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Salary for this role£49,387 – £56,515 a year

Health and Care route minimum£25,000 a year

Pay basisNational pay scales (NHS bands)

NHS roles fall under the Health and Care Worker route. Salaries set by national pay scales (NHS bands) at or above the relevant band rate typically meet the occupation's requirement.

Closest occupation match: SOC 2134, Programmers and software development professionals. Home Office going rate for this occupation: £54,700 a year.

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Role description

Job summary

The role sits within the Digital Technology Services department of NHFT and forms part of the DTS Development Team. The post provides support to NHFT services and, where required, the wider healthcare economy within Northamptonshire. The role specialises in developing innovative systems and solutions, as well as integration, interoperability and automation tools and applications. The post holder will play a key role in supporting and facilitating NHFT's ability to provide effective patient care and improved working practices through the adoption and utilisation of new technologies and the processing and interoperability of complex data sets.

Main duties of the job

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the Main duties and responsibilities within the job description.

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.

Date posted

08 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

18 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

270-TH400-CORP

Job locations

RCI

Haylock House

Kettering

NN15 6EY

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Person Specification

Assessment against application form

Essential

Meets essential criteria against knowledge and experience
Meets Essential Criteria against behaviours and values
Meets essential criteria against skills and ability

Assessment against application form

Desirable

Meets desirable criteria against knowledge and experience

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

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.