Technology
We’re the experts in technical, IT support and solutions across the business.
Our technology family delivers technical and IT support and solutions across our whole business. They identify, design and produce a wide range of products to make sure everything we do is supported by the very best technology, and the specialist technical advice they give is second to none.
Roles
These are just some of the roles that help drive our business forward.
Developer
As one of our developers you’ll be part of a self-managed team developing and maintaining our core products and services whilst delivering business value in the EMIS Health product suite. You’ll assist in the design, coding and testing of applications adhering to coding standards, patterns and practices.
Network engineer
As one of our network engineers the main responsibility of the role involves the design, specification, build and delivery of our network environments, ensuring high levels of network and service stability for hosted systems. You’ll be continually developing and improving both new and existing network services.
Software engineer test II
As one of our software engineers in test you’ll be part of a team that works to deliver and maintain our EMIS Health core products and services. You’ll also be involved in the building and maintaining of key relationships within your own department and others within the business
Working together at the cutting edge
How EMIS Group and Apple joined forces to improve the health of the UK
There’s one overarching reason why we all come to work at EMIS Group. And that’s to create the innovative technology that will create a better, more joined up NHS and improve the health of millions of patients.
So, when we saw the opportunity to integrate our Personal Health Record (PHR) technology with Apple’s groundbreaking HealthKit app, we realised it was a chance to give patients more control over their own health than ever before. The project means that patients can collect their health data with Apple HealthKit using wearable technology, and share it with their GP.
For one patient, taking her own blood pressure and sending it electronically to her GP reduced the stress of having the test done at the surgery - ‘white coat syndrome’ – which prevented her being diagnosed with high blood pressure. As developer Daniel put it: “We know that what we do makes a difference. You don’t often get to do that in tech!”
This was a project that demanded our very best skills across the whole business, and time was short. “The decision to go was very rapid,” said lead developer Andrew, “But everyone was excited and realised the importance of what we were doing, so we pulled together really well.” Unusually, we brought developers and technical engineers into the same room to work together. “It was a massive piece of work,” explains Mark, one of the engineers responsible for infrastructure on the project. “We needed to change the way that our PHR system worked so that it would integrate seamlessly with what the developers were doing. It was very challenging, and everyone was watching!” For the team, that meant close collaboration through long days and nights working under pressure – but they all agree that the result was more than worthwhile. Matt said: “It was technical work with a real purpose – what we did as engineers meant that the development could happen.”
"It was technical work with a real purpose – what we did as engineers meant that the development could happen."
Senior project manager Nicola sees this project as an example of EMIS Group at its very best. “I came to the project late,” she explains, “Because it had been fairly secret until six weeks before launch. But everyone really pulled it out to deliver. It was innovation, technical skill and teamwork all coming together to create something amazing.”
Nicola has been with EMIS Group since the early days in 2000, and has seen how, as the business has grown, opportunities have grown too. “We’re a forward thinking place, we all know why we’re here, and we’re proud of what we do. Everyone’s skills are valued, and we all have the chance to develop our ideas, and ourselves.”
Or, as Daniel puts it: “We’re making the future!”