Business Analyst - Interoperability
Summary
This is a senior technical business analyst role focused on a national healthcare interoperability programme using FHIR-based API standards. The role involves data modelling, supplier onboarding, API testing, and incident investigation using tools like Splunk and GitHub.
Senior Technical Business Analyst - Healthcare Interoperability (FHIR)
- Location: Remote (MUST be UK Based)
- Rate: £500/day (Inside IR35)
- Duration: Until March 2027
***Please note - due to the nature of this programme, NHS experience is essential and applicants wthout domain experience will not be considered***
Overview
Senior Technical BA needed for a national healthcare interoperability programme. This is a deeply technical, hands-on role centred on FHIR-based API standards, supplier onboarding and live service support, not general requirements gathering.
Responsibilities
- Own FHIR data modelling and maintain data structures, entity relationships and associated components across the standard
- Advise suppliers and internal teams on RESTful API strategy, including Operation Outcomes and HTTP status code application
- Lead technical changes and releases through the full development lifecycle, including GitHub repo and OAS specification management
- Own test planning and coordinate sender/receiver testing cycles for supplier API assurance against FHIR specifications
- Investigate incidents and problems via Splunk and JSON log review, including third-party supplier logs
- Manage change requests against baselined requirements and lead gap analysis for new interoperability use cases
- Engage directly with system suppliers and healthcare providers to support onboarding and validate FHIR implementation against the standard
- Produce technical content including implementation guides, data mapping documents and JSON examples validated against FHIR
Requirements
Essential:
- Substantial hands-on FHIR experience, including validation and data modelling
- Strong RESTful API knowledge (Operation Outcomes, HTTP status codes, API specification design)
- Full SDLC experience including change/release management
- Testing leadership experience (functional, non-functional, UAT), ideally including API/interoperability testing
- Proficient with GitHub, Splunk, AWS, Jira/Confluence
- Strong supplier/stakeholder management experience, particularly onboarding third parties to technical standards
- Healthcare systems experience
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