Flexible Location: NES is a remote-friendly employer with staff based throughout Scotland. We support office-based and hybrid working arrangements. We welcome conversations about alternative working patterns—please get in touch during the application process to discuss.
Work Pattern: Fixed Term,until 31 March 2027 Time, 37 hours per week
Fixed-term or Secondment**
**For NHS applicants, an NHS secondment will be offered in the first instance. For non-NHS applicants, a fixed-term or secondment would be considered.
You must have eligibility and entitlement to work in the UK which is required to be maintained throughout your period of employment.
Who We Are
NHS Education for Scotland (NES) is the national health board with statutory responsibilities to effect sustainable change through workforce development, education and training across the health and social care system in Scotland, while working at UK level with partner organisations.
The SCI diabetes team deliver the National Diabetes System for the NHS in Scotland - we are the foundation upon which medical professionals and ultimately citizens living with Diabetes can manage and improve all aspects of their care.
The Opportunity
We are looking for a Developer to join our small, but highly talented team to collaborate and problem-solve some of the most complex challenges in health and social care.
Do you enjoy working as part of a highly skilled multi-disciplinary agile team?
Do you want to play a key role in the development of high quality, robust and
scalable web applications that will be used by a broad range of health and care
professionals?
Do you enjoy working at pace and being adaptive to an ever-changing environment
Do you thrive working in partnership with a range of people?
Do you enjoy problem solving?
Working within the SCI-Diabetes support team you will have the opportunity to support, maintain and develop modern web applications and data interfaces that will directly improve the working lives of health and care professionals and have a direct impact for the general public.
Does this sound like you?
What We Love to See
Developers offer a broad range of skills and experience, if you can offer some or all of these, we’d love you to apply:
- Experience of Microsoft .NET web development, SQL Server and cloud technologies such as Azure
- A clear understanding of agile software development practices
- Ability to collaboratively design, code, test, and document software of medium to high complexity using the right standards and tools
- An interest in development best practices including application design patterns, cloud architecture, security, and test-driven development
- Highly effective communicator knowing how to make technical information and language simple for a wide range of internal and external stakeholders (both verbally and in writing)
- Ability to work autonomously and use own initiative, to organise and prioritise workload and to meet strict deadlines
- Demonstrate honesty, integrity, care and compassion when dealing with others, utilising tact and persuasion skills when necessary
- Ability to work on own initiative, to organise and prioritise own workloads, to meet strict deadlines
Benefits Which Matter
As a valued employee of NHS Scotland, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:
- Life-work balance - with opportunities for flexible working and hybrid working
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Annual incremental salary progression (up to the maximum of the salary band) plus annual NHS salary scale review
- Annual Leave - 27 Days increasing in line with service plus 8 days public holiday
- NHS discounts and more
Diversity and Inclusion
Developing a successful national service for Scotland is impossible without ensuring we consider the diverse needs, perspectives and backgrounds of everyone in Scotland in our work.
We are focused on hiring the very best talent available for NES, and actively encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and aim to ensure everyone is treated fairly, with respect and has a positive recruitment experience – regardless of the outcome.
It’s not essential to be in a role right now.You may be returning from a career break (e.g. maternity, paternity, caring for others) or returning after working in another field. Your experiences elsewhere can bring a fresh perspective to our work.
If you are considering applying and feel it would be helpful to discuss this initially, please contact
Next Steps
**NHS candidates will be considered firstly on a secondment basis, and so are strongly encouraged to discuss this with their current NHS employer at the earliest opportunity, ideally prior to application.
All applicants who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail.
In person OR online interviews will take place on 6th January - 9th January 2026.
For further information please refer to the Job Information Pack below.
Unless otherwise stated the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date. Please note, CVs will not be accepted.
- Please be advised that if you are successful in being offered the role following the recruitment process, you will be expected to attend the office prior to your start date to complete face-to-face pre-employment checks. If you require any adjustments to support this, please let us know.
- To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.
As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here.
For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licenced Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be found here.
It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.
If you have any queries regarding the NHS Scotland National Recruitment Portal or the recruitment process, please don't hesitate to contact our recruitment partners, the East Region Recruitment Service, at: EoS.ERRS@nhs.scot