# Senior Integration Specialist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-integration-specialist/4dd4813e-0b18-4429-b0df-bfef3b504b36 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-integration-specialist/4dd4813e-0b18-4429-b0df-bfef3b504b36.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust - **Location:** Northwick Park Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Software developer - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £63,665 - £70,887 pa inclusive of HCAS - **Contract type:** Permanent: PLEASE DO NOT APPLY IF YOU PREVIOUSLY APPLIED FOR THIS ROLE. - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-06T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-22T09:11:27.386Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Harrow/London_North_West_University_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Digital_Services/Digital_Services-v8245204 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8245204?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.lnwh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview PLEASE DO NOT APPLY IF YOU PREVIOUSLY APPLIED FOR THIS ROLE. A new and exciting opportunity has arisen within the Digital Services Systems Development department for a Senior Systems Integration Specialist. The post holder will design, develop and maintain interfaces using Intersystems Health Connect integration engine. You will have strong technical skills with experience of relational database management, HL7, Webservices/XML. Having skills in AWS and GitLab would also be advantageous. You will not necessarily have worked within the NHS and may have gained experience elsewhere. An adept facilitator and articulate communicator, you will liaise with suppliers to deliver data integration across the Trust. Working closely with colleagues in Operations, IT and other Trust counterparts, you will be required to investigate underlying data integrity issues limiting Trust operational objectives and have proven problem solving skills that deliver solutions. Alongside these requirements you will advise on strategic technical developments to help support operational and clinical areas and work closely with system administrators to deliver the Trusts IM&T strategy. Previous applicants need not apply. ### Main duties of the job The post holder is responsible for ensuring that the TIE, an IT system that is critical to the delivery of patient care in all areas of the Trust, is managed in a way that is fully compliant with Trust IM & T Policies and National Information Governance Toolkit Standards. All system integration, managed through the TIE, must follow industry standard processes to ensure the quality of the data and the system availability is not compromised. In supporting the TIE, the post holder will ensure that: - Policies and procedures are documented, followed and a schedule of regular review is planned and undertaken - Actual and potential security incidents are appropriately reported - Data quality incidents are appropriately investigated - Associated action plans are completed in a timely manner, meeting required specifications - The system maintains high availability and all system interruption is recorded. The post holder will be responsible for providing Subject Matter Expertise as the technical lead for the Data Migration and Interfacing elements of Trust projects. This will include ensuring the completion and sign off of data mapping, data transformation and testing of the migration. The post holder may be required to develop IT system software, web services and websites and must maintain a good knowledge of industry standards and technology. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities. ### Applicant requirements The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge & Experience **Essential** - Substantial senior practical experience in the design and development of highly complex applications - Experience of Design & Development of Microsoft SQL Server working at an advanced level with SQL languages and MS SQL Functions - You will have expertise in some of the following areas: Enterprise Systems architecture, design & integration Healthcare sector data standards (e.g. HL7 v2 / v3 / FHIR) Web technologies (e.g. web services, XML/JSON, REST API’s.) Software development - Able to analyse problems and business requirements in a logical fashion and to transform these to technical proposals - Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills - Analyses, interprets and resolves highly complex data/information problems Practical experience of designing, programming, developing and project managing new IT systems - Lengthy and broad working experience of NHS acute care organisations or equivalent - Experience of Intersystems HealthConnect. - Experience developing integration solutions with HL7, Webservices/XML, Files. - Experience in implementing data validation and verification solutions to enhance data integrity and quality. **Desirable** - Experience in the transformation of NHS datasets for differing - Experience of Acute Hospital Information Systems and Patient Administration Systems - Practical experience in the project management of large complex Integration engine solutions Technical change control - Experience of Source Control and Cloud deployment methods (Git Lab) - Experience of Cloud technologies (AWS) ### Education/Qualification **Essential** - Degree (BSc) in a specialist computing subject, coupled with post graduate degree or equivalent. - In-depth knowledge of IM&T systems and procedures acquired through a combination of specialist training and relevant study to degree or equivalent level. - structured training or through self-learning to meet the demands of a rapidly changing technology environment. - Advanced level training in at least one Web development software using ASP.NET, ASP, HTML. - Practical experience at advanced level using and developing Microsoft databases, spreadsheets and MS Office Solutions - Expert in the Advanced features of server and database management - Data input and data manipulation skills **Desirable** - PRINCE II Project Management Qualification - Accredited Microsoft training in SQL Server Administration - Practical experience in the project management of large complex Integration engine solutions ## Documents - [heart values (pdf, 158.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2615) - [guidance for applying (pdf, 914.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1549) - [perceptorship programme (pdf, 2.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2073) - [what makes us special? 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