Job description

Job responsibilities

Main area: Acute medicine

Grade: ST 3-5

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time

Site: Princess Alexandra Hospital

Town: Harlow

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will work at Princess Alexandra Hospital, within the Acute Medicine Department which is part of the Urgent & Emergency Care division.

The Acute Medicine Department has recently undergone a number of changes. Currently we staff a 28 bedded Adult Assessment Unit which aims to have a length of stay of less than 24 hours. Working in partnership with this area is a 28 bedded Medical Short Stay Ward (Charnley Ward) which provides care for patients with a 72 hour short-stay in hospital. We are also responsible for a dedicated Same Day Emergency Care Unit co-located to the Emergency Department.

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) is proud to care for the communities of West Essex, delivering safe, compassionate, and high-quality services. We are part of the Neighbourhood Wave—a national programme that’s changing how care is delivered by focusing on prevention, early support, and more joined-up services across health, social care, and the voluntary sector.

This means we’re working more closely with local partners to bring care closer to home and support people to live healthier, more independent lives.

We’re a supportive and inclusive organisation that values its people. We offer development opportunities, flexible working, and a strong focus on wellbeing. As a Disability Confident and equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences.

Join us and help shape the future of care in West Essex.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As a service the acute medical responsibilities comprise the following:

• Running the medical take round the clock on shift basis
• Care of the patients in Acute Medicine Units on weekdays and weekends
• Attending to patients in our Same Day Emergency Care Unit which independently sees between 50 and 60 patients per day
• Supervision of junior medical staff and undertaking regular teachings

Duties and Responsibilities

• To co-ordinate high quality person-centred care of the patients on the ward ensuring that all patients admitted have a diagnosis and treatment plan, and receive a daily medical review. To participate in outpatient clinics where required
• To provide medical leadership on the ward by supporting and supervising more junior staff and delegating duties appropriately
• To ensure the appropriate discharge of patients, including providing timely paperwork to the General Practitioner ensuring a continuation of care following discharge
• To build and maintain excellent relationships with all members of the multidisciplinary team, working with them and communicating effectively to deliver high quality patient care
• To engage fully in development of services, driving forward innovations to meet the anticipated future challenges of the ageing population

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• GMC Registration
• PACES

Experience

Essential

• Understanding of patient safety and risk management

Desirable

• Broad knowledge and experience of General Medicine and UK Acute
• Medicine and Ambulatory Care in UK
• Experience in teaching at multiple levels and across disciplines D
• Evidence of personal practice in all areas described by the RCP
• curriculum

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

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

Address

The Princess Alexandra Hospital

Harlow

Essex

CM20 1QX

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Integration and Interoperability

• Design, build, test, and deploy HL7 v2 interfaces and message routes on the Trust’s integration engine (Rhapsody TIE), including message parsing, transformation, routing, filtering, acknowledgement handling, and error management. • Develop and maintain FHIR, RESTful API, SOAP, and web-service integrations between Trust systems, partner organisations, and national NHS services. • Support the configuration and maintenance of Cerner Millennium (Alex Health) Foreign System Interfaces (FSIs) and associated inbound/outbound data flows. • Implement robust testing of all interfaces including unit testing, integration testing, regression testing, and end-to-end message validation across test and staging environments. • Monitor interface performance, throughput, and error rates; proactively identify and resolve issues to maintain high availability of critical clinical data flows. • Maintain comprehensive and current interface documentation including specifications, message schemas, mapping tables, endpoint configurations, and operational runbooks. • Collaborate with application suppliers, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and system-owner teams to diagnose and resolve integration incidents within agreed SLAs. • Support adoption of modern interoperability standards and patterns such as RESTful APIs, SMART-on-FHIR, and event-driven messaging where clinically and operationally appropriate.

SQL and Database Development

• Write, optimise, and maintain complex SQL queries, stored procedures, views, and functions to support integration, reporting, and data-extraction requirements. • Design and manage intermediary database structures used for system integration (e.g. staging tables, ODBC links, VLink connectors) ensuring data integrity and security. • Support data migration, cleansing, and transformation activities as part of system implementation and upgrade projects. • Ensure all database development follows Trust information governance, security, and backup/recovery standards.

Digital Automation and RPA

• Design, develop, test, and deploy RPA workflows using platforms such as Evolve, UiPath, Blue Prism, or Microsoft Power Automate to automate clinical and administrative processes. • Build digital forms, applications, and workflow solutions using low-code/no code platforms (e.g. Power Apps, Power Automate) to improve operational efficiency. • Work with clinical and non-clinical stakeholders to identify automation opportunities, document requirements, and design solutions that reduce manual effort and improve quality. • Ensure all automation solutions comply with information governance, data protection, cybersecurity, and NHS governance standards. • Provide ongoing support and maintenance for deployed automations, monitoring performance and resolving issues promptly.

API Development and System Integration

Design, develop, and maintain RESTful and SOAP-based APIs and web services to enable secure data exchange between Trust systems and external partners. • Implement authentication, authorisation, and encryption mechanisms for all API and integration endpoints in line with NHS cybersecurity standards. • Develop integration solutions using JSON, XML, and other data interchange formats, ensuring data quality and schema compliance. • Support the Trust’s adoption of national interoperability initiatives including GP Connect, Shared Care Records, and pathology/radiology data-exchange standards.

