CPRD Software Developer x 2


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Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency

Listed on

28th April 2016

Location

London

Salary/Rate

£30595 - £31582

Type

Contract

Start Date

ASAP

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The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency enhance and improve the health of millions of people every day through the effective regulation of medicines and medical devices, underpinned by science and research.

The agency is made up of circa 1300 staff working across two main centres and peripatetically across the UK and abroad.

CPRD, jointly funded by the agency and the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR), is the UK’s preeminent research service providing access to anonymised NHS data for research. CPRD services are designed to maximise the way anonymised NHS clinical data can be used to improve and safeguard public health. For more than 20 years data provided by CPRD have been used in a range of drug safety and epidemiological studies that have impacted on health care and resulted in over 1500 peer-reviewed publications. The UK is in a unique global position to use clinical records in novel ways for patient recruitment, clinical trials management and follow up. In addition to supporting high quality observational research, CPRD is developing world leading services based on using real world data to support clinical trials and intervention studies.

Purpose of the role:

CPRD is entering a period of significant expansion, offering increasing volumes of anonymised healthcare data for research and innovative services and products to support observational and interventional studies.

CPRD receives huge volumes of disparate healthcare related datasets from both primary and secondary care sources that is subsequently used for observational and interventional research. Access to CPRD data through tools and utilities is essential for the successful provision CPRD research services. The successful applicant will be part of an agile sub-team responsible for the design, development, implementation, and testing of technical solutions to enable research services for internal and external researchers.

The post is part of the Data, Tools, and Technology (DTT) team and reports to a Senior Developer. The role requires close cooperative working with other members of the DTT team as well as regular liaison with CPRD epidemiologists, statisticians, and clinical trials colleagues to ensure that databases are fit for purpose and that they interface with applications and services.

We are seeking a motivated individual with experience building technical applications for large datasets. The successful candidate must have an excellent understanding of the complete technical development process and have a proven track record of delivering projects on time as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Qualifications

- BSc in Information Technology, Computer Science or equivalent work experience.

Benefits

We offer a range of benefits aimed to support your lifestyle, wellbeing and professional development including:

- Flexible working

- 25 days annual leave increasing to 30 with service

- Benenden Healthcare

- Season ticket loans

- Childcare vouchers

- Subsidised gym membership

- Commitment to professional development with funding and up to 5 days learning for professional qualifications.

To apply, please click the APPLY button.

Closing date: 11 May 2016.

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