Job summary
- Main area
- Technology
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 396-7791773-DE-DK
- Employer
- Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- KRFT
- Town
- Kingston
- Salary
- £61,631 - £68,623 Pro rata, pa, incl. HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Database Developer
Band 8a
Home, community, hospital
Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust offers a range of fantastic opportunities to grow your career across both hospital and community settings in south London. Whether you're looking to build new skills or take your experience to the next level, we are uniquely placed to provide the right environment to support your professional development. With colleagues working in people’s homes, in community clinics, and in our two hospitals, we have an outstanding breadth of knowledge and experience to draw from.
Our commitment to exceptional care is reflected in being the first trust of our kind in London to achieve an ‘Outstanding’ rating from the CQC for both overall quality and leadership. We exist to provide the best possible care for our patients and we do that by giving our colleagues what they need to be their best at work. We have won numerous awards from the HSJ and Nursing Times for the way we support our colleagues across all our services.
We are proud to be recognised for our outstanding cancer care, children's services, pioneering surgical teams, and exceptional rehabilitation services. Our maternity services have been rated the "Best in London" by women surveyed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), with parents travelling to Kingston to take advantage of our considerable experience and expertise.
Our Trust values
These words are important reminders, but it’s our behaviours that tell people who we are. We expect all colleagues to bring our values to life in their work.
- Compassionate: We provide care with kindness, understanding, and empathy for all.
- Inclusive: We embrace diversity and respect the unique contributions of every individual.
- Collaborative: We foster teamwork across all levels, working together and with our partners to deliver the best outcomes.
- Inspiring: We are committed to continuous improvement and excellence in patient care, staff development, and innovation.
Job overview
The Senior Database Developer provides expert leadership in the administration, development and optimisation of the Trust’s databases, ensuring robust performance, security and integration across clinical and corporate systems. The role requires deep expertise in SQL Server, cloud technologies, database lifecycle management and programming, with responsibility for designing, testing and implementing complex database solutions. The postholder advises on emerging technologies, manages database‑related risks, and supports major digital projects through specialist technical guidance.
Main duties of the job
- Provides expert specialised knowledge, guidance, and advice on all matters pertaining to the database administration of trust data servers, data architecture and cloud infrastructure in order to ensure data integrity, good governance and optimal database performance
- Designs programs and program modifications from supplied specifications, using agreed standards and tools, to achieve a well-engineered result.
- Provides expert specialist database and server / cloud infrastructure advice support to projects within area of responsibility
- Manages the day-to-day workload of the database development team, providing mentor and coaching guidance, and identifying training requirements.
- Responsible for policy development for database and programming services and ensuring quality by appropriate QA and compliance by regular audit.
- Authorised signatory; responsible for the purchase of physical assets, software and supplies; installation and/or repair and maintenance of physical assets. Signs off, e.g., overtime expenses; authorises purchase of IT equipment; responsible for the installation or repair and maintenance of IT equipment and systems / software
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Working for our organisation
Development and staff wellbeing
Your growth and personal happiness matters to us. After all, we can’t expect the best from you if we don’t invest in your development and nurture your wellbeing. From the moment you join us, we’re committed to fostering your professional and personal development within a supportive, empowering environment. Whether you’re just starting your career or looking to advance further, we provide you with the tools and opportunities you need to succeed. We actively support colleagues to take part in research, quality improvement and innovation, whatever their role or level in the organisation.
To support your wellbeing, we offer an extensive range of resources, including an on-site staff nursery at Kingston Hospital, wellbeing practitioners, regular wellbeing classes, dedicated staff physiotherapist, comprehensive occupational health services, 24/7 employee assistance programme, and a range of other support and activities.
We also take every opportunity to thank and recognise the work our teams do, through weekly ‘shoutouts’ and patient feedback, monthly and annual awards.
Wherever you work across our organisation, we look forward to welcoming you.
At KRFT we are committed to supporting flexible working arrangements. Applicants are encouraged to discuss any flexibility they may need during the recruitment process.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
***Please see the attached supporting document/s which contains more information about the role in the job description and person specification***
NB: ensure your supporting statement aligns with the job description and person specification, as your application will be assessed against these criteria.
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
- Appropriate qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Appropriate experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Expert specialised experience with SQL Server database administration including advanced knowledge of installation, clustering, configuration and security
Experience
Essential criteria
- Good knowledge of web programming languages and tools.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experienced in motivating & developing technical professionals to deliver high‑quality, innovation‑led results.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- James Wright
- Job title
- Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 8546 7711
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