Description
Senior Technical Architect
Greenwich, London
6 months initially
£negotiable (inside IR35)
Our client has an urgent vacancy for a Senior Technical Architect to work in the Integration team.
This is a contract role to primarily support our clients RIS and PACS implementation and will include: HL7 interface development for Cerner Millennium, testing and support.
There will also be a requirement to support downstream systems and resolve BAU interface issues.
The role
The Senior Technical Architect will be responsible for the implementation, support and/or upgrade of applications. The successful candidate will coordinates design, system validation, implementation, and upgrade activities across solutions and venues of care.
Key Responsibilities
" To manage clinical applications in use.
" To ensure effective monitoring is in place and to appropriately respond to operational issues.
" To manage the implementation of configuration changes to clinical applications.
" To manage the prioritisation of the delivery of configuration changes.
" To provide operational support and subject matter expertise as required.
" To provide solution functionality and integration expertise to Trust engagement teams, including, but not limited to, domain strategy, regulatory, code/package management, optimization & standards.
" To provide technical support for custom development, user defined functions, interfaces, reports, extracts, data migration scripts and conversions.
" To be proficient in the tools supporting implementation and on-going maintenance and additional technologies that support methodology as required.
" To provide 3rd line technical support for troubleshooting and performance analysis.
" To define, monitor and report on SLA performance and work with vendors to ensure SLAs are adhered to.
" To advise and assist Project Managers during project implementations.
" To ensures change control processes are in place and adhered to by project teams.
" To provides testing guidelines for all levels of testing.
" To coordinate solution and venue engagement activities across programme with technical teams to support environmental/domain planning and management.
" To document all new data feed requirements and work with third party suppliers in process mapping, message mapping and testing.
" To provide oversight and risk mitigation for interface activities with technical and foreign system interface engagement teams.
" To provide data conversion/migration expertise.
" To manage the resolution of any outstanding acceptance issues before and after project go-lives.
" To provide technical documentation such as reference materials, installation instructions, knowledge-base articles, and specifications.
" To assist with the identification of efficiency improvements within IM&T services.
" To work with senior managers across the Trust to develop service improvements on an on-going basis.
" To identify technical and process needs, provide recommendations for appropriate solutions and contribute to ICT strategic planning.
" To contribute to IM&T disaster recovery planning.
" To represent the IM&T Department at both internal and external meetings.
" To stay current in on-going education offerings pertinent to role development and overall consulting skills.
" To establish and maintain policies and procedures to ensure successful operation of all clinical applications.
" To work in accordance with corporate and organizational security policies and procedures.
" To take appropriate action to prevent and report any compromises of security within scope of role.
" Responsible for participating in the 24 hour extended support service (on-call on a rota basis).
Systems
Cerner, Ensemble, RiO, EMIS, Teleologic, GeneCis, VPR.
The Senior Technical Architect will use the IT Service Desk System TrackIT and NHSmail and SBS.