Senior Data Architect

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Values & Behaviours

Essential

• Patient First - Customer Excellence, Aspirational, Collaborative, Insightful, Respectful

Education

Essential

• Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in Health Informatics area.
• Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
• Full UK Driving Licence

Desirable

• Member of relevant professional body
• PRINCE 2 practitioner

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Extensive knowledge of Health Informatics, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master's level equivalent
• Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current national healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement

Desirable

• Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health, Health & Wellbeing Boards, NHSE and individual provider and commissioning organisations

Skills & Capabilities

Essential

• Developed communication skills for delivering key messages to a range of stakeholders both internal and external (including outside the NHS) to the organisation, some at very senior level.
• Good presentational skills for conveying complex concepts.
• Ability to use informed persuasion to influence others.
• Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
• Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft based data collection and output data solution technologies including, but not limited to, SQL Server, SSAS and SSIS from a technical, development and architectural level
• In-depth knowledge of Data Warehousing design and implementation utilising methodologies such as Kimball/Inmon
• Good working knowledge and understanding of infrastructure, security and networking methodologies and technologies predominantly in the Microsoft domain (but not limited to).
• Good working knowledge of "off premise" / cloud infrastructure technologies from both an implementation and architectural level
• Good working knowledge of visual reporting technologies such as PowerBI, SSRS, QlikView, Tableau from an interoperability and architectural point of view
• Plans and organises a broad range of complex activities, formulating and adjusting plans to reflect changing circumstances.
• Evidence of planning and delivering programmes and projects and services on time.
• Good use of available information sources to enable efficient and effective planning
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight and often changing deadlines
• Skills for direct line management and job management.
• Skills for delivering results through managing through others and using a range of levers in the absence of direct line management responsibility.
• Skills for managing relationships with a range of different stakeholders.
• Accountability management of peer senior management roles
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills.
• Manages team within the constraints of organisational plan. Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload, allocating work as necessary.
• Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues.
• Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of equality of opportunity and diversity taking into account and being aware of how individual actions contribute to and make a difference to the equality agenda
• Ensures staff for whom the post holder has line management responsibility
• Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of equality of opportunity and diversity.
• Previously responsible for a budget, involved in budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes
• An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust
• Used to working in a busy environment
• Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change
• Commitment to continuing professional development.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

NHS South Central and West Commissioning Support Unit

Address

NHS SCW CSU

Bristol / Eastleigh

BS1 3NX

Employer's website

https://www.scwcsu.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)