IT Integration Engineer: Sponsorship Available

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

Job Summary

We’re looking for an Integration Engineer to help shape the future of digital healthcare at the RUH.

In this role, you’ll lead on delivering secure, reliable, and standards-based integrations with HL7, FHIR, Mirth Connect, and Health Connect.

You’ll play a key part in ensuring clinical and administrative systems share accurate, consistent information – making a real difference to patient care.

This is an exciting opportunity to combine technical expertise with purpose, contributing directly to our ambitious digital strategy.

 

Main duties of the job

  • Integration Engine Support & Maintenance
    • Monitor, support, install, configure, and upgrade the Trust’s integration engines, including Mirth Connect and Health Connect.
    • Deliver changes and enhancements to ensure high availability, performance, and security.
  • Interface Development
    • Design, build, and maintain new and existing interfaces using industry standards and tools including HL7, FHIR, SQL, PL/SQL, ODBC calls, XML/XSLT, Windows Batch Files, Web Services, Java, TCL, .NET, and DICOM.
    • Support the transition to FHIR-based integration where required.
  • Interface Support & Troubleshooting
    • Provide technical support for all integration solutions (both engine-based and point-to-point).
    • Monitor performance, investigate issues, and work with suppliers and internal teams to apply fixes or improvements.
  • Database Support
    • Assist with database administration tasks related to integration, including working with external providers for device integration.
    • Maintain a detailed understanding of the Trust’s data structures, relationships, and flows to support safe and effective data exchange.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

  • Degree in IT or equivalent technical experience

Desirable

  • Formal certification in HL7, FHIR, or interoperability standards

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Extensive knowledge of HL7 2.x, HL7 v3, FHIR

Desirable

  • Experience with FHIR integration projects in a live NHS setting

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Experience using Mirth Interfacing Engine in an enterprise organisation.
  • Experience using Intersystems Health Connect Interfacing Engine in an enterprise organisation.

Desirable

  • Previous experience working within a NHS Trust

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:  05 October 2025

To apply for this job please visit apps.trac.jobs.