Enterprise Architect

Job summary

NHS Band 8A Salary: £57,528- £64,750 per annum

Hours Per Week: full time 37.5

Contract Type: 23 months Fixed Term

Main duties of the job

Job purpose

Play a leading senior technical role in the provision of effective, efficient and fully integrated IT Infrastructure services that maximise their availability and integrity for end-users and optimise the value gained by the Trust from its investment in IT. This will be achieved by:

Designing multiple architectural models with varying complexities ensuring business strategy and processes are considered in translation to IT solutions;
Ability to operate across organisation and computer technology silos to drive common approaches across the Trust enterprise architecture;
Acting as champion for the departments ITIL processes, providing professional guidance in and execution of Change, Release, Problem, Performance, and Availability Management;
Provide leadership in enterprise architecture technologies when working with external vendors, suppliers and other stakeholders.
Provide leadership in application performance monitoring, detection of potential performance changes and overseeing action plans in ensuring users quality of experience.

About us

Working as a partnership, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this.

The single corporate service is delivered across both organisation. You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Proactively and positively contribute to the achievement of deliverables through individual and team effort. Manage the production of the required deliverables and control risks,
Support team members to deliver on their functionally relevant objectives through offering advice, guidance and support as appropriate.
Ensure that approved budgets are spent effectively and in accordance with agreed procedures
Liaison with Senior Professionals and related functions to ensure that work is neither overlooked nor duplicated
Build and sustain effective communications with other roles involved in the shared services as required
Maintain and continuously improve specialist knowledge in an aspect of Health Service which significantly contributes to the Trusts stated objectives & aims
Establish and maintain strategic links with a range of external partners/stakeholders or manage the links made through the team. Engage with external partners/stakeholders to gain their necessary level of contribution & commitment to the successful delivery of your work.
Undertake proactive horizon scanning for either developments relating to Trust work or opportunities for Trust involvement around health issues
Increase the level of knowledge & skills within the Trust through documenting key learning and supporting others to develop their professional abilities.
Dissemination of knowledge through engagement in report writing, and reviewing, taking full responsibility for technical accuracy and reliability and being sensitive to the wider implications of that dissemination.
Ensure that expertise is seen as a resource within and outside the Trust and form working partnerships with government departments, national agencies and key stakeholders.
Develop structures, systems, ways of working and personal values that will support the Trusts sustainable development objectives with regard toissues such as Carbon reduction and waste minimisation; and to encourageall stakeholders of the Trust to act as enthusiastic agents of change.

For full job details please refer to the Job Description

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Degree level qualification or equivalent in computing or related field.
Technical accreditation in at least two or more of the following; Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), Certified Virtualisation Expert (CVE) or Citrix Certified Architect (CCA).
ITIL Foundation Certificate
Evidence of continuing professional development
PRINCE2 Practitioner Certificate

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name

Isle of Wight NHS Trust

Address

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust Corporate Hub

Building 4000, Lakeside North Harbour, Western Road

Cosham

PO6 3EN

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.iow.nhs.uk/

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