Principal Data Engineer: Sponsorship Available

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Job Summary

Data Science and clinical intelligence are revolutionising healthcare, offering opportunities for continuous clinical improvement as well as more personalised care. In this senior role, you will lead on the delivery and continued improvement of MFT’s data management platform and services.

We’ll look to your expertise in developing and expanding our data platforms, with a particular focus on our Trust data warehouse (Epic Caboodle) . You will also lead on the specification and development of dataflows, models, automation, and reports, ensuring we deliver a first-class service to the Trust.

This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to gain experience in one of the largest Trusts in Europe with Epic EPR.

  • On-site working (Trafford House, Wythenshawe) will be required in some form.
  • If you are shortlisted, you can expect to hear from us within 5 working days of the advert closing. Interviews will be conducted on-site at Trafford House, Wythenshawe.
  • Please note that the recruitment process may include a timed cognitive assessment.
  • Applications – please ensure evidence of experience, application of technical skills, and certifications are included within your application.
  • Please note that this is a 20 month fixed term role.

 

The assessment process for this role includes Sphinx testing which an aptitude assessment designed to evaluate critical thinking, logical reasoning, and problem-solving abilities.

 

Main duties of the job

Skills required

Along with technical and analytical skills, extensive experience of developing and pipelining within Epic Caboodle is essential. Epic Caboodle and Clarity Certifications are expected.

This is a senior developer role, leading in the development, maintenance, and continued improvement of the Trust data management platforms and services used by Data Analytics and the wider organisation. You will lead on the specification and development of datasets, data flows, models, processes, and dashboards across multiple areas and clinical services to enable Data & Analytics to deliver a first class, comprehensive and proactive service to the Trust.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Masters’ degree or equivalent qualification and / or relevant experience

Desirable

  • Microsoft Data Platform Certifications

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

  • Implementation of enterprise scale data warehousing and data lake solutions (1 – Limited, 3 – Substantial DWH but limited/no Caboodle, 5 – Substantial with Caboodle)
  • Substantial NHS experience and knowledge of Acute, Community, and Mental Health Trust NHS data sets, standards, and returns
  • CI/CD development practices, agile methodology, and DevOps
  • Cloud data management – ingestion, transformation, orchestration, compute, and modelling

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: 23 June 2026

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