Isle of Wight NHS Trust

Automation Senior Developer

The closing date is 21 October 2025

Job summary

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

Main duties of the job

  • Proactively and positively contribute to the successful overall performance of the Trust.
  • Deliver excellent levels of customer service to all patients/visitors and staff at the Trust.
  • Develop effective ways of working and create strong partnerships and relationships with all stakeholders to support the implementation of the Governments policies on Health.
  • Develop an organisational culture that fosters collaborative working among all staff groups, to ensure a focused commitment to delivering quality services and outcomes.
  • Act as an advocate for the Trust & its contribution to the Health Service arena through creating effective partnerships and relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Comply with corporate governance structure in keeping with the principles and standards set out by the Trust.

About us

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.

Details

Date posted

06 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

REF1751W

Job locations

Building 4000, Lakeside

North Harbour

Cosham

Hampshire

PO30 5TG


St Marys Hospital

Parkhurst Road

Newport

Hampshire

PO30 5TG


Job description

Job responsibilities

  • Contributes, as part of the overall team to delivering the organisations IT Development Strategy, meeting the organisations goals and objectives, and improving the quality of the services that it delivers internally and externally.
  • Responsible for the quality and technical approach of own work and that tasks are delivered on time.
  • Assists with development of specific software product user stories.
  • Assists with daily routine support and maintenance of software applications and interfaces.

Job description

Job responsibilities

  • Contributes, as part of the overall team to delivering the organisations IT Development Strategy, meeting the organisations goals and objectives, and improving the quality of the services that it delivers internally and externally.
  • Responsible for the quality and technical approach of own work and that tasks are delivered on time.
  • Assists with development of specific software product user stories.
  • Assists with daily routine support and maintenance of software applications and interfaces.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree level education/qualification or equivalent in ICT or related field

Experience

Essential

  • Continuous improvement experience
  • An understanding of RPA & PowerPlatform Apps best practice delivery
  • Experience of system management and support
  • RPA & PowerPlatform design experience
  • Experience of NHS practices and information
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree level education/qualification or equivalent in ICT or related field

Experience

Essential

  • Continuous improvement experience
  • An understanding of RPA & PowerPlatform Apps best practice delivery
  • Experience of system management and support
  • RPA & PowerPlatform design experience
  • Experience of NHS practices and 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.

Employer details

Employer name

Isle of Wight NHS Trust

Address

Building 4000, Lakeside

North Harbour

Cosham

Hampshire

PO30 5TG


Employer's website

https://www.iow.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Isle of Wight NHS Trust

Address

Building 4000, Lakeside

North Harbour

Cosham

Hampshire

PO30 5TG


Employer's website

https://www.iow.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Hiring Manager

Marcel Suerman

marcel.suerman@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

06 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

REF1751W

Job locations

Building 4000, Lakeside

North Harbour

Cosham

Hampshire

PO30 5TG


St Marys Hospital

Parkhurst Road

Newport

Hampshire

PO30 5TG


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