Full Stack Developer: Sponsorship Available

Job Summary

This is a unique opportunity for a skilled Full Stack Developer to shape the organisation’s information and analytics landscape. As a Full Stack Developer, you will be instrumental in building practical, effective applications that address key challenges in healthcare delivery.

This role offers the chance to create tools that directly benefit staff and patients while contributing to a growing in-house capability. If you enjoy solving real-world technological problems and want to make a tangible difference, we would like to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

As a Full Stack Developer, you will design, build, and maintain custom reporting applications, APIs, and data systems that support the trust’s evolving digital needs. You will play a pivotal role in advancing local and national information strategies through modern technologies and by delivering high-quality, secure solutions for data management and analysis.

In this role, you will enhance the organisation’s technology stack by developing intuitive web-based tools using frameworks like Angular or React, alongside HTML/CSS and Power BI. On the back end, you’ll work with Python, SSIS, SQL, and APIs to create scalable and efficient data solutions. You’ll also focus on optimising system performance, improving data quality, and ensuring robust data security to support impactful decision-making across the organisation.

If you’re passionate about building practical, secure, and innovative systems that make a difference, we’d love to hear from you.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Master’s degree in an information or numeracy field, or equivalent higher education qualification or minimum 3 years’ experience in a specialist role

Knowledge

Essential

• Proficient in SQL for data extraction, manipulation, and analysis.
• Competency in Python for data processing and analysis.
• Working knowledge of JavaScript and related frameworks (e.g. Angular or React)
• Working knowledge of HTML and CSS
• Understanding of Data Visualisation tools, (e.g. Power BI, Tableau, or similar)

Skills

Essential

• Experience in creating ETL processes using SSIS (SQL Server Integration Services) or similar tools
• Practical experience of using SQL (or similar) to build tables, design updates and extract data
• Experience in developing Flask-based Python WebApps and APIs
• Familiarity with full stack development, including front-end (e.g., JavaScript, HTML/CSS) and back-end technologies (e.g., SQL, Python).
• Understanding of database design, creation, tables, permissions, etc
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills to all levels of staff
• Good analytical and problems solving skills, effectively using tools available
• Good presentation skills in all media – verbal, written, visual etc.
• Ability to analyse and present highly complex information and to communicate complex concepts to staff from non-IT backgrounds.
• Demonstrated ability to embrace new technologies and methods, with a focus on improving information delivery and analysis.

Desirable

• Statistical knowledge and expertise to degree level

Experience

Essential

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a senior informatics role
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals
• Evidence of continual professional development

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: 01 January 2025