Job summary
The Environment and Data Courier defines and implements the change control processes and coordinates key Epic environment activities including updates, upgrades, and build migration. The role is also responsible for developing, testing, maintaining, monitoring and supporting data courier interfaces to migrate application builds between EPIC environments using the Data Courier application.
Integration environment including ancillary software and servers. Assist in project management and implementation of new interfaces including business analysis, system architecture design, development, quality assurance, and release management. Engage with these activities in accordance with relevant polies, procedures, protocols and guidelines.
Main duties of the job
- Developing, communicating, and managing the Epic environment strategy, including data migration methods and schedules
- Developing new or enhancing existing change control processes to include Epic components and build
- Establishing a sign-off process for Release Authorisations (RAs) from Epic
- Participating in or leading change control, upgrade planning, maintenance window planning, and go-live planning committees.
- Designing data migration strategies and managing large data loads
- Coordinating and managing the Epic upgrade and update activities of the application and technical team leads
- Tracking update and patch levels for each production and non-production environment and servers
- Creating and maintaining documentation for use in infrastructure configuration, maintenance, and upgrade planning
- Communicating information about environment activities and enforcing proper environment use for build, testing, and training to project team and end users
- Configuring, monitoring, and troubleshooting issues related to the Data Courier interfaces
- Managing the migration and troubleshooting of application build across Epic environments
- Maintaining Data Courier interfaces and protection settings in accordance with policies and procedures
- Instructing application analysts on Data Courier and import/export functionality
- Resolving CID/UCI synchronization issues
- Working with core application team members to import, export, and troubleshoot master file migration
About us
MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we've launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read theCandidate Essentials Guidethat sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read theCandidate Essentials Guidethat sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent experience
- Evidence of Personal Development
Desirable
- Certification in relevant technology e.g. MCP, MCSE, etc.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Windows server administration
- SQL Server Management Studio
- Windows services
- Event logging
- Working knowledge of SQL Server in a business environment. Knowledge gained further to degree (or equivalent experience).
- Recent relevant experience of enterprise-wide applications in a complex and multi-disciplined environment.
- Experience of disaster recovery methods.
- Experience of website management and Web Content Management systems.
- Extensive Experience of Microsoft SQL Server.
- Recent relevant experience of enterprise-wide applications in a complex and multi-disciplined environment.
Desirable
- EPIC system Experience
- Experience of NHS / healthcare IT
- Linux, Apache, PostgreSQL knowledge and Experience
- Experience in IT application support / Training
- Agile methodology experience
- Knowledge of HL7 2.x messaging in relation to NHS workflows
- Experience of participating in development projects using Agile project management techniques - SCRUM, Sprint planning
- Experience of hardware and operating system installation, network configuration and file system setup.
- Experience of service oriented architecture Delivery
- Prince 2 accreditation
Skills
Essential
- Collaborative approach and good team working
- Ability to work effectively and efficiently under pressure
- Excellent interpersonal skills, being able to communicate effectively with staff at all levels within the organisation and with external partners
- Ability to work as part of team or on own initiative
- Ability to plan and organise broad range. of complex activities, formulate and adjust plans which impact beyond own area
Desirable
- Knowledge of IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Best Practice
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel to all sites within the MFT Trust, other reference sites and off-site training venues which might be overseas
- Provide support to end-users through. regular meetings and byparticipating in a 24/7 and/or on call rotaduring Go-live or system upgrades as may be necessary
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent experience
- Evidence of Personal Development
Desirable
- Certification in relevant technology e.g. MCP, MCSE, etc.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Windows server administration
- SQL Server Management Studio
- Windows services
- Event logging
- Working knowledge of SQL Server in a business environment. Knowledge gained further to degree (or equivalent experience).
- Recent relevant experience of enterprise-wide applications in a complex and multi-disciplined environment.
- Experience of disaster recovery methods.
- Experience of website management and Web Content Management systems.
- Extensive Experience of Microsoft SQL Server.
- Recent relevant experience of enterprise-wide applications in a complex and multi-disciplined environment.
Desirable
- EPIC system Experience
- Experience of NHS / healthcare IT
- Linux, Apache, PostgreSQL knowledge and Experience
- Experience in IT application support / Training
- Agile methodology experience
- Knowledge of HL7 2.x messaging in relation to NHS workflows
- Experience of participating in development projects using Agile project management techniques - SCRUM, Sprint planning
- Experience of hardware and operating system installation, network configuration and file system setup.
- Experience of service oriented architecture Delivery
- Prince 2 accreditation
Skills
Essential
- Collaborative approach and good team working
- Ability to work effectively and efficiently under pressure
- Excellent interpersonal skills, being able to communicate effectively with staff at all levels within the organisation and with external partners
- Ability to work as part of team or on own initiative
- Ability to plan and organise broad range. of complex activities, formulate and adjust plans which impact beyond own area
Desirable
- Knowledge of IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Best Practice
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel to all sites within the MFT Trust, other reference sites and off-site training venues which might be overseas
- Provide support to end-users through. regular meetings and byparticipating in a 24/7 and/or on call rotaduring Go-live or system upgrades as may be necessary
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
