Development Team Leader

You will be responsible for leading the development team working on a range of enterprise systems built upon modern technology stacks. You will have a strong background leading development teams within an agile setting and have the desire and enthusiasm to deliver but also innovate. The development team are responsible for providing systems to frontline staff at the point of patient care. The team and supporting teams have expanded over the last year with a plan of continued recruitment and investment in the team to be a leader within the NHS. The position is based in Fleet Solutions, and you will be responsible for initially driving a shift from legacy solutions written in asp.net, PHP and SQL (stored procedures) to modern .NET, React, Cloud First, Event Driven applications. Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received. You will be responsible of defining process that our dev team follows and ensuring the development team take responsibility to implementTechnically adept you will provide assistance/guidance to the dev team and define best practice in relation to code quality and standards Working closely with Project Managers/Product Owners you will provide insight towards new development work via agreed changes, estimates and also innovative changes that come from within the development teamYou will take responsiblity for resourcing the team correctly and reporting in to the Deputy Director of Development to expand and deliver on a strong Digital VisionYou can have the capacity to be actively involved with development work but not at the detriment of an efficiently functioning delivery team as you will be core to the teams successYou will be working on existing and green field solutions that use the latest technologies with a large variety of projects to get involved withYou will operate in a cloud first development environment and we would look to you to introduce new tools/approaches to improve development lifecycle.Demonstrate excellent understanding of the Change Framework, promoting awareness of and adherence to the process within the team We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Lloyd Rodrigues Powell Job title: Head of Development Email address: lloyd.rodriguespowell@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk