Automation Developer

Working as a partnership, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this. 

The vision for our single corporate services is to:

• Be an employer of choice for corporate talent, attracting and retaining people who share our values for excellence in care and welcome the opportunity to benefit from the broad range of flexible career and development opportunities we can offer.   
• Improve efficiency through simplified and standardised policies, processes, and systems, drawing on the best from both Trusts.  
• Do things once and reduce any duplication on transactional tasks giving corporate staff the ability to focus on higher value and more diverse activities.  
• Co-invest in the latest digital solutions and standardise our approach, meaning we do things once for both organisations. 
• Improve learning and development opportunities and sharing best practice, upskilling both Trusts.  
• Co-locate teams in purpose-built facilities on the Island and in Portsmouth to enable closer working and sharing.  
• Build resilience for individuals and our teams. 

This vacancy is open to employees of Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust only.

Band 6: £38,682 - £46,580 

Permanent contract

Full time: 37.5 hours

As part of the Software Delivery and Automation Team, as Automation Developer, your role will focus on developing robotic process automation's for Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight. 

You will contribute both independently and collaboratively to achieve well-tested RPA and PowerPlatform Apps. You will assist with system maintenance, end-user support, and investigate functional problems using methodologies like Scrum and SPRINT.

You will proactively and positively contribute to the achievement of deliverables through individual and team effort. Manage the production of the required deliverables and control risks. You will support team members to deliver on their functionally relevant objectives through offering advice, guidance and support as appropriate. There will be elements of ensuring that approved budgets are spent effectively and in accordance with agreed procedures.

Please read the full Job description attached for further details on this role. 

Qualifications Criteria

Essential 

• Degree level education/qualification or equivalent in ICT or related field
• Continuous improvement experience
• An understanding of RPA & PowerPlatform Apps best practice delivery

Desirable

• Experience of system management and support
• RPA & PowerPlatform design experience
• Experience of NHS practices and information

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

Please note your application may be transferred to the Isle of Wight Applicant Tracking System (ATS) if you are selected for an interview

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.