Main area: Systems Team Manager & Solution Architect
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 8b
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 292-6876084-CORP
Employer: The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Princess Alexandra Hospital
Town: HARLOW
Salary: £62,215 - £72,293 Per annum plus 5% high cost area supplement
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 21/01/2025 23:59
Job overview
The Systems Team Manager & Solution Architect is responsible for the management and support of a number of the trust’s Clinical IT Systems. The post holder will be responsible for the operational leadership of systems for PAHT, including performance monitoring and assurance, service improvement and development.
The post holder will work with the Head of Clinical Systems and senior members of the Trust management teams to execute the ICT strategy associated with clinical information systems and will ensure the delivery of high-quality Informatics services. The Systems Team Manager will additionally be responsible for the development and transformational resources within the ICT department, allocating resources to enable stakeholder and nationally driven change to the Trust’s applications.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will:
1. Execute, with other IT leaders, the strategic plans, especially those related to clinical information systems, which includes the Electronic Health Record (EHR) – Alex Health.
2. Provide Trust operational leadership of clinical information systems, ensuring maintenance of the information systems and delivery of operational requirements.
3. Apply strong financial management of budgets, both capital and operating expenses as required.
4. Ensure success of clinical information systems maintenance, projects, and other Informatics projects as agreed.
5. Conduct workforce planning to ensure that the right people with the right skills are in place to support clinical information systems.
6. Ensure rigorous performance monitoring to deliver best practice informatics operational and project standards relating to clinical information systems.
7. Facilitate application of high-quality standards and processes, e.g., requirements specification and change control in collaboration with IT, clinical, and operational teams.
8. Ensure the adoption and usage of clinical information systems with transformation lead and operational teams.
Person specification
Skills
* Experience of working under pressure to tight deadlines.
* Previous experience of working in the NHS or a similar large, complex environment.
* Strong ‘customer service’ orientation and ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with different staff groups.
* Experience in supervising or managing staff.
* Educated to post-graduate diploma level or equivalent experience or training in specific specialist areas.
* Excellent analytical skills.
Knowledge
* Good Knowledge of IT Security Standards.
* Good understanding of NHS Data architecture.
* Experience in financial, annual planning, and business planning processes.
* Knowledge of HL7 integration standard for healthcare i.e., message types and content.
* Able to plan/complete implementations and contribute to culture change.
Experience
* Experience in designing, building, testing, and deploying Information Systems within large highly-complex organisations.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to convey highly complex technical ideas to individuals.
* Experience in supervising or managing staff.
* Experience of full software development lifecycle.
* Ability to align solutions and integration with business processes, IT and business strategy and, where required/appropriate, with National and STP strategies.
* Experience in clinical information systems implementation and support.
What we can offer you:
* Full induction and onboarding process in our organisation.
* Free car parking for our staff.
* Structured pay scheme, including additional living supplement to your basic salary.
* Minimum 27 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata for part-time staff).
* Access to our Alex Lounge, our staff-only rest area with free tea and coffee.
* Access to NHS Pension scheme.
* Flexible working options available, in line with our flexible working policy.
* Onsite crèche facilities.
* Annual appraisals with career pathways.
* In-house training courses.
* Discounted hospital restaurant.
* Staff health and wellbeing health services and complimentary health provision.
The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions where we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. It is therefore advisable that you submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
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