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At UCLH our success starts with you. This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the most successful Foundation Trusts in the UK with an international reputation and a tradition of innovation
Job Title: Senior Software Developer (Band 8A)
Employer: University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Department: BRC Clinical and Research Informatics Unit / Research and Development (Joint Research Office)
Location: London
Job Type: Fixed term (18 months); Full time (37.5 hrs per week)
Staff Group: Administrative and Clerical
Salary: £49,077-£56,632 per annum inclusive
Closing date for applications: 07/09/2018, h. 23:59
Based in the busy West End of London, we have a lively and vibrant working atmosphere, with quick and easy transport links to all our sites. Our size and resources enable us to offer a range of attractive benefits as well as unparalleled education and development opportunities for staff at all levels. This includes an extensive portfolio of academic and clinical courses and programmes ranging from ongoing personal development through to clinical excellence and leadership skills. UCLH prides itself on its investment in staff both in terms of developing career skills but also its commitment to staff health and wellbeing.
The Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) Clinical and Research Informatics Unit (CRIU) at UCL/UCLH has been established to provide a robust approach to the analysis of clinical data to support operations, clinical decision support and research at one of the world’s leading teaching hospitals. As such BRC CRIU is undergoing an exciting period of expansion and development.
The facility is a partnership between University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) and University College London (UCL). Moreover we are geographically placed within the ‘Digital Square Mile’ in close proximity and with established collaborations with the Alan Turning Institute and DeepMind Health. This milieu will allow the post holder to gain exposure to broad aspects of data sciences, both operational and research including Electronic Health Records, -omics, imaging, wearables, natural language processing, machine learning, artificial intelligence and information governance The post holder would be encouraged to pursue a higher research degree if desired, and this can be facilitated given this post is shared between the NHS and UCL.
BRC discovery science benefits from association with 7 MRC Centres, a Cancer Research UK Centre, the Alzheimer’s UK and Wolfson Drug Discovery Units, the London Centre for Nanotechnology, and juxtaposition with the Euston Biomedical Corridor, making us the natural translational research partner for the Francis Crick, Farr and Alan Turing institutes, as well as a new £1bn Google headquarters development.
Applications are invited for a Senior Software Developer within the BRC CRIU at UCL/UCLH. In addition, the role will be expected to benefit various initiatives such as our Healthcare Informatics, Genomics/Omics, Data Science (HIGODS) themes as well as the NIHR Healthcare Informatics Collaborative programme as part of the NIHR BRC at UCLH.
The post holder will have a strong technical background and substantial experience of software development/ systems engineering. Experience of both Windows and Linux development environments would be a distinct advantage for the successful appointee. The appointee will facilitate the extraction, harmonisation and curation of health data from diverse data sources using established open source solutions and metadata standards.
We offer our permanent staff an interest free season ticket loan for travel, a subsidised social club, including gym, free independent and confidential support for all staff, large retail discounts, cycle to work scheme and on-site accommodation to name a few…
We recognise, reward and thank colleagues by nominating them for our annual Celebrating Excellence Awards, which are funded by UCLH Charity.
We are also members of www.mytrustbenefits.co.uk/ which offers discounts on high street retail stores, offers on travel deals, and also to take advantage of cash back schemes.
This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.
Please note that all correspondence regarding your application will be via email. The emails will be sent to you via TRAC.jobs and not via NHS Jobs, we encourage you to check your inbox regularly.
Please note that if you are at present in a training position on the 2016 new junior doctor’s contract and are applying for a Trust doctor role your salary will not be pay protected.
You will be placed on the appropriate point of the Trust Doctor pay scale based on your previous experience.
Please note that if you have not heard from us within 3 weeks of the closing date of the advert to assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.
Applicant's 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 (Exceptions Order) 1975 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.
Job description & person specification, and functional requirements:
To apply on line, please visit:
https://apps.trac.jobs/application/vacancy/1217146/new?feedid=92
If you wish to discuss this opportunity further, please contact: Luis Romao – BRC CRIU Manager (luis.romao@nhs.net).