AI Awareness and Emerging Technologies

Support the evaluation and prototyping of AI-enabled tools and technologies within appropriate governance and clinical safety frameworks. • Maintain awareness of NHS England AI guidance, national AI assurance processes, and emerging best practice for AI deployment in healthcare settings. • Contribute to discovery and feasibility assessments for AI and machine learning use cases, working closely with the Solutions Design and Development Manager and clinical stakeholders. • Research and recommend emerging technologies, tools, and approaches that could enhance the Trust’s digital automation and integration capabilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree-level education (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science,
• Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
• Evidence of continued professional development in IT, systems
• development, or integration technologies.
• Foundation or practitioner-level qualification in an agile development
• methodology (e.g. BCS Foundation Agile, Scrum Master) or equivalent
• knowledge/experience.
• Working knowledge of HL7 messaging standards and healthcare
• interoperability principles.

Desirable

• Qualification or certification in integration engine technologies (e.g.
• Rhapsody, Mirth).
• Qualification or certification in AI, Data Science, or Intelligent Automation.
• ITIL Foundation or equivalent service management certification.

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience designing, building, testing, and deploying HL7 v2
• interfaces and integration routes within a healthcare or similarly complex
• environment.
• Proven experience of SQL development including writing complex
• queries, stored procedures, views, and data extracts.
• Experience developing API and web-service integrations (RESTful,
• SOAP) for system-to-system data exchange.
• Experience in the full software development lifecycle, from requirements
• analysis through to deployment and post-live support.
• Experience building and supporting digital automation solutions using
• RPA tools or low-code platforms (e.g. Power Automate, UiPath, Evolve).
• Experience producing technical documentation including solution design
• documents, interface specifications, and test plans.
• Experience working in a pressurised SLA-driven environment with
• competing demands.

Desirable

• Experience in clinical information systems implementation and support, preferably within an NHS acute trust.
• Experience with integration engine platforms such as Rhapsody, Mirth, or
• Ensemble.
• Experience with Cerner Millennium (Oracle Health) or similar EPR/EHR
• platforms.

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

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

Address

The Princess Alexandra Hospital

Harlow

Essex

CM20 1QX

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main duties of the job

Clinical liaison Liaise in a timely manner with the Head of Department Microbiology/DIPC, clinicians, hospital staff, other medical microbiologists, general practitioners, BMS, ICN staff and UKHSA consultants concerning the diagnosis and management of patients, prevention and control of infections including the provision of telephone advice. Taking a proactive role within the Trust/hospital in matters relating to infection management including in outbreak and emergency situations. Providing Microbiology and antibiotic related information as a regular commitment to wards/departments/unit e.g., ward rounds, multi-disciplinary team (MDT) and other clinical or audit meetings (including commitments to for example, medicines management, and other non-infection control committees). Leading on antimicrobial stewardship initiatives across the Trust including attending the relevant committees, ward rounds and participating in regular audits. Taking part in Root cause analysis meetings for C difficile, MRSA bacteraemia and other alert organisms especially if the ICD is unable to attend. Participate in the services on-call rota

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• GMC registration with a licence to practise.
• Full and Specialist registration (and with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC)
• Applicants that are UK trained, must ALSO be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview.
• Applicants that are non-UK trained; they will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT.

Desirable

• Subspecialty training aligned with service needs
• Higher degree (e.g., MD, PhD) or additional postgraduate qualifications
• Formal teaching qualification (e.g., PGCert in Medical Education)

Experience

Essential

• Broad and relevant clinical experience in the specialty
• Experience in teaching and supervising resident doctors and medical students
• Participation in clinical audit and quality improvement

Desirable

• Experience in service development or redesign
• Experience in curriculum development or educational leadership
• Publications in peer-reviewed journals; involvement in clinical research or trials
• Previous experience working in the NHS or similar healthcare system

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

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

Address

The Princess Alexandra Hospital

Harlow

Essex

CM20 1QX

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities

• To co-ordinate high quality person-centred care of the patients on the ward ensuring that all patients admitted have a diagnosis and treatment plan, and receive a daily medical review. To participate in outpatient clinics where required
• To provide medical leadership on the ward by supporting and supervising more junior staff and delegating duties appropriately
• To ensure the appropriate discharge of patients, including providing timely paperwork to the General Practitioner ensuring a continuation of care following discharge
• To build and maintain excellent relationships with all members of the multidisciplinary team, working with them and communicating effectively to deliver high quality patient care
• To engage fully in development of services, driving forward innovations to meet the anticipated future challenges of the ageing population

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• GMC Registration
• PACES

Experience

Essential

• Understanding of patient safety and risk management

Desirable

• Broad knowledge and experience of General Medicine and UK Acute Medicine and Ambulatory Care in UK

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

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

Address

The Princess Alexandra Hospital

Harlow

Essex

CM20 1QX

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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