Job summary
Expected Shortlisting Date
05/05/2025
Planned Interview Date
19/05/2025
Join Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in delivering cutting-edge digital transformation!
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is dedicated to driving digital innovation that improves patient outcomes and streamlines hospital operations. Our mission is to implement cutting-edge technology solutions that enhance clinical efficiency, ensure patient safety, and support the delivery of world-class healthcare.
As a Solution Architect, you will play a key role in supporting the procurement and implementation of both a replacement Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (ePMA) system and a new Patient Administration System (PAS). Reporting to the Head of Project Management Office, you will lead the technical strategy, ensuring alignment with NHS England standards and the Trusts Informatics Strategy while helping to shape the future of digital healthcare across LTHT.
This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a high-impact digital transformation programme within one of the UKs leading NHS Trusts, helping to modernise critical hospital systems and improve patient safety.
Your Role Will Involve:
- Defining the technical requirements, integration plans, and migration strategies for the new ePMA and PAS systems.
- Leading the technical discovery and evaluation process for both systems, ensuring they meet clinical, operational, and IT requirements.
Main duties of the job
- Leading
the technical discovery process, identifying requirements, dependencies,
and constraints for the replacement ePMA and PAS systems.
- Developing
integration specifications to ensure seamless interoperability with
existing NHS systems, including EHRs, pharmacy systems, and national NHS
platforms.
- Collaborating
with DIT, MMPS, clinical stakeholders, and third-party suppliers to assess
potential solutions and their impact on patient care.
Supporting the IT/Cyber working group, ensuring robust security,
compliance, and resilience for both ePMA and PAS platforms.
- Producing
high-level and low-level technical designs to include system components,
integrations, data flows and technology stack. Conducting risk assessments
and contributing to the business case for procurement approval.
- Engaging
with clinical and operational teams to document technical and
infrastructure needs, ensuring the new systems meet the evolving needs of the
Trust.
About us
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) is a highly motivated and
inclusive place to work, where The Leeds Way Valuesputting patients first,
being fair, accountable, collaborative, and empoweredguide everything we do.
The Digital Information Technology (DIT) team is at the forefront of
digital innovation, responsible for implementing and managing IT solutions that
drive efficiency and improve patient outcomes.
As a Solution Architect, you will be part of a dynamic and
forward-thinking team leading the procurement and implementation of LTHTs
next-generation ePMA and PAS platforms. This is a pivotal role in shaping the
future of digital healthcare within one of the UKs largest and most ambitious
NHS Trusts.
We are looking for passionate individuals with a strong technical
background in healthcare IT, system integration, and solution architecture to
help modernise our hospital infrastructure and improve patient care across
Leeds.
Ready to help transform digital healthcare at LTHT? Apply today!
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Please
refer to the attached job description and advert wording for further
information on the job description and role requirements.
Person Specification
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Experience defining and implementing strategic and operational enterprise architecture planning within a complex organisation, particularly in ePMA and PAS deployments.
- Ability to meet tight deadlines and manage multiple priorities effectively.
- Advanced data management, reporting, and system integration skills relevant to NHS digital projects.
- Willingness to engage in ongoing professional development and research into emerging healthcare IT standards and technologies.
- Ability to travel when required for stakeholder meetings and project implementation across NHS sites.
Skills & behaviours
Essential
- Strong leadership skills, with experience managing teams and providing guidance in technical decision-making.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage, influence, and persuade stakeholders across clinical, operational, and IT functions
- Ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences, including formal presentations to senior stakeholders.
- Analytical and problem-solving skills to interpret and resolve highly complex IT challenges, particularly in NHS digital transformation and system integration.
- Strategic thinking ability to proactively identify risks, assess long-term architectural impacts, and resolve problems before escalation.
- Ability to balance short-term delivery needs with long-term strategic architectural decisions to support NHS digital strategy.
- Strong understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality regulations, including compliance with NHS Digital standards.
- Experience influencing and reconciling conflicting views regarding IT projects and digital strategies in healthcare settings.
Desirable
- Ability to work within legal and regulatory frameworks, ensuring compliance with NHS and industry standards.
- Experience providing professional supervision and mentorship to technical staff within NHS or large-scale healthcare projects.
- Ability to work effectively with suppliers and vendors, ensuring technical assurance, value for money, and compliance with NHS procurement frameworks.
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent higher education qualification in a relevant field.
- Industry-based Architecture Certification (e.g., IT Architect Certification, TOGAF Certification, or Master of Enterprise Architecture).
- Evidence of management development through Continuous Professional Development and/or formal management courses.
Desirable
- ITIL qualification and experience working to ITIL standards
- Relevant healthcare IT certifications (e.g., NHS Digital Enterprise Architecture training, Digital Health Leadership Academy).
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience as a solution, technical, or integration architect in a complex digital environment, working with diverse technologies, platforms, and large-scale systems over an extended perio
- Strong knowledge and experience of architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF).
