Senior Integration and Solution Architect

Job description

Job responsibilities

PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Ensure objectives, policy and procedures are developed and implemented consistently to achieve the highest standards of development practice within Digital Services teams and Trust wide.

2. Provide technical leadership and guidance to teams to proactively identify and resolve technical issues and risks.

3. Provide budgetary oversight and recruitment of staff in integration and software engineering.

4. Provide guidance and support to teams on best practices, and technical implementation.

5. Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements and objectives and translate them into comprehensive technical strategies for developing digital and data architecture.

6. Collaborate with system and regional wide teams, to ensure alignment and proper integration of technical components.

7. Create roadmaps and digital architectural designs that support the Digital Strategy and long-term vision of the Trust.

8. Design and implement robust, scalable, and secure technical solutions that meet business and regulatory requirements.

9. Define and support core architecture standards to ensure consistency and coherence across project by modelling approach that will integrate data and digital processes with wider human and operational processes.

10. Ensure development governance structures including operational groups, meetings, methodologies, risk management, incident management and other working practices are defined and regularly reviewed for effectiveness.

11. Define and monitor performance metrics within the teams and hold the leads to account in delivering them.

12. Ensure the links, formal reporting and communications of work between Digital Services, the programme team and the digital clinical representatives are optimised and regularly reviewed for effectiveness.

13. Oversee the delivery of action plans to address key risks arising from assessment of priority, incidents, and issues.

14. The post holder will have a high degree of autonomy in making decisions on proposed designs, solutions and methodologies in software engineering.

15. The post holder will be required to appraise and implement technical direction considering the expert advice from their professional teams, industry trend and external expert advice as required.

16. Will hold responsibility for the non-functional and support implications of technical developments and will advise the Trust on the actions required to fulfil any perceived shortfall of accepted standard.

17. Stay up-to-date with industry trends and best practices in technology architecture. Actively promote and participate in a culture of knowledge-sharing initiatives, ongoing learning and improvement.

18. To respond appropriately to operational issues as required.

19. To document and maintain existing and new data feed requirements and work with third party suppliers / trust resources in process mapping, message mapping and integration testing for these feeds.

20. To provide oversight and risk mitigation for interface activities with technical and third-party system interface engagement teams.

21. To provide data conversion/migration expertise.

22. To provide technical documentation such as reference materials, installation instructions, knowledge-based articles, and specifications related to developments and interface feeds.

23. To manage the implementation of developed configuration changes to the trust's clinical applications.

This job description is not intended to be exhaustive, however it reflects the main responsibilities of the post holder. Other duties may be required from time to time, which are commensurate with the grade of the post. This job description is subject to regular review and appropriate modification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Master's degree in a related subject or demonstrable equivalent experience of working at senior level in relevant area in technical architecture, systems design software development or related field
• Related qualifications or demonstrable equivalent experience

• Related agile/devops qualification
• Related Microsoft technology certifications

Experience

• Demonstrable experience of Leading teams of software and technical developers ranging in levels of skill and experience
• Substantial experience of appraising the technical competence of engineers
• Experience managing external contractors and engineering Suppliers
• Substantial track record of continuous management experience including managing staff and staff development
• Substantial experience of design, build and deployment of software engineering functions in a large/complex organisation
• Substantial experience in developing web software using .NET C# and ASP technology stack
• Experience working with and designing complex data and software architectures
• Experience of Continuous Delivery (CD) methodologies inside product development teams

• Experience of collaborating with clinical staff within a hospital environment
• Experience engineering an Electronic Health Record platforms in the NHS
• Experience of working with Azure cloud architectures for complex systems
• Experience of working with openEHR architectures for clinical systems

Skill, Knowledge & Competencies

• Ability to present complex, sensitive or contentious information to a large group
• Advanced ability to influence staff at all levels to drive delivery and continuous improvements to ways of working
• Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
• Excellent communication skills - verbal, written, presentational and interpersonal
• Good organisational skills including time management, record keeping and paying attention to detail
• Able to interpret the working practices of others and manage the introduction of new ways of working to improve service delivery
• Extensive ability to use own initiative, coach individuals and lead a team engendering enthusiasm and commitment
• Well presented, flexible, positive, resilient, methodical, team player
• Knowledge of practical application of agile development methodologies
• Practical knowledge of software development lifecycle standards and timescales appropriate to units of work required
• Practical knowledge of data warehouse operational development and benefits realisation
• Advanced knowledge and practical experience of change management and workforce & business re-design
• Knowledge of NHS England digital strategies, policies and guidance Knowledge of hospital services and how services interlink

• Application of essential skills within NHS environment
• Able to communicate with staff at all levels on complex business or clinical processes
• Able to build good collaborative relationships with clinical stakeholders
• Ability to explain complex technical, compliance or legal issues to a clinical audience
• An understanding of the Digital Strategy of the NHS and its implications for hospitals
• Knowledge of hospital services and how services interlink
• Knowledge of the working practices used within the Trust, e.g., Inpatients, Outpatients, Medical Records
• Knowledge of how services are commissioned within ICSs and the NHS

Specific Job Requirements

• Significant use of computer VDU screen/keyboard
• Requirement for concentration when inputting data, checking, and reconciling information
• Minor lifting and handling in an office environment (e.g., files, boxes.)

• Experience of project principles techniques and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects

Other

• Be able to manage time effectively, prioritise and deliver to agreed deadlines
• Must be able to use initiative and make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues, working to tight and often changing timescales
• Take decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action and ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise
• Enthusiasm, determination, motivated and positive
• Confident approach, hardworking, committed, and dependable
• Treat colleagues with dignity and respect
• Ability to demonstrate the organisational values and behaviours

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

The Christie NHS FT

Address

E00991

Manchester

M20 4BX

https://www.christie.nhs.uk/