Care Records Architecture Lead

Central East Integrated Care Board; Ely; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Central East Integrated Care Board seeks a Care Records Architecture Lead to provide strategic technical leadership for managed care records. You will shape architectural standards, advise on data sharing and interoperability, and align with NHS long-term digital strategy.

The role requires senior expertise in solution design, data models and stakeholder engagement. Leading architectural delivery, you will work across health, social care, VCFSE, pharmacy and neighbouring ICs, ensuring secure,

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience in a relevant field.
• Ongoing professional development and up-to-date knowledge and skills.
• Certification (e.g., TOGