Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

About the Company

Our vision is better health and care for all. We are proud pioneers in integrating health and social care nationally.

We passionately believe that the best way to care for people is by focusing on what matters to them, putting them at the centre of everything we do and integrating services around them. We believe that care as close to home as possible benefits everyone.

Never has our vision been more important. The impact of COVID-19 has not only increased the pressure across all aspects of health and social care, but those who live in our most deprived coastal communities have seen an increasing gap in health inequalities.

We provide health and social care services to our people in their own homes or in their local community. We also run Torbay Hospital (providing acute hospital services) as well as five community hospitals, stretching from Dawlish to Brixham.

We support around 500,000 face-to-face contacts with patients in their homes and communities each year and see over 78,000 people in our A&E department annually. We serve a resident population of approximately 286,000 people, plus about 100,000 visitors at any one time during the summer holiday season.

We are passionate about creating a fairer and more inclusive NHS for everyone.

We employ over 6,500 staff, including doctors, nurses, occupational therapists, social workers, consultants, and physiotherapists, as well as highly skilled managers, administrators and technical experts. Our people work in a wide range of settings and locations across our communities, depending on their individual role or circumstances.

We also have over 800 volunteers who make a difference every day to the people we care for and the services we provide.

We were proud to be the first NHS Trust in England to integrate hospital and community care with social care. We know first-hand the positive impact that working together in partnership with others has on our local population – giving everyone a brighter future.

Listed Jobs

Company Name

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Job Title

App Developer

Job Description

As an Application Developer, you will be part of the wider Application Management Services (AMS) team, who provide support and development for our clinical systems, electronic patient record and Microsoft 365 platform. In this role, you will be responsible for system configuration and developing functionality to deliver solutions that assist Trust staff in their day-to-day activities.

Working within a large service-driven organisation, you will maintain services and develop solutions that support both frontline and back-office staff, ultimately contributing to the delivery of high-quality patient care within the NHS. You will collaborate with a large diverse, multi-skilled team, leveraging your skills by working together towards common goals and objectives.

Participating in all phases of the software development lifecycle including analysis, design, development, testing, documentation, implementation, and support whilst ensuring that the system adheres to all relevant policies, standards, and procedures.
Liaising with all groups of staff affected by the solution developments that you are working on. System developments support clinical and administrative processes associated with the delivery of patient care and will therefore have a direct impact upon the staff and patients using the system.
Monitoring of systems and services, performing routine checks and maintenance to ensure business continuity.
Delivering first and second line support capabilities as demand dictates, working with all groups of staff to resolve reported issues in an efficient manner.
Working on EPR activities including Bridges Interfaces.

Responsibilities

The AMS team is responsible for supporting and developing integrated IT solutions that facilitate the Trust's day-to-day activities. This includes utilising key third-party IT systems as well as bespoke development. The team provides support services essential to the Trust's core activities, including:

over 40 interfaces to Clinical and GP systems
inpatient, outpatient and breast screening reminder texts and rule-based alerts for abnormal lab results and patient activity for managed cohorts of patients
user management and support for over 5,000 users
core patient activity e.g. 24,000 patient letters, activity for over 700 inpatient episodes and over 2,500 care plan summaries per month
custom legacy apps and ad hoc work such as upgrading macros, access databases and other unsupported solutions developed externally to the HIS department
management and development of the Microsoft 365 platform

Why Work With Us

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Phil Sweet Job title: AMS Programme Manager Email address: phil.sweet@nhs.net Telephone number: 07915 272282

NHS staff please contact via Teams phil.sweet@nhs.net - otherwise please email or telephone.

Torquay, United Kingdom

On site

04-03-2025