Software Engineer - Health and Social Care

To deliver the NES Strategy 2023-2026 and assist in delivering against the Scottish Government Digital Health and Care Strategy and Data Strategy, NTS is seeking a skilled and motivated Software Engineer to help develop new and existing digital solutions for the Health and Social Care sectors within Scotland. Do you enjoy working and collaborating as part of a highly skilled multi-disciplinary agile team? Do you enjoy problem-solving and being adaptive to an ever-changing yet rewarding environment? Do you want to play a key role in the development and maintenance of high quality, scalable web solutions, developed for a broad range of users across Scotland? Do you have a passion for development best practices in areas such as cloud architecture, web application system design, security and debugging? The future of health in Scotland requires new and innovative ways of delivering care and working with people's data, and technology is one big piece of the puzzle on our journey to better healthcare for all. In supporting the delivery of the NES strategy, you will have the opportunity to do work which has great societal benefit. Your work will directly influence the development of impactful technology services for health and care professionals and the general public. Does this sound like you? What We Love to See Software Engineers offer a broad range of skills and experience, if you can offer some or all of these, we'd love you to apply:

• Ability to facilitate development of complex software and contribute to the technical direction of a project, Developing a successful national service for Scotland is impossible without ensuring we consider the diverse needs, perspectives and backgrounds of everyone in Scotland in our work.
We are focused on hiring the very best talent available for NES, and actively encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and aim to ensure everyone is treated fairly, with respect and has a positive recruitment experience - regardless of the outcome. It's not essential to be working as a Software Engineer right now. You may be returning from a career break (e.g. maternity, paternity, caring for others) or returning to delivery management after working in another field. Your experiences elsewhere can bring a fresh perspective to our work.


• An understanding of agile software development practices
• Ability to collaboratively design, code, test, and document software using modern industry standards and tools
• Experience in cloud provider technologies (e.g. from AWS/Azure), serverless solutions and continuous deployment best practices
• Experience in maintenance and querying database technologies, either relational (e.g. SQL Server, MySQL) or non-relational (e.g. DynamoDB)
• Ability to comprehend and extract meaning from large datasets and the relationships between them
• Effective communication skills, knowing how to make complex technical information and language simple for diverse senior internal and external stakeholders (both verbally and in writing)
• Ability to work on own initiative, to organise and prioritise own workload and that of your team, and to meet strict deadlines
• Mentoring and/or coaching experience
  
  NHS Education for Scotland (NES) is the national health board with statutory responsibilities to effect sustainable change through workforce development, education and training across the health and social care system in Scotland, while working at UK level with partner organisations.
NES Technology Service (NTS) has created a strategic programme for the transformation of digital based services to allow NES to become a leading digital organisation in Scottish Health, digital by default and fully aligned with the Scottish Government's technology strategies. It is in pursuit of this aim that NTS are working with partners to develop digital-first solutions that utilise a National Digital Platform. The National Digital Platform (NDP) is an open, standards-based platform, supporting technology and data for the health and social care environment. It underpins our commitment to making health and care information and services more accessible. The NDP is designed to be used by services and providers across the NHS in Scotland. NTS also develop several products that actively using the NDP to provide a safer and more efficient service for our health and social care users. Our Technology We are in the business of providing safe, secure and innovative technology products and services that aim to improve outcomes across education, training, workforce, health and care in the public sector in Scotland. Using modern cloud-based technology we deliver sustainable products and services for the future.

As a valued employee of NHS Scotland, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:
• Life-work balance - with opportunities for flexible working and hybrid working
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Annual incremental progression (up to the maximum of the salary band) plus annual NHS salary scale review
• Annual Leave - 27 Days increasing in line with service plus 8 days public holiday
• NHS discounts and more