Senior Digital Developer
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 28/08/2026
- Closes
- 06/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This advert explicitly states that sponsorship is not offered.
The source advert contains explicit wording ruling out sponsorship for this specific role. Consider other live roles at the same band from sponsorship-friendly trusts.
“This vacancy is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship. Please do not apply unless you have another means of establishing a right to work, or you are already employed by the NHS and would transfer to the pay point at the top of Band 7.”Quoted verbatim from the source advert
Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior Digital Developer to join NHS Blood and Transplant's in-house development team. The role involves designing and building modern, cloud-based solutions for high-profile, public-facing digital services like the Blood Donor Portal and Give Blood app. You will work with technologies such as C#, React, React Native, and Python, contributing to digital transformation and replacing legacy processes. The ideal candidate enjoys solving complex problems, collaborates well, and is passionate about building reliable technology with public impact.
Key responsibilities
- Develop and support digital services, applications and databases in line with NHSBT's business objectives.
- Produce and maintain high-quality documentation for NHSBT applications.
- Research and review emerging technologies, identifying opportunities and benefits for NHSBT.
- Maintain existing applications, gather requirements and identify improvements.
- Support the development of NHSBT's Digital Development Strategy.
- Ensure disaster recovery processes are appropriate, tested and regularly reviewed.
Essential criteria
- MSc or Advanced knowledge and substantial proven experience to masters level in software development, with experience in the majority of:
- C, .NET Framework 3.5+ inc. ASP.NET/ MVC, .NET Core
- Visual Studio 2010+
- OOAD and UML techniques
- HTML, JavaScript, JQuery
- XML, XSD, JSON
- Network architecture and protocols such as SNMP, HTTP, SOAP, SOA-Web Services
- Phonegap/Cordova
- Agile / Lean and Traditional methodologies
- SOLID Design Principles
- Progressive web app development
- MS Azure
- Testing Strategies
- Testing Tools MS Test, NUnit
- Automated Testing Tools Selenium
- Direct proven experience of software development methodologies and database design, in both a Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle environment.
- Extensive knowledge and experience of the design, development, management and maintenance of information systems across an organisation.
- Specialised knowledge of software architectures across a wide range of industry standard platforms.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
_This vacancy is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship. Please do not apply unless you have another means of establishing a right to work, or you are already employed by the NHS and would transfer to the pay point at the top of Band 7._
_Please be advised we are recruiting for 1 x Permanent post and 1 x Fixed Term post for 24 months._
Are you a Digital Developer looking to apply your skills in a role that truly makes a difference? NHS Blood and Transplant has an exciting opportunity to join our in-house development team in a supportive, inclusive environment where innovation and collaboration are valued. This position is for a Senior Digital Developer to join our in-house development team working in a friendly and progressive environment.
This role offers the opportunity to work on high-profile, public-facing digital services used by blood donors across England, including the Blood Donor Portal, Give Blood app and NHSBT websites. Youll help design and build modern, cloud-based solutions using technologies such as C#, React, React Native and Python, alongside microservices, content platforms and emerging AI capabilities. The team also supports wider digital transformation across the donation journey, replacing legacy and paper-based processes with modern, integrated services. Were looking for someone who enjoys solving complex problems, works well in a collab
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