eCare Development Manager

Job overview

eCARE Development Manager

Department  IT

Band 8a £57,528 - £64,750 Per annum

Hours: 37.5 hrs per week, all MKUH roles may be considered for flexible working

The IT Department at Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a dynamic, ever‑developing, forward‑thinking group of people that make up a team that strives to keep the Trust’s systems up to date and responsive to cutting edge technologies, whilst ensuring staff at the Trust are supported to continue to deliver at the highest level.

We currently have an opening for an eCARE (EPR) Development Manager, focusing on the development of the Trust’s Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system called eCARE (Oracle Cerner Millennium).

The successful post holder will have experience working in a healthcare environment, including the support of staff and the development of Oracle Cerner solutions; they will be at the level of an Oracle Cerner “Integration Architect” or have equivalent experience.

Please note that we are not able to offer sponsorship for this role.

Interview 15 June 2026

Main duties of the job

'We care We communicate We collaborate We contribute'

'Administrative and Clerical staff feel supported with flexible working at MKUH, reporting 6.82 out of 10, and a 76% feel strongly about approaching their managers regarding flexible working.' ''NHS Survey, 2024''

The aim of this role is to define and manage the technical framework used by the eCARE and Back Office teams on an on-going basis. Responsible for the provision of expert level IT and eCARE technical and development services to the Trust.

Specify, develop and maintain eCARE, requiring the use of expert level techniques and expert knowledge of the programming tools available. Ensure that a consistent and quality eCARE technical support service is provided to all users, this may require the identification and resolution of highly complex problems.

Create and agree system specifications with Trust staff when necessary. Manage staff and their workloads on an on-going basis.  Guide, instruct and mentor all members of the eCARE Development team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Management

Develop and maintain the eCARE Development strategy and align this to associated Trust and IT strategies.

Ensure all team activity is governed and managed in line with current Trust policies and standard operating procedures

Prioritise development requests with business system sponsors ensuring that a healthy customer relationship is maintained at all times.

Development Requires an expert level of knowledge of eCARE and must be fully conversant and have in depth practical development experience using the toolsets available to the eCARE Development team as specified in the eCARE Development strategy.

Design, code, test, build and maintain eCARE. The post holder will build, test, install and maintain functionality on behalf of the Trust using a variety of programming and application development tools.

The post holder will be responsible for all database development work.

Application Support and System Maintenance

Manage the application and system maintenance activities performed by the eCARE Development team to ensure that application availability is maximised, systems are robust, and data integrity is maintained and that systems can be recovered in the event of failure quickly and efficiently.

Ensure that database resources are routinely monitored and managed. This will require the post holder to engage with the IT Technical Services Team on a regular basis to ensure system resilience is maintained.

The post holder will be the Trust’s eCARE Integration Architect (expert) and as such requires a specialist knowledge of current and trending data integration standards.  This will include messaging standards as these apply to an Health Organisation which currently includes the Health Level 7 (HL7) standards along with trending data interoperability standards such as Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resource (FHIR).

Please refer to the Job Description for further details