Job Summary
DHCW supports interoperability between the various components of the NHS Wales national architecture, managed by Integration services through a combination of technologies to support interoperability.
The Integration team transforms and standardises messages containing patient information for sharing across the NHS Wales’ Messaging Fabric, a key part of the national infrastructure. DHCW is beginning an extensive program of migration, modernisation and expansion, with a view of replacing Fiorano with a custom-built messaging solution and we wish to recruit a Lead Developer to join the Integration Platform Team.
In line with the National Data Strategy, a non-proprietary cloud hosted solution is needed, that is vendor neutral and agnostic to market influence to avoid supplier lock in and rising support and maintenance costs, an in-house developed solution will allow DHCW and NHS Wales the capability to deliver integration services that support national strategies in an efficient, cost-effective manner reducing the dependency on 3rd party proprietary solutions.
You will be expected to work with staff at all levels in helping us deliver our strategic plan by placing quality, safety and innovation at the centre of what you do. You will play a key role in working alongside a multi-disciplinary team to support the delivery of new products and enhancements to existing systems.
Main duties of the job
Proven experience using Integrated Development Environment (IDE) to write software code and produce elegant, robust and maintainable software applications.
Working toward a previously built design solution, you are expected to take the lead in the development and ensure it is rigorously tested and documented in accordance with DHCW and industry best practices.
Working largely independently, under the guidance of a solutions architect, there will be opportunities to work with a range of system and user interface technologies. In addition to new developments, you will be involved in developing solutions to integrate legacy systems.
Skills key for this role:
- System architecture design for high-performance, scalable integration (microservices)
- Multithreading & performance, Observability & Monitoring tools
- Enterprise Service Bus (WSO2, JCAPs, Fiorano, Biztalk, IBM Websphere)
- messaging Queues (Rabbit MQ, Active MQ, etc)
- Web Services, API, XML, XSLT, .Net, SQL, SOAP, REST
- Networking connectivity, TCP/UDP/sockets
- Containerised applications, Docker, Kubernetes
- CI/CD and DevOps tools, Agile, SDLC
Experience in the following
Apache Camel
HL7 v 2.x and FHIR
High Availability solutions, Mirroring, Replication, Clustering, AOG
Modelling tools and languages, Enterprise Architect/UML
Expert in OOP, unit testing, software design patterns, SOLID principles, TDD
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Master’s degree in an associated professional field (or equivalent qualification / experience).
- Further evidence of relevant higher-level education and/or training e.g. Knowledge gained through practical experience of working at this level, across the range of work procedures and practices.
- Evidence of continuous professional development.
Desirable
- Professional Registration: Registered IT Technician (RITTech)
- FEDIP Senior Practitioner, or equivalent recognised advanced professional qualification.
- Knowledge of the NHS, other healthcare systems, or the health sector, including regional or national variations
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience of working on digital products and services, in a similar role, with multi-disciplinary teams.
- Proficient in software tools which automate or assist part of the development process.
- Proficient in a set of codes and syntax (supported by software tools) that enables the unambiguous translation of specified functionality into source code for the creation of computer programs.
- Proficient in methods and techniques for structured reviews, including reviews of technical work products, test plans, business cases, architectures and any other key deliverables.
- Familiar with software tools which automate or assist any part of the testing process across all or part of the testing lifecycle.
- Familiar with the collaborative DevOps approach consisting of agile practices, processes, and procedures designed to facilitate rapid IT service and product delivery.
Desirable
- Aware of methods and techniques for running effective meetings and for understanding and influencing the roles played by participants.
- Aware of principles, methods and techniques for establishing, documenting, and maintaining standards.
- Aware of Methods and techniques associated with planning and monitoring progress of projects
- Familiar with methods and techniques for coaching individuals or groups by a balanced combination of support and direction.
- Familiar with methods and techniques for appraising an individual’s performance and potential.
- Familiar with identifying, agreeing and monitoring objectives and deliverables with individuals, identifying under-performance issues against agreed quality standards and performance criteria and identifying gaps in capability and causes.
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Conceptual thinking skills to acquire understanding and insights regarding the underlying issues in complex problems or situations through the development of abstract representations, the identification of patterns and the analysis of hypotheses.
- Creativity skills to take innovative approaches to problem solving and/or devising inventive and creative solutions.
- Attention to detail skills to apply specific quality standards to all tasks undertaken to ensure that deliverables are accurate and complete.
- Cross-functional and inter-disciplinary awareness to understand the needs, objectives and constraints of those in other disciplines and functions.
- Interacting with people skills to establish relationships, contribute to an open culture and maintain contacts with people from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines. To be an effective, approachable and sensitive communicator in different communities and cultures with the ability to adapt style and approach to meet the needs of different audiences.
Desirable
- Commitment to supporting the organisation’s mission to encourage and embrace diversity and inclusion across the NHS.
- Requirement to demonstrate and embed the Values and Behaviours of the organisation, including the Compassionate Leadership Principles for Health and Social Care in Wales.
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.
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: 06 August 2025