- Proven track record of delivering enterprise-scale digital solutions, particularly in healthcare IT projects such as Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (ePMA) or Patient Administrat
- Experience working within a large, complex, multi-disciplinary organisation, with an understanding of NHS-specific digital transformation challenges, including interoperability, data sharing, and cl
- Demonstrated ability to adapt quickly to new technical areas and transfer knowledge effectively.
- Experience managing and engaging a variety of senior stakeholders across clinical, operational, and IT teams.
- Proven ability to gather business requirements and work with diverse stakeholders, including clinicians, digital teams, and procurement.
- Experience leading negotiations on highly complex matters, both internally and externally.
- Experience motivating and inspiring teams to work towards a shared objective, both directly and indirectly.
- Demonstrable track record in delivering complex targets and objectives to tight deadlines.
Desirable
- Experience working within the NHS or other healthcare organisations, with an understanding of NHS working practices from national to local levels.
- Experience delivering large-scale NHS EHR, PAS, or ePMA implementations
- Experience with business process re-engineering and service redesign methodologies within a healthcare setting.
- Strong understanding of IT procurement for large-scale information systems within NHS frameworks.
- Knowledge of clinical and healthcare system interoperability standards, including HL7, CDA, FHIR, SNOMED CT, OpenEHR, DICOM, IHE, and ISO/TC215
Person Specification
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Experience defining and implementing strategic and operational enterprise architecture planning within a complex organisation, particularly in ePMA and PAS deployments.
- Ability to meet tight deadlines and manage multiple priorities effectively.
- Advanced data management, reporting, and system integration skills relevant to NHS digital projects.
- Willingness to engage in ongoing professional development and research into emerging healthcare IT standards and technologies.
- Ability to travel when required for stakeholder meetings and project implementation across NHS sites.
Skills & behaviours
Essential
- Strong leadership skills, with experience managing teams and providing guidance in technical decision-making.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage, influence, and persuade stakeholders across clinical, operational, and IT functions
- Ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences, including formal presentations to senior stakeholders.
- Analytical and problem-solving skills to interpret and resolve highly complex IT challenges, particularly in NHS digital transformation and system integration.
- Strategic thinking ability to proactively identify risks, assess long-term architectural impacts, and resolve problems before escalation.
- Ability to balance short-term delivery needs with long-term strategic architectural decisions to support NHS digital strategy.
- Strong understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality regulations, including compliance with NHS Digital standards.
- Experience influencing and reconciling conflicting views regarding IT projects and digital strategies in healthcare settings.
Desirable
- Ability to work within legal and regulatory frameworks, ensuring compliance with NHS and industry standards.
- Experience providing professional supervision and mentorship to technical staff within NHS or large-scale healthcare projects.
- Ability to work effectively with suppliers and vendors, ensuring technical assurance, value for money, and compliance with NHS procurement frameworks.
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent higher education qualification in a relevant field.
- Industry-based Architecture Certification (e.g., IT Architect Certification, TOGAF Certification, or Master of Enterprise Architecture).
- Evidence of management development through Continuous Professional Development and/or formal management courses.
Desirable
- ITIL qualification and experience working to ITIL standards
- Relevant healthcare IT certifications (e.g., NHS Digital Enterprise Architecture training, Digital Health Leadership Academy).
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience as a solution, technical, or integration architect in a complex digital environment, working with diverse technologies, platforms, and large-scale systems over an extended perio
- Strong knowledge and experience of architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF).
- Proven track record of delivering enterprise-scale digital solutions, particularly in healthcare IT projects such as Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (ePMA) or Patient Administrat
- Experience working within a large, complex, multi-disciplinary organisation, with an understanding of NHS-specific digital transformation challenges, including interoperability, data sharing, and cl
- Demonstrated ability to adapt quickly to new technical areas and transfer knowledge effectively.
- Experience managing and engaging a variety of senior stakeholders across clinical, operational, and IT teams.
- Proven ability to gather business requirements and work with diverse stakeholders, including clinicians, digital teams, and procurement.
- Experience leading negotiations on highly complex matters, both internally and externally.
- Experience motivating and inspiring teams to work towards a shared objective, both directly and indirectly.
- Demonstrable track record in delivering complex targets and objectives to tight deadlines.
Desirable
- Experience working within the NHS or other healthcare organisations, with an understanding of NHS working practices from national to local levels.
- Experience delivering large-scale NHS EHR, PAS, or ePMA implementations
- Experience with business process re-engineering and service redesign methodologies within a healthcare setting.
- Strong understanding of IT procurement for large-scale information systems within NHS frameworks.
- Knowledge of clinical and healthcare system interoperability standards, including HL7, CDA, FHIR, SNOMED CT, OpenEHR, DICOM, IHE, and ISO/TC215
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