SCR Development Manager

The closing date is 28th Oct 2026

Job summary

Managing a team of Application Developers throughout the development lifecycle and supporting of live customer services. The successful applicant will work with the project managers and the operations teams to ensure the development team resources are utilised efficiently for both sprint and release development requirements, along with ensuring suitable resource is available where required to provide technical support to the technical support team.

This will include a range of responsibilities including planning, resource allocation and management, defining and improving development lifecycle processes, monitoring and quality control to ensure that the product delivered meets the requirements specification, utilising appropriate technologies and adherence to design, quality and information governance standards. The postholder will lead the business through the relevant security certification needs for cloud services and be a key contributor to the technology strategy.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

Manage Application Development team members including recruitment, managing leave, performance, dealing with sickness and staff appraisals.

Ensure appropriate controls are in place to manage the product lifecycle including working with the Service Delivery Manager to manage sprints and resource allocation through the running of sprint planning meetings, sprint reviews and daily stand-ups.

Develop and maintain Application Development standards, procedures and processes covering items such as builds, pipelines, releases, repos management, and code reviews, ensuring adherence by the application development team.

Act as liaison between support and development teams to ensure resource allocation is managed appropriately between support operations and sprint development.

Reviewing and improvements of development team activities and working with other SCR teams to re-define and improve development lifecycle processes.

Monitoring time and resource, whilst reporting and analysing information to improve resource utilisation across multiple disciplines.

Working with the head of development and cloud services to define and write technical plans and strategies.

Ensure services delivered meet Service Level Agreement, including managing of resources and prioritisation of workload.

Lead the business to achieve appropriate security certification.

Lead on service improvement for own area of responsibility and work with the business to review appropriate improvement metrics.

About us

Somerset Cancer Register is a unique and very successful NHS software business looking after over 100 Trusts across England. Our products have a good reputation which is a reflection on the quality of our work with customers. We are a small, dynamic and flexible team covering all aspects of software development. We are going through a large modernisation programme with our infrastructure and products, so this is an exciting time to join us.

As an organisation, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust offers employees a wide range of benefits including flexible working, NHS pension scheme, generous annual leave allowance and a commitment to career development.

You will be eligible for our Blue Light Card and a wide range of NHS exclusive shopping & leisure discounts. We are proud of our skilled, diverse workforce and as an inclusive employer we welcome applications from all backgrounds.

Working in Somerset enables you to enjoy the idyllic countryside, areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.

There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. Somerset offers the countryside and the cosmopolitan - there is truly something for everyone!

Job description

Please see attached Job Description & Person Specification for further details of duties and responsibilities.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

Degree level or significant experience in a computer related discipline or higher-level management qualification.

Evidence of own professional development.

Desirable

Post-graduate technical qualifications / training / experience equivalent to at least diploma level.

Prince II Management or Agile Project management Qualification.

ITIL Foundation

Technical programming / database qualifications such as .NET or SQL Server

Microsoft Azure Certification

Healthcare Integration Qualifications (HL7, FHIR)

Experience

Essential

Proven experience of implementing medium to large scale web-based software applications, driven by relational databases.

Experience of documentation and reports, using a variety of information sources.

Design and development of web-based software applications.

At least 2 years' experience of implementing information systems.

Providing high-quality customer service.

Experience of Agile Software Development approach.

Desirable

Please see the attached JD

Additional Criteria

Essential

Please see the attached JD

Desirable

Please see the attached JD

For help with your application, contact:

Paul Thornton

[email protected]

Pay scheme

Agenda for Change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£49387.00 to £56515.00 Yearly

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-Time, Home or Remote Working

Reference number

184-OL-PU-5704

Job locations

Priorswood Medical Records/Information Governance
Unit J, Crown Close
Taunton
Somerset
TA2 8RX

Deane House
Belvedere Rd
Taunton
Somerset
TA1 1HE