Analyst programmer job description-health database

The post-holder will primarily be responsible for the analysis, design, development and continued maintenance and improvements to a new national surveillance system on infections. This new surveillance scheme will collect anonymised, patient-level data.

The post-holder will be part of a Division where teamwork is essential. S/he will ensure applications are designed and developed to a high standard and in line with industry standards.

The post will involve working closely with both clinical staff and in the Software Development Unit to design and develop the new database in response to current and future user requirements.

1. Be responsible for the design, development, documentation, implementation and maintenance of the new INFECTION Surveillance Database system. These activities must be undertaken within the quality assurance framework for software development.
2. Be responsible for creating test plans for all applications before putting them through the QA process.
3. Develop, maintain and modify the INFECTION systems and subsystems. Ensure reliability of cross-HPS and HPA applications.
4. Develop and maintain the front end for the user.
5. Develop automated data import procedures from the HPA document gateway.
6. Support the INFECTION Section outputs developer and be able to produce data output and reporting tools.
7. Guide users in formulating requirements; advise on alternatives and on the implications of new or revised computer systems/applications technology

8. Analyse user project proposals, identify omissions and errors in requirements, recommend optimum approaches and develop system designs for INFECTION surveillance.

9. Provide system specification and design based on user requirements

10. Be responsible for the day-to-day technical management of the INFECTION Surveillance system within HPS.

11. Use all phases of system analysis concepts, techniques, and methods to design complex systems or subsystems

2 Experience
  as defined by
  type / level
  (not length) • Minimum of 5 years IT work experience
• Proven track record of customer requirement gathering and analysis for software development.
• Good communication skill
• Software development life cycle
• Query optimisation
• Test plan production and software test procedures
• Application design and specification
• Database design and normalisation

3 Knowledge MANDATORY: An understanding of Equality and Diversity
4 Skills

• C#.NET
• Microsoft Visual Source Safe
• Creation of stored procedures and functions
• SQL and Transact SQL programming
• System documentation production
• Working on own initiative
• SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)

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