Job summary
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a highly skilled individual to join their digital team as the Head of Digital Architecture Services. This pivotal role will oversee specialist teams, including Platforms, System Architects, Integration, and Software Development, responsible for delivering reliable and proficient architectural services. Additionally, this position entails managing the comprehensive technical responsibilities essential for supporting the Trust's systems and service operations.
The role requires close collaboration with senior leaders across corporate and clinical services within the Trust, as well as with external stakeholders, to ensure unified provision and delivery of digital services. The successful candidate must demonstrate strong technical knowledge and practical expertise in digital architecture, particularly in establishing enterprise architecture standards that align with computing, networks, and storage infrastructures. They will be tasked with mapping the Trust environment, ensuring a consistent and robust approach to avoid duplication and complexity, embracing cutting-edge technologies, and serving as the design authority on matters such as system selection.
Main duties of the job
Responsible for the development of establish an overarching digital architecture strategy, which sets principles and guidelines for enterprise architecture for areas such as applications and systems, data, technology and infrastructure. Working closely with senior members of the digital team
To providing expert guidance and specialist knowledge in establishing a high performing digital eco system.
Responsible for defining and championing the architecture and design frameworks, governance and the processes that underpin them. Ensuring that the practices and standards support technology investments
Translation of complex business systems into a new enterprise architecture that simplifies the technology ecosystem and helps to define the path to successful implementation through their transformation programmes.
Chair relevant IT architecture and design governance forums and steering groups
Oversee the documentation of all architectural models and design outputs (including high level design, low level designs, architectural assessments etc.) ensuring they are fit for purpose, relevant and useful.
Ensure the alignment of technical design across all projects and programmes.
Work with third party partners to ensure quality and adherence to relevant architecture governance.
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Master's qualification or equivalent level of experience within Digital or equivalent IT relevant experience
- Certification in an Enterprise Architecture framework e.g. TOGAF/Zachman
- Evidence of Personal Development
Desirable
- ITIL Practitioner Qualification
- PRINCE 2 /Agile Accreditation
- Qualification in Project Management Methodologies
Experience / Knowledge
Essential
- Evident experience in the management of enterprise scale IT services with good levels of technical understanding across a broad range of applications and infrastructure, with significant experience in leading IT architecture teams and strategy efforts.
- Evidence of having scoped complex business problems and shaped an effective architecture approach in advance of implementation and deployment activity.
- Direct, hands-on experience with architecture and design methodologies
- Have good relevant knowledge and awareness of market/industry trends
- Substantial experience in a management role
- Ability to engage across operations and clinical teams
- Proven experience of articulating tangible benefits for solutions, documenting and presenting solution designs
- Ability to challenge established views and think differently to deliver the business goal.
Desirable
- Experience in use of a variety of administrative and clinical systems within healthcare
- Previously worked within the NHS
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrate high standards of documentation and record keeping.
- AAble to convey complex information across multiple audiences, including senior and external partners. Communicate enthusiastically and motivate others by adapting your style to fit the audience.
- Ability to make judgements on multi-stranded or complex IM&T problems which may have no precedent or where there are conflicting opinions
- Ability to plan and organise broad range of complex activities, formulate and adjust plans which impact beyond own area
- Ability to manage, motivate and develop staff, leading diverse teams with ability to provide direction, understand resource capability and successfully get results working with direct reports, dotted line and/or internal or external resources.
- Ability to coach and mentor staff to support good collaborative team working. creating a recognised and respected talent pool
- Ability in making timely, difficult decisions to ensure project priorities meet critical business needs. (makes balanced risk decisions, taking full accountability)
- Able to deliver with and through others. With the ability to build team cohesion, understanding team dynamics and interpersonal relationships.
- Excellent interpersonal skills
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Master's qualification or equivalent level of experience within Digital or equivalent IT relevant experience
- Certification in an Enterprise Architecture framework e.g. TOGAF/Zachman
- Evidence of Personal Development
Desirable
- ITIL Practitioner Qualification
- PRINCE 2 /Agile Accreditation
- Qualification in Project Management Methodologies
Experience / Knowledge
Essential
- Evident experience in the management of enterprise scale IT services with good levels of technical understanding across a broad range of applications and infrastructure, with significant experience in leading IT architecture teams and strategy efforts.
- Evidence of having scoped complex business problems and shaped an effective architecture approach in advance of implementation and deployment activity.
- Direct, hands-on experience with architecture and design methodologies
- Have good relevant knowledge and awareness of market/industry trends
- Substantial experience in a management role
- Ability to engage across operations and clinical teams
- Proven experience of articulating tangible benefits for solutions, documenting and presenting solution designs
- Ability to challenge established views and think differently to deliver the business goal.
Desirable
- Experience in use of a variety of administrative and clinical systems within healthcare
- Previously worked within the NHS
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrate high standards of documentation and record keeping.
- AAble to convey complex information across multiple audiences, including senior and external partners. Communicate enthusiastically and motivate others by adapting your style to fit the audience.
- Ability to make judgements on multi-stranded or complex IM&T problems which may have no precedent or where there are conflicting opinions
- Ability to plan and organise broad range of complex activities, formulate and adjust plans which impact beyond own area
- Ability to manage, motivate and develop staff, leading diverse teams with ability to provide direction, understand resource capability and successfully get results working with direct reports, dotted line and/or internal or external resources.
- Ability to coach and mentor staff to support good collaborative team working. creating a recognised and respected talent pool
- Ability in making timely, difficult decisions to ensure project priorities meet critical business needs. (makes balanced risk decisions, taking full accountability)
- Able to deliver with and through others. With the ability to build team cohesion, understanding team dynamics and interpersonal relationships.
- Excellent interpersonal skills
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.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
