Senior Technical Architect (Applications & Data)
Job summary
MY JOB MAKES LIVES BETTER BY...
Joining up systems and data to empower patients, service users and staff to deliver high-quality, patient-centred care. I also keep at the forefront of digital technology initiatives, ensuring that our digital solutions put people at the heart of all that we do. I am a senior technologist in the organisation who sponsors initiatives to improve patient safety, free up staff time, and improve the efficiency of technology in the trust.
Main duties of the job
THE POST
We are at a pivotal stage of our digital journey and have an ambitious portfolio of digital technology initiatives ahead of us, all grounded around - empowering patients and service users; improving the experience navigating the healthcare system and joining up systems and data across to better meet the needs of citizens.
This role is part of our Enterprise Architecture team, responsible for:
The vision, strategy and roadmaps from our technology and data perspective, including prioritisation of change - to enable delivery at pace
Establishing architectural principles, designs and standards
Guiding the organisation to make the appropriate business, technology and data decisions
Consult and support collaboration across the business
Horizon scanning across industry, identifying emerging trends and their potential impact and opportunity for the organisation
A technical architect provides technical leadership and architectural design. You may have a generic or specialist technical design or generic solution architecture experience, that covers multiple domain areas.
About us
What's in it for You?
At Moorfields, we invest in you--your growth, your wellbeing, your future.You'll join a flexible, supportive organisation offering:
o Competitive salary (including high-cost area supplement)
o Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme
o 24/7 independent counselling support
o Career-long learning and development opportunities
o Excellent transport connections
o Access to NHS and Blue Light discount schemes
o Free Pilates classes
o Full support and training to develop your skills
And so much more! To see the full range of benefits we offer please view our Moorfields benefits leaflet.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will put people at the heart of everything you do with a relentless focus on user experience and ensuring all our user needs are met across sites at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
With the ever-increasing need and interest in the use of digital technology in healthcare, you will be part of a team of Digital, Data and Technology experts that delivers service improvements and keeps at the forefront of new technology.
Your role will focus on implementing the trusts technology strategy rather than maintaining the existing operations. Whilst the technical architect is expected to be a highly technical individual with a strong background in designing and implementing technology, the role is distinct from a Lead Engineer as it has additional responsibilities for solution design and technical assurance of proposals from vendors. The team does not design solutions in isolation, as such the postholder will be expected and encouraged to maintain their practical technical skills but shift the focus of their hands-on work towards implementing proofs-of-concept, validating designs and proposals, and implementing new solutions rather than maintaining and supporting the existing solutions.
This role will focus on Applications, Data, and Integration Architecture designing the workflows and connectivity between our systems, ensuring that our data is well-structured and highly available, and ensuring that our applications are maintainable and fulfil the organisations requirements. The postholder will be constantly working in partnership with architectural colleagues, vendors, programme teams, other clinical, technical, and operational colleagues to ensure that their vision and designs are successfully implemented.
The majority of this role will focus on the key components of our EPR solution, including imaging systems, clinical noting systems, and patient administration systems. It will also spend some time on corporate systems, business intelligence, and smart buildings and estates. Direct experience with these areas is not essential, as long as the postholder is willing and able to learn.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES FOR THIS ROLE
A senior technical architect works on large or multiple pieces of work that are complex or risky.
At this role level, you will:
define strategy and be central to assuring services
design solutions and services to solve ambiguous problems, aligned to the trusts architecture standards and business requirements
regularly collaborate and find agreement with senior stakeholders, providing direction and challenge
validate and assure solution designs, either built internally or commissioned externally
be proactive in identifying problems and translating these into non-technical descriptions that can be widely understood
mentor and coach colleagues
Person Specification
Qualifications
- 2x A-levels or equivalent qualifications in literate and numerate subjects
- Master's degree, or equivalent experience
- Relevant management / leadership qualification or equivalent experience to masters level
- Service management qualification or equivalent experience (example: ITIL)
- Delivery management qualification or equivalent experience (Agile, PRINCE2, etc)
Experience
- Experience of working in multiple user/customer-centric teams and delivering on continuous service improvement initiatives
- Experience of designing, deploying and running medium-high complexity technology services
- Experience of management products / services in healthcare (NHS)
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Kemp House
London
EC1V 2PD
Employer's website
https://www.moorfields.nhs.uk/work-for-us