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You will be working for a well-known organisation on a contract basis. This role is inside scope of IR35 and working remotely with the odd travel into the office in London. My clients are looking for a Frontend Developer who ideally has experience with working on an NHS app and or Vue.JS version 3 experience.

Your new role

Frontend Developer
The NHS App is a hybrid mobile application developed and run by the National Health
Service (NHS) of England.

The app provides users across England the ability to manage
their healthcare digitally and is strategically at the centre of the NHS’ 10-year plan as
being the front-door to accessing health care.

We are looking for an experienced Frontend Developer to design, build, and maintain
accessible, secure and user-centred application. The successful candidate will work with
a multi-disciplinary Agile team to develop and maintain the application.
The role will focus on creating a responsive, accessible and performant frontend
experience, while adhering to Government GOVUK/NHS digital standards, security
requirements and accessibility regulations.

Key responsibilities
Frontend Development
- Build and maintain modern web application using the frontend framework (VueJS
version 3).
- Develop reusable UI components and scalable frontend architecture.
- Make sure application is responsive across desktop, tablet and mobile.
- Optimise frontend performance, accessibility and usability.
- Writing and actively maintain technical documentation.
- Understanding and involvement with the end-to-end development lifecycle.
Accessibility & Standards
- Develop reusable UI components and scalable frontend architecture.
- Apply inclusive design principles throughout development
- Ensure applications complies to digital service standards and governance requirements.
Collabora8on
- Work closely with designers, backend developers, product owners, business analyst,
tester and delivery manager.
- Engage in Agile ceremonies including stand-ups, Sprint planning, retrospectives and
refinement sessions.
- Contribute to technical contributions, code reviews and design/architecture decisions.
Quality & Tes8ng
- Write maintainable, well-documented and testable code.
- Implement automated testing using tools such as Jest and Playwright.
- Support continuous integration and continued deployment (CI/CD) practices.
Security & Compliance
- Follow secure coding practices and security policies.
- Ensure development practices align with data protection and privacy regulations.
- Support vulnerability remediation and dependency management.
Con8nuous Improvements
- Contribute to frontend standards, coding guidelines and design systems.
- Mentor/coach junior developers (where appropriate).
- Ensure development practices align with data protection and privacy regulations.
- Stay up to date with emerging frontend technologies and best practices.
Essential skills and experience
Technical Skills
- Experience using the frontend framework VueJS (Version 3)
- Strong experience with JavaScript (ES6)
- Solid understanding of HTML5, CSS3 (SASS), responsive design and web standards.
- Experience with integrating RESTful API’s and backend services.
- Good understanding of state management approaches.
- Experience using GIT and development workflows
- Knowledge with CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps)
- Developed automated unit test using Jest
- Implemented automated end to end test with the frameworks like Cypress/Playwright
- Understanding of frontend build tools and package managers.
Accessibility & User Centred Design
- Knowledge of developing for accessibility (latest WCAG AA accessibility standards)
- Experience building accessible and inclusive digital services
- Understanding of usability and user centred design principles.
Agile Delivery
- Experience working in an Agile delivery team.
- Understanding of iterative development and continuous improvement.
Communica8on
- Able to communicate technical concepts concisely to both technical and non-technical
stakeholders.
- Strong collaboration and problem solving/debugging skills.
Desirable skills and experience
- Experience working with government, healthcare and other public sector organisations.
- Familiarity with the GOVUK/NHS Design System or other equivalent design frameworks.
- Experience with using the Azure Cloud platform.
- Developing reusable components for a frontend component library.
- Experience with using security tools such as SonarCloud and Dependabot.
- Understanding of microservices or API first architecture.
- Experience with using performance monitoring and analytics tools (Adobe Analytics)
- Familiar with using containerisation technologies such as Docker.
- Exposure to Native Mobile Development (Swift/Kotlin)

What you need to do now

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