Job summary
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (ABUHB) has a large and complex ICT service that underpins the delivery of digital health care. ICT supports around 16,000 users and over 200 services across more than 120 sites. The adoption and expectations placed upon digital healthcare are expected to grow substantially as the health board adopts mobility both in primary and secondary care settings.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board seeks a forward thinking and enthusiastic infrastructure architect, able to horizon scan with a wide-angle view of the possibilities of emerging digital infrastructure technologies and a desire to make a difference for clinicians and patients.
The role of lead infrastructure architect is an exciting opportunity to join the ICT senior management team to develop and establish the Health Board ICT Infrastructure standards.
You will contribute to the delivery of healthcare for people within the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board area, by ensuring that the University Health Board's ICT Infrastructure is designed, procured, implemented, and assured to optimal standards.
Main duties of the job
- Responsible for developing the ICT infrastructure standards. The post holder will work closely with Head of ICT, Design Team and Head of Enterprise Architecture to implement the standards.
- As part of the ICT senior management team, the post holder will ensure that ABUHB and national plans are aligned, work closely with national teams, suppliers, and other service providers to understand and interpret the direction and national standards for infrastructure and related services.
- Working alongside the application design team to provide assurance, guidance and subject matter expertise to local programmes and projects, as part of the evaluation, discovery & definition, and transition of new service requests, ensuring the ICT infrastructure can support any proposed solutions through to delivery, ensuring there is no conflict with existing standards and solutions.
- A key element of the role will be to "horizon scan", with a focus on delivery of ICT services in line with continually changing technology and approaches within the ICT sector.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
About us
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy . Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job Description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job Description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Educated to master's degree level or equivalent demonstrable level of work experience and knowledge
- Evidence of Continual Professional Development
- An understanding of healthcare planning process and key national healthcare issues
- Specialist ICT qualifications
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills when dealing with highly technical and highly complex information to a wide range of stakeholders across organisational boundaries.
- Confident in dealing with and resolving scenarios where people's opinions may conflict.
- Ability to quickly understand and apply new technologies.
- Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships across multi-functional teams, in particular how to engage with users (technical and non-technical) in defining requirements and implementing solutions.
- Sound judgement and decision making involving highly complex facts or situations Excellent technical and organisational skills.
- Able to manage complex workloads, multi-task in complex and sensitive environments
Desirable
- ITIL Foundation Certificate
- Relevant Microsoft qualifications and/or training.
Experience
Essential
- Infrastructure Management experience at a variety of settings including business critical applications.
- Substantial relevant experience of working at senior management level, ideally within NHS.
- Substantial relevant experience of leading one or more ICT functions.
- Experience of working in a technical support role and proven experience in the development and support of ICT systems.
- Experience of taking a lead role in developing and implementing ICT systems and services (including security elements)
- Dealing with end users.
Desirable
- Server management
- Network management
- Virtualisation
- SAN Management
- Hyper converged Infrastructure
- Broad Experience of Cloud Platforms
- Citrix Xenapp/XenDesktop
- Experience of designing and deploying Thin Client solutions
- Experience of designing or implementing enterprise scale LANs, WANs and WLANs Knowledge and Experience of Cisco Infrastructure
- Experience of designing, implementing or managing enterprise scale telephony systems, including VoIP, IPT and Unified Messaging.
- A clear understanding and appreciation of the processes supporting clinical care and the approaches required to design and implement supporting infrastructure.
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Ability to produce good quality documentation.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Presentation and interpersonal skill.
- Advanced keyboard skills.
- Problem solving
- Confidentiality
Other
Desirable
- Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards
- Up to date awareness of NHS Wales Digital strategies
- Working knowledge of the organisation of the NHS and current policy initiatives
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Educated to master's degree level or equivalent demonstrable level of work experience and knowledge
- Evidence of Continual Professional Development
- An understanding of healthcare planning process and key national healthcare issues
- Specialist ICT qualifications
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills when dealing with highly technical and highly complex information to a wide range of stakeholders across organisational boundaries.
- Confident in dealing with and resolving scenarios where people's opinions may conflict.
- Ability to quickly understand and apply new technologies.
- Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships across multi-functional teams, in particular how to engage with users (technical and non-technical) in defining requirements and implementing solutions.
- Sound judgement and decision making involving highly complex facts or situations Excellent technical and organisational skills.
- Able to manage complex workloads, multi-task in complex and sensitive environments
Desirable
- ITIL Foundation Certificate
- Relevant Microsoft qualifications and/or training.
Experience
Essential
- Infrastructure Management experience at a variety of settings including business critical applications.
- Substantial relevant experience of working at senior management level, ideally within NHS.
- Substantial relevant experience of leading one or more ICT functions.
- Experience of working in a technical support role and proven experience in the development and support of ICT systems.
- Experience of taking a lead role in developing and implementing ICT systems and services (including security elements)
- Dealing with end users.
Desirable
- Server management
- Network management
- Virtualisation
- SAN Management
- Hyper converged Infrastructure
- Broad Experience of Cloud Platforms
- Citrix Xenapp/XenDesktop
- Experience of designing and deploying Thin Client solutions
- Experience of designing or implementing enterprise scale LANs, WANs and WLANs Knowledge and Experience of Cisco Infrastructure
- Experience of designing, implementing or managing enterprise scale telephony systems, including VoIP, IPT and Unified Messaging.
- A clear understanding and appreciation of the processes supporting clinical care and the approaches required to design and implement supporting infrastructure.
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Ability to produce good quality documentation.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Presentation and interpersonal skill.
- Advanced keyboard skills.
- Problem solving
- Confidentiality
Other
Desirable
- Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards
- Up to date awareness of NHS Wales Digital strategies
- Working knowledge of the organisation of the NHS and current policy initiatives
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).
