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Architect the Future of Healthcare in Wales
Are you ready to leverage your architectural leadership to revolutionise healthcare technology and make a tangible impact on the lives of millions?
Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) is seeking a passionate and experienced Head of Solution Architect to lead the way in shaping the future of digital health in Wales. This is a pivotal leadership role with the opportunity to influence patient care, clinical staff experiences, and the overall efficiency of NHS Wales.
DHCW delivers critical digital services in response to NHS Wales strategy set by Welsh Government. We are driving an ambitious and transformative digital strategy with a portfolio of solutions vital to the NHS. Our work supports clinicians in providing safe and effective patient care and empowers patients to manage their own health and wellbeing.
As the Head of Solution Architect, you will be an inspirational leader and a recognised expert, defining and connecting architectural strategies across the organisation to enable a clean, open and interoperable digital ecosystem. You will manage the solution architecture function, leading a team in delivering clean, open, secure, and modern architectural designs across a diverse portfolio of digital products and services.
Main duties of the job
You will champion best-practice architectural principles and patterns, such as microservices, APIs, and event-driven architectures, ensuring our solutions are secure, scalable, resilient, maintainable, and interoperable
Your responsibilities will include:
Strategic Leadership: Define and lead the long-term architectural vision, strategy, and objectives, ensuring alignment with DHCW and NHS Wales strategic objectives.
Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and inspire a high-performing team of architects, fostering a culture of excellence, continuous improvement, and collaboration.
Architecture Design & Governance: Oversee the design and development of complex architectural solutions, ensuring technical integrity, consistency, and adherence to standards. Establish and evolve architectural governance and assurance processes.
Stakeholder Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with senior stakeholders across multiple business and technical areas within DHCW, NHS Wales, and technology partners.
Risk Management & Innovation: Proactively identify and address architectural risks, driving innovation and exploring emerging technologies.
Solution Delivery: Ensure all solutions adhere to the system development life-cycle and help to manage the typical challenges faced through the implementation, from concept through development and into operation and support.
Working for your organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Essential Skills and Experience:
Team Leadership: Significant experience successfully managing an architecture function within a large, complex organisation.
Technical Expertise: Deep understanding of solution architecture, design principles, patterns & technology.
Strategic Thinking: Ability to develop and articulate a clear architectural vision and strategy, aligning with organisational goals and anticipating future trends.
Communication: Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence, build consensus, and foster collaboration across diverse teams and stakeholders.
Risk Management: Experience identifying, assessing, and mitigating architectural risks in complex environments.
Desirable Skills and Experience:
TOGAF, AWS, GCP, or Azure Certification
Knowledge of digital health in the NHS
Understanding of clinical safety and risk management in digital health
The ability to speak Welsh. English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Benefits:
- Make a Difference: Contribute to the transformation of healthcare in Wales and improve the lives of millions
- Be a Leader: Shape the future of digital health and lead high-performing teams
- Professional Development: Benefit from excellent learning and development opportunities in a supportive environment
- Work-Life Balance: We offer flexible working options to support your wellbeing
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