University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust

About the Company

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust is the largest hospital in the south west peninsula, providing comprehensive secondary and tertiary healthcare. Our geography gives us a secondary care catchment population of 450,000 with a wider peninsula population of almost 2,000,000 people who can access our specialist services. The population is characterised by its diversity – the rural and the urban, the wealthy and pockets of deprivation, and wide variance in health and life expectancy. We work within a network of other hospitals to offer a range of specialist services such as kidney transplant, cardiothoracic surgery and neonatal intensive care and high risk obstetrics.

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Company Name

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust

Job Title

eForms Developer

Job Description

Job Summary

The role of the eForms Developer will work within the eForms team maintaining a suite of interactive and dynamic eForms and Nervecentre (Ed Patient Management System) assessments for established clinical information processes, working from defined user requirements. The role also involved new form and or assessment developments should they arise between now and the organisations EPR implementation.

As well as the continued improvement and development of clinical forms, the post will involve understanding and assisting with gathering requirements for associated workflows. This role will require the post-holder to engineer adaptive forms for display on multiple hardware devices, utilise and contribute to the construction of form fragments (re-usable data and components) and advance the Trust's overall eForms capabilities.

The eForms Developer will be required to liaise with other D&I teams and Trust staff during functional and user acceptance testing of forms as well as assist in interpreting how best the team can deliver user requirements.

The post-holder will be given and will undertake formal training, in using the eForm and Nervecentre platforms.

***Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as 'Priority' and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon who are able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification.***

Main duties of the job

Support the Software Development Manager in the development of dynamic electronic forms using the in-house developed adaptation of the FORM.IO toolset.
Will learn, fully understand and be able to exploit the capabilities of the available eForms and workflow solutions.
Will use the adaptation of FORM.IO embedded within SeeEHR (Patient Portal System) software to design new dynamic eForms and associated workflow to meet new digitally enabled clinical processes.
Will support the eForms Team to agree and document a development, testing and acceptance process with the relevant user community for each eForms and workflow that is developed.
To develop prototype forms based on the requirements specification utilising wireframe technologies.
To present prototype forms to the Staff Stakeholders through the SeeEHR (Patient Portal System) application and to demonstrate and explain the use of the forms and associated workflows.
To undertake iterative revisions of electronic forms and workflows as required by the Software Development Manager in the light of user feedback and according to the agreed development process.
To assist in the generation of user guides, as appropriate, on the use of specific e-forms and workflow processes.

About us

We are a people business - where every member of staff matters and can make a difference. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Joining University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust means becoming part of a team of dedicated staff, who are committed to leading the way through innovation, clinical excellence and great customer care. The Trust has great opportunities for career development in a highly progressive working environment. We offer all of this in a vibrant, modern city with a historic reputation for adventure. PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COMMUNICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT REGULARLY. If you have any issues with applying online and need additional support including reasonable adjustments with the application process please contact the recruitment team on 01752 432100. We recognise that work life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applicants around less than full time/flexible working for our advertised roles. Please contact the recruiting manager to discuss this prior to your application submission. We commit to giving this full consideration in each case. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles, as diversity strengthens our teams. It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.

Date posted

27 February 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year £28,407 - £34,581 Per Annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

24 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

216-SF-A6945560

Job locations

Digital & Innovation Services (D&I), University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust

11 Research Way

Plymouth

PL6 8BT

Job Description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be responsible for ongoing maintenance, continued improvement, development, design and creation of Nervecentre Assessments and their associated workflows with the support of the Software Development Manager.
Will learn, fully understand and be able to exploit the capabilities of Nervecentre Assessments.
To become proficient in the use of Nervecentre so as to be able to train new and staff with its use.
Assist in the maintenance of up-to-date documentation relating to the development/maintenance of Nervecentre Assessments
To undertake iterative revisions of electronic forms and workflows as required by the Software Development Manager in the light of user feedback and according to the agreed development process.
To assist in the generation of user guides, as appropriate, on the use of specific e-forms and workflow processes.
To become proficient in the use of the eForms software so as to be able to train new and associated staff with its use.
To supervise students/apprentice staff in the use of the eForms Software
Where necessary, to become familiar with other applications required to support the implementation of e-forms and workflows.
Assist in the maintenance of up-to-date documentation relating to the development / maintenance of eForms.
To support the Software Development Manager in the management and prioritisation of competing demands and work to deadlines.
To share best practice and knowledge with fellow team members.
To utilise and learn other technologies and software which can contribute to overall trust wide data collection.

For further details please see attached JD and Role Profile.

Responsibilities

Job description Job responsibilities

The post holder will be responsible for ongoing maintenance, continued improvement, development, design and creation of Nervecentre Assessments and their associated workflows with the support of the Software Development Manager.
Will learn, fully understand and be able to exploit the capabilities of Nervecentre Assessments.
To become proficient in the use of Nervecentre so as to be able to train new and staff with its use.
Assist in the maintenance of up-to-date documentation relating to the development/maintenance of Nervecentre Assessments
To undertake iterative revisions of electronic forms and workflows as required by the Software Development Manager in the light of user feedback and according to the agreed development process.
To assist in...

Plymouth, United Kingdom

On site

28-02-2025