and which may exceed 50 in a year. The post holder will also design and implement new database systems.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Evidence of Masters Level or equivalent postgraduate degree in Computer Science or related field
  • Specialist training in MS SQL Database Server Administration and Maintenance.

Knowledge & Nature of Experience

Essential

  • Substantial experience in managing a significantly sized database environment.
  • Significant MS SQL Database Administration 2000 / 2005 / 2008 experience.
  • Significant experience in Administration, Maintenance and development of MS SQL Database 2000/2005/2008/ 2012 / 2014 / 2016 / 2017 / 2019
  • Substantial experience and knowledge of developing or implementing and configuring SQL Server Services (SSIS, SSAS, SSRS and PBIRS) and their tasks.

Analytical and Judgement Skills

Essential

  • Excellent problem-solving skills. Can diagnose complex system or database issues and provide solutions.

Professional/Managerial/Specialist Knowledge

Essential

  • Good level of technical skills, theory and practice, in designing systems, handling sensitive data and automating data processing.

Personal Skills/Abilities and Attributes

Essential

  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Strong analytical skills.

Other Requirements

Essential

  • Excellent knowledge of data security, GDPR and confidentiality issues

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: 07 July 2025

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