Overview

A leading UK diagnostics and imaging provider is seeking an experienced Ultralinq HL7 Reporting Project Lead to deliver a critical digital reporting programme within its Imaging & Reporting portfolio.

This role will lead the end-to-end delivery of new HL7-based textual and PDF echocardiography reporting, integrating Ultralinq with PAS and Trust systems via Mirth Integration Engine. The programme is clinically critical and delivery-focused, requiring strong technical leadership alongside robust clinical safety and operational readiness.

Key Responsibilities

Project Leadership & Delivery

• Own delivery from initiation through to operational handover and hypercare
• Maintain delivery artefacts including roadmap, RAID, reporting and governance packs
• Lead multi-disciplinary working groups across digital, clinical, and supplier teams

Requirements, Design & Traceability

• Oversee workflow mapping and requirements definition
• Ensure traceability from requirements through design, testing, and release
• Own key design artefacts including HL7 specifications, mappings, and runbooks

HL7 & Integration Oversight

• Lead delivery of HL7 v2 ORU messaging from Ultralinq
• Oversee Mirth channel design, validation, transformation, and routing
• Coordinate PAS and downstream Trust integrations

Testing & Clinical Safety

• Define and lead the testing strategy including automated regression testing
• Own the clinical safety case and hazard log
• Ensure compliance with DCB0129 / DCB0160

Operational Readiness & Change

• Establish monitoring, dashboards, support models, and runbooks
• Coordinate training for clinical teams, IT Ops, and integration engineers
• Lead early-life support and stabilisation

Vendor & Stakeholder Management

• Manage delivery across multiple suppliers and Trust stakeholders
• Support Trust onboarding, HL7 validation, and go-live readiness

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven leadership of healthcare integration or digital health programmes
• Strong HL7 v2 and Mirth Integration Engine expertise
• Experience delivering middleware-driven integrations
• Solid understanding of clinical workflows
• Experience with automated testing and observability
• Strong knowledge of clinical safety, IG, and security frameworks
• Experience with imaging or reporting systems
• HL7, Mirth, PRINCE2 or Agile qualifications
• Prior NHS / Trust integration experience

*Rates depend on experience and client requirements