Solution Architect – Secondary Care

• Lead the development of architectures for complex solutions, ensuring consistency with agreed requirements
• Establish policies, principles and practices for selecting solution architecture components
• Manage trade-offs among functional, service quality and systems management requirements
• Communicate proposed decisions to stakeholders using technical and non-technical language
• Provide organisational leadership and guidelines to promote specialist knowledge
• Develop and drive adoption of organisational policies, standards, guidelines and methods for system design
• Champion system design principles and selection of appropriate system design life-cycle models
• Lead system design activities for strategic, large and complex systems development programmes
• Develop effective implementation strategies consistent with requirements, architectures and performance and feasibility constraints
• Develop system designs involving new technologies or new uses for existing technologies

• Extensive experience in solution architecture, systems design or complex technology delivery in a healthcare environment
• Proven leadership of large or complex solution architectures, often spanning multiple projects or programmes
• Experience defining and governing end-to-end solution architectures for strategically significant initiatives
• Experience providing authoritative solution architecture guidance to delivery teams and senior stakeholders
• Experience leading feasibility assessments, architectural option analysis and business case input
• Experience influencing design and investment decisions
• Demonstrable equivalent professional experience gained through senior solution architecture roles
• Ability to work 37.5 hours per week

Demonstrates extensive experience in solution architecture and systems design within a healthcare environment, leading complex technology delivery and influencing strategic decisions. Proven ability to establish policies and guidelines for system design while effectively communicating with diverse stakeholders.

• Solution Architecture
• Systems Design
• Healthcare Technology Delivery
• Leadership of Complex Solutions
• Stakeholder Communication

• Solution Architecture
• Systems Design
• Feasibility Assessment
• Architectural Option Analysis
• Business Case Development

• Organisational Leadership
• Influencing Decisions
• Communication Skills

• Healthcare Environment
• System Design Principles
• End-to-End Solution Architectures
• Strategically Significant Initiatives