Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
About
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate, and inspire – to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Key details
Location
Site: Turnpike House
Address: 631 Eccles New Road
Town: Salford
Postcode: M50 1SY
Major / Minor Region: Manchester
Contract type & working pattern
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 8a)
Specialty
Main area: Digital Services
Job overview
As part of a newly formed Enterprise Architecture function, we're seeking a Solution Architect to join our Digital Services team to lead the way in creating scalable and future-proof solutions. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape Architecture for a large NHS trust.
As a Solution Architect, you will play a key role in shaping the architecture and design of innovative solutions. You will work collaboratively with stakeholders to design, develop, and implement architecture that supports our digital strategy, ensuring that it aligns with our business goals and technical requirements.
Architecture Design:
Stakeholder Collaboration: Engage with stakeholders to gather requirements, understand problems, and provide architectural guidance.
Technology Leadership: Commercially minded with experience of leading technical suppliers and digital teams to deliver change.
Solution Implementation:
Documentation: Create comprehensive documentation of architectural designs, technical specifications, and implementation plans.
Risk Management: Identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies.
Continuous Improvement:
Skills and Qualifications:
* Proven Experience: in solution architecture, preferably within a digital services environment.
* Technical Proficiency: Strong knowledge of architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF), and digital technologies.
* Analytical Skills: Ability to analyse complex business problems and design innovative, scalable solutions.
* Communication: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels.
* Innovation Mindset: Keen interest in emerging technologies and their application in digital services.
* Leadership: Demonstrable leadership skills with a track record of guiding and mentoring technical teams.
* Certification: Relevant certifications in solution architecture or cloud platforms are a plus.
Join us in shaping the future of digital services at the Northern Care Alliance NHS Trust.
Working for our organisation
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) serves a diverse population, and each Care Organisation works hard to ensure all services are accessible and fair. We respect the value of difference. So, our aim is to employ a workforce representative of the communities we serve. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, all are welcome.
We also warmly welcome interest from serving and ex-personnel, and their relatives. Please identify that you are a member of the armed forces community on your application form to be entitled to a guaranteed interview (subject to essential criteria being met). As a Disability Confident Employer, guaranteed interviews are also available to disabled applicants when essential role requirements have been met.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Educated to Master’s degree level or equivalent or ability to demonstrate equivalent.
* Evidence of continual professional development.
* Relevant foundation level Solution Architecture qualification, e.g., BCS Solution Architect, TOGAF.
Desirable criteria
* Foundation Qualification in Project Management.
* ITIL Foundation Qualification.
* Cloud Solution Architect Qualifications (e.g. Azure, AWS, etc.).
Knowledge, Training & Experience
Essential criteria
* Extensive experience working as a Solution Architect / Applications Architect / Integration Architect, preferably in a Healthcare setting.
* Proven experience of contributing to and developing Solution / Enterprise Architecture principles.
* Leadership understanding of project and change methodologies and experience applying these (including Agile / SCRUM / Waterfall).
* Significant technical leadership and oversight of delivering solutions by digital teams and suppliers.
* Proven IT or Architecture skills working on multiple or concurrent initiatives.
* Examples of motivating and inspiring staff managed indirectly to work together to achieve a common business objective.
Desirable criteria
* Good knowledge of patient management systems, NHS working practice and National NHS developments.
* Good knowledge of modern and emergent solution architecture approaches, e.g., agile architecture / SAFE.
* Good knowledge of the application of solution design and integration patterns.
Further details / informal visits contact
Name: Matt Bentley
Job title: Head of Enterprise Architecture
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 07443939103
Available: Monday to Friday 9:00 - 17:00 GMT
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