We are seeking a highly skilled, experienced, organised and motivated computer scientist with excellent communication skills and a commitment to solution-focussed collaboration, to manage the systems and infrastructure programme of work for the Clinical Scientific Computing Team within the Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering at UCLH.
As the Clinical Scientific Computing Systems and Infrastructure Lead, you will be responsible for efficiently and effectively managing a programme of work and individual projects across a range of clinical specialities, and for ensuring the delivery of high-quality, secure, and compliant computing solutions. You will bring energy and passion as you provide solution-focussed, operational leadership and management to a team of scientists and analysts and as you collaborate with key clinical, scientific and technical stakeholders. You will oversee the delivery of essential support to clinical systems and infrastructure in BAU, working closely with the IT Analyst Team Lead.
You will have strong leadership and management skills, depth of understanding of healthcare IT systems and infrastructure and significant experience in clinical scientific computing project management and service delivery. You will be able to demonstrate how your excellent communication and interpersonal skills and your ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders delivers effective and efficient outcomes.
Main duties of the job
You will work closely with the Head and Deputy Head of Clinical Scientific Computing, the IT Analyst Team Lead and with managers, clinicians, researchers and colleagues in digital services across the Trust, developing strong and productive working relationships focussed on delivering and implementing strategic plans that align with the Trust's vision for digital technology.
This role presents a fantastic opportunity and comes at an exciting time, as we have just completed an extensive engagement exercise with stakeholders across our clinical services, our existing team and advocates of change within the UCLH Digital Innovation Hub. We are poised to step up our support of Radiotherapy and Proton Beam Therapy Services, and you will have specific responsibilities to manage this relationship and the delivery of the associated clinical systems and infrastructure support services, including the new extended hours on-site service and on-call support, of which you will be a part.
Your team have significant commitments to support clinical services and systems in Neurophysiology, Women's Health, Radiotherapy, Proton Beam Therapy, Nuclear Medicine and Sterile Services. You will be responsible for the performance of your team, for managing communications with our service users and for managing the quality, risks and resources associated with these services.
About us
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
1. University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
2. National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
3. Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
4. University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
5. Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
6. University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
7. The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
8. University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.
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Person Specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential
* 1st or 2nd class honours degree in computer science, a physical science, engineering, or equivalent
* Relevant PhD or equivalent (MSc / MEng with additional specialist training or research experience)
* State Registration as a Clinical Scientist / able to register within 3 years of appointment. Or Member of the RCT (Register of Clinical Technologists)
* Corporate Membership of relevant professional institutes (eg IPEM, IET)
* Evidence of training and development in Leadership & Management
Desirable
* Chartered Engineer or Chartered Scientist
Scientific & Technical
Essential
* Advanced knowledge across the full range of working procedures and practices in clinical scientific computing including relevant legislation, national and international standards, NHS policy, and professional and other guidelines.
* Broad knowledge of software engineering best practices (including issue tracking, testing, documentation, version control and continuous integration) that enable the delivery of reliable, sustainable and trustworthy outputs
* Advanced knowledge of computer hardware and software at both operating system and application level and also of medical device IT systems.
* Expert knowledge of architecture, configuration, security and performance management of networks using TCP/IP protocols
* Expert knowledge of security issues associated with computer systems within the Trust, NHS and health sector, and the measures required to address these.
* Expert knowledge of data management, including storage, archive, backup and data publication technologies
* Broad knowledge of medical devices and of other areas of medical physics and clinical engineering practice and procedure.
Clinical
Essential
* Knowledge of clinical practice and the implications for clinical scientific computing.
* Basic knowledge of relevant anatomy, physiology and pathology.
* Advanced understanding of the potential risks to patients, staff and organisations arising from system failure, human error and clinical scientific computing practice
* Advanced knowledge and understanding of quality and risk management as they apply to clinical scientific computing.
Managerial
Essential
* Knowledge of good people management practice including recruitment, performance and disciplinary policy.
* Understanding of quality and performance management and their application to a clinical scientific computing service.
Desirable
* Knowledge of financial matters relating to service costings and income management, including full costs recovery and rules for VAT charging.
Scientific & Technical
Essential
* Significant experience of a scientific healthcare environment
* Significant experience of managing computer operating systems especially Unix and Windows
* Significant experience of a wide variety of computing systems and application packages
* Significant experience of managing IT systems in a clinical environment
* Experience of managing high value, high profile, IT projects
Desirable
* Experience of software development and testing
* Experience of programming both applications and systems
* Experience in the supervision of research and development work.
* Experience of holding grants and supervising research workers.
Managerial
Essential
* Significant experience of providing services in a scientific healthcare environment.
* Experience of people management, including staff appraisal.
* Experience of managing resources and project budgets.
* Experience of participating in, leading discussions and taking minutes at committees / project groups involving complex scientific and technical information.
Desirable
* Experience of identifying service development opportunities and progressing business plans.
* Experience of involvement in national committees relating to science in healthcare.
Scientific & Clinical
Essential
* Ability to apply knowledge and experience in making judgements regarding the safe and optimal configuration and use of medical IT systems, involving objective assessment of benefits and risks associated with the available options.
* Ability to perform options appraisals in highly complex situations based on highly complex information and judgements.
* Ability to provide highly specialised advice on the use of medical IT systems for patient diagnosis, management and treatment, for routine care and when planning and implementing a research programme.
* Ability to manage networks of Unix and Windows server and client computer systems
* Ability to manage and support complex database applications using SQL server
Desirable
* Ability to write complex programs in a variety of high level languages such as C++ and VB
Communication
Essential
* Able to produce clear and unambiguous written reports, guidance, policies, procedures and business cases which can be understood by staff and stakeholders from a variety of professions.
* Able to communicate risk associated with cyber security and data management in a clear manner to persons with no specialist knowledge, including clinicians, managers and external stakeholders.
* Able to communicate highly complex information at postgraduate level to other professional groups.
* Able to present scientific papers at national and international conferences.
* Able to train groups of other professional staff.
* Able to deliver teaching and training on complex subjects.
* Ability to present information effectively to senior clinicians and Trust managers.
* Ability to chair meetings effectively.
* Ability to negotiate solutions to problems where conflicting views exist.
* Able to deal with complex and unpredictable situations.
Managerial
Essential
* Ability to manage and develop staff effectively and sympathetically, to lead a multi-disciplinary team and to prioritise the workload of others.
* Able to motivate staff and inspire confidence.
* Able to manage change and introduce new technologies and working practices.
* Able to implement policies and procedures in own work and to advise on policy and procedure review, development and implementation in services provided by others.
* Able to assess impact of policy / procedure changes on safety and service provision.
* Ability to take and articulate a strategic view of the systems and infrastructure programme of work.
* Able to exercise initiative to solve highly complex problems independently and with confidence when dealing with issues within own specialist area of competence.
* Able to prioritise and manage own time and workload under pressure.
* Ability to work as part of a team.
* Able to understand contracts and produce agreements to provide services.
* Great attention to detail.
* Commitment to develop and communicate the contribution of clinical scientific computing to healthcare and a vision of how to further realise benefits in this field.
* Ability to use computer software at an advanced level to gather, organise and process information.
* Record of presenting work at scientific meetings.
Desirable
* Research / Development Track Record.
Employer details
Employer name
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
University College London Hospital
235 Euston Road
London
NW1 2BU
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