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Job overview

Do you want to make a difference? Are you interested in joining an expert team working to transform health care technology in England?

Do you have knowledge and experience in; Designing and Delivering systems using Cloud services, Big Data and Analytics, Enterprise Architecture, Security and Digital strategy, then we may have a job for you.

This is an exciting time to join NHS England as one of our Solution Architects. The Architecture Profession provides a range of services to our internal and external stakeholders. We provide technical and solution architecture design, technical consultancy and technical/ solution architecture ownership to national scale NHS programmes and organisations. The work we do makes a difference to patients and NHS staff at a national level.  In addition to a competitive salary you can look forward to a full range of public sector benefits, including an excellent contributory pension scheme and generous holiday entitlement. Perhaps the most compelling reasons for joining us, however, are the scale, scope, high profile and diverse nature of the projects you’ll be working on and the technologies you will be using, along with the unprecedented opportunity for personal and professional development.  You will also get the personal satisfaction of being part of a team delivering cutting-edge solutions to the Health and Care sector.

Main duties of the job

We have a need for solution architects who have expertise in one of three specialist domains-Technical Architecture, Security Architecture or Enterprise Architecture, and ideally experience working with large scale data platforms.  The Technology and Data Integration function of Data Services is responsible for designing and assuring the data platforms at the heart of the NHS. Working with colleagues across data services and wider transformation directorate and health and social care ecosystem, our role is to ensure that these platforms make data available to those that need to access it whilst safeguarding the sensitivity and privacy of patient and workforce data, allowing world-class analysis for health and social care operations and policy making. As a  Solution Architect you will typically be responsible for the architecture for a large-scale system or domain, providing leadership to a team Architects and providing support to the Lead Technical or Solution Architect.  

Working for our organisation

The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:

• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
• Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
• Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
• Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
• Delivering value for money.

If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you’ll usually need to be paid the ‘standard’ salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the ‘going rate’ for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the Government website.