University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Main duties of the job
About the role:
Join us in developing software that directly improves patient care!
We’re looking for a Lead Computer Scientist or Software Engineer to drive software development within our Clinical Scientific Computing (CSC) service — building and maintaining the in-house clinical and healthcare software that supports patient care across the Trust, all within the framework of an ISO13485-certified Quality Management System. This is a hands-on technical leadership role; therefore, if you love writing good quality code and also enjoy shaping how a team builds it, and you want your software skills to make a real, tangible difference to patients, this could be the role for you.
Person Specification
Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Essential
- Honours degree in computer science, physics, engineering or appropriate subject
- Formal specialist training and accreditation in software development life cycle and Quality Systems
- Higher degree (e.g. MSc) in a Physical or Computing Science
- Experience in working and maintaining multiple operating systems, such as Windows and/or Linux
- Direct experience and knowledge of computing hardware installation, maintenance and troubleshooting
- Experience in clinical IT systems’ acceptance, commissioning and management
- Line management, teaching, supervision and /or mentoring experience required
Desirable
- PhD or equivalent level of knowledge and experience to be able to act as an expert in clinical scientific computing
- Experience in designing and conducting internal clinical and technical audits
- IT infrastructure and server management within a regulated industry (e.g. healthcare, medical technology)
- Experience of programming in a variety of different programming languages
- Experience in setting up and managing an IT Help Desk and a successful relation with IT services’ clients
- Experience in the management of server critical applications such as database servers, security and backup systems
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: 02 September 2026
