Lead Technical Design Architect

Job summary

Digital health architecture is evolving. Emerging standards for interoperability and data persistence are moving the emphasis away from siloed applications and traditional database design into facilitating ubiquitous data flow across the enterprise. The value of digital care is determined upon how safe and accessible it is for clinicians and patients to use. This requires appropriately governed access to data which is of particular importance in the domain of genomics.

DHCW seeks a forward thinking and enthusiastic architect that see the wide-angle view, the possibilities of emerging digital technologies and a desire to make a difference for clinicians and patients alike. The role of Lead Technical Design Architect is an exciting opportunity to join the national digital team within Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) to lead on the design of next generation services and platforms in support of Genomics Partnership Wales. You will be the technical authority on a national digital innovation programme to support care for 3.1 million citizens of Wales in the emerging domain of precision medicine and genomics. The Lead Technical Design Architect is a pivotal asset to multi-disciplinary team members, as well as those in other departments and Health Boards.

Main duties of the job

In varied environments, you will work with external technology suppliers as well as innovative technology teams across NHS Wales. You will support a range of projects from greenfield innovation through to mature use cases that require new approaches to traditional architecture problems.

You will Design and contribute to the development, refinement and evolution of the National Architecture that supports the technical goals of Genomics Partnership Wales with experience of a range of technical tooling, programming languages, enterprise messaging solutions and clinical data repositories. You have experience of industry standard architectural paradigms and technical business process analysis.

You are responsible for formulating strategic and technical plans for GPW, leveraging a broad spectrum of architectural domains including business, enterprise, technical and application. You will produce documentation describing and communicating the principles of the architecture approach, including review, and assessing architecture and service designs from partner organisations. You will work with procurement teams to define requirements and evaluate suppliers for products and services necessary for delivery of the GPW.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this role; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) is part of the NHS Wales family and has an important role in changing the way health and care services are delivered through technology and data. The organisation supports frontline staff with modern systems and access to important information about their patients, while empowering the people of Wales to manage their own health through digital NHS Wales services.

Working for DHCW offers lots of employee benefits, including flexible working, a competitive salary, 28 days of annual leave plus Bank Holidays and opportunities for career development. We are committed to recognising and celebrating our staff as the most valuable part of our organisation.

Join our game changing, life-saving team and start making a real difference to health and care services in Wales.