Technical Lead Architect – ICS Shared Care Record Programme

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Operate with autonomy in the role and accountability for decisions made during the course of duties
• Set long term strategy ensuring the aims and objectives of the organisation/system are embedded and progressively built upon within the setting of the programme
• Matrix management delivery from multiple senior members of staff across system partners
• Demonstrate and deliver strong business acumen in the field of work ensuring value for money, understanding the business of partners and the driving factors for delivery in multiple sectors.
• Creating and maintaining the business, applications, data and technical architectures of the ICS.
• Support multiple teams across the system, finding and using best practice and emerging technologies to support the needs of the ICS.
• Provide Technical architecture support with our partners as agreed through a memorandum of understanding.
• Be responsible for relevant programme governance in relation to the programme requirments, solving complex and high-risk issues or delivering architecture design.
• Inspire wider technical leads across the system and help them understand how to deliver the goals of the programme and wider system.
• Network and communicate with senior stakeholders across organisations and proactively seek out opportunities for digital transformation
• Maintain a comprehensive register of systems in place and working with system partners to ensure our collective infrastructure remains current and within suppliers support periods.
• Analysis of solutions to ensure and demonstrate solutions meet key requirements.
• Writing detailed design specifications in support of the programme solutions.
• Exchanging specialist information with colleagues from similar and other disciplines including providing key specialist advice
• Representing ICS at meetings, conferences, and events as appropriate
• Actively contributing to ICS public profile and presence through presentations, media and social media

Person Specification

Knowledge, Training and Experience

• Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist technical area.
• Extensive knowledge of technical specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master's level equivalent
• Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
• Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current health and care policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement
• Knowledge and experience of working with a master patient index management system
• Digital transformation knowledge and experience in an NHS and / or social care context
• TOGAF certification or equivalent qualification
• Experience of negotiation with senior stakeholders which may include difficult and controversial issues, presenting complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups
• Experience of working at strategic level, able to recognise direction and implications of policy and the potentially competing priorities/interests.
• Experience of leading, managing, developing, influencing and inspiring staff.

• Strong integration knowledge and experience. Including how the following technology and standards work: HL7v2, batch files uploads and on-demand API (IHE profiles, FHIR).
• Knowledge and experience with Orion Health or equivalent information sharing software

Analytical

• Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
• Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options
• Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action
• Strategic thinking - ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise.

• Ability to carry out procurements for highly detailed, high value contracts that require analysis, comparison and assessment.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Employer details

Employer name

Provide CIC

Address

Phoenix House

Christopher Martin Road

Basildon, Essex

SS14 3HG

https://www.provide.org.uk/