Job vacancy: Technical Architect, NHS South Central and West Commissioning Support Unit, Eastleigh (Hybrid)

Job summary

Main area: Data Management & Architecture
Grade: Band 8a
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 891-CSU-7740SB-A

Employer: NHS South Central and West Commissioning Support Unit
Employer type: NHS
Site: Data Management & Architecture Service Delivery & Data Processing
Town: Eastleigh (Hybrid)
Salary: £50,952 - £57,349 Per Annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 16/05/2024 23:59

Technical Architect

Band 8a

We want SCW to be a great place to work, where we all feel safe and can be our authentic selves. This means valuing and respecting everyone from all backgrounds and embracing equality, diversity, inclusivity & wellbeing across everything we do. We are committed to listening, learning and improving on our approach to ensure these principles remain at our heart, helping us all to thrive.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and person specification for further details and information regarding this role.

Person specification

Values & Behaviours

Essential criteria

Patient First – Customer Excellence
Aspirational
Collaborative
Insightful
Respectful

Education

Essential criteria

Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
Technical skills backed up with accredited professional certification

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria

Extensive knowledge of Data warehousing and Business Intelligence , acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master’s level equivalent.
Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.
Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
Should have an appreciation of the relationship between NHS England, the HSCIC, CCG and GP practices.

Skills & Capabilities

Essential criteria

Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information,
Negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change.
ETL design and development within Microsoft technologies
OLAP structures.
Reporting.
Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others. Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals.
Must be able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations to Sponsor/ Manager, with the aim of improving deliverables and compliance to policies.
Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues, working to tight and often changing timescales.
Experience of identifying and interpreting National policy. Experience of researching best practice (globally, private and public sector), interpreting its relevance and processes/ practices which could be implemented successfully to achieve system reform (advising on policy implementation).
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills
Needs to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems.
Previously responsible for a budget, involved in budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes.
Used to working in a busy environment
Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change
Willing to engage with and learn from peers, other professionals and colleagues in the desire to provide or support the most appropriate interventions
Professional calm and efficient manner
Effective organizer, influencer and networker
Demonstrates a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals.
Completer/Finisher

Desirable criteria

SharePoint
Tableau Server
Tableau development skills
Visualisation tool development.
SQL server administration.
Warehouse theory & Design.
Software design life cycle.
Security.
User Experience.
Comprehensive experience of project principles techniques and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects.

SCW offers agile and hybrid ways of working. Hybrid working is a type of flexible working where employees blend working from different locations. It offers the employee the ability to choose to work wherever and however they are most productive, whether it be in an office, at home, or a customer site. Office location can be flexible within the SCW estate and will be agreed upon offer of contract.

SCW staff that are in posts considered to be agile will not be expected to attend office space for general working but will be required on occasions to attend face to face meetings and collaborative working sessions that may require travel to their home base or other locations across the estate or customer sites.

Please feel free to contact the Recruiting Manager of this vacancy to discuss further the working arrangement.

Some of our sites have accessible parking provision which is free or paid for work purpose this not contractual entitlement.

We make every effort to contact all candidates to let them know the outcome of their application. However, if you haven't heard back from us within 2 weeks after the closing date, please assume that your application has not been successful.

This is an exciting time to join NHS South, Central and West.

SCW is an NHS support and transformation organisation that helps health and social care organisations deliver the best possible care to people. As partners of choice to more than 200 organisations that support millions of people, our mission is to help deliver the NHS Long Term Plan, improving the health and wellbeing of communities.

We’re supporting clients whose vision and quest for innovation requires us to be flexible, adaptable and open to adventure; giving us the freedom to work in new ways, looking at things from a different angle and challenging the norm.

We are an equal opportunities employer committed to attracting and retaining the best people in order to provide the best possible services to our customers. Our people enjoy challenging, rewarding roles, supporting our customers to improve their local health and care services.

We want our people to fulfil their potential so we offer a wide range of training, opportunities to gain qualifications, as well as access to coaching, mentoring schemes and employee wellbeing and support for a healthy work-life balance.

SCW were selected as an NHS Employers Diversity and Inclusion Partner for three consecutive years 2015-2018 and are now proud to be Alumni of this programme.

If you are successful in your application, we will value your experience, your contribution and we will give you the knowledge to succeed as part of your specialist team and as part of our organisation.

Our values

Patients First: our sole focus and inspiration is to help commissioners improve the quality of patient care, treatment and experience.

Aspirational: we deliver excellence, and celebrate innovation. This drives us towards becoming the best.

Collaborative: we build effective partnerships, whilst focusing on delivery. We work towards achieving shared goals.

Insightful: As experts in our fields, we understand the bigger picture and its complexities, we challenge convention, and we uncover opportunities.

Respectful: We treat everyone with respect and hope it will be returned. Recognising and valuing their knowledge, we involve our customers, teams and partners in decisions.

Please note SCW asks successful candidates to upload their Right to Work and Identity documents for digital verification. If you are unable to provide the required documents for the digital verification or do not have access to a smartphone or tablet, this will result in the verification being done face-to-face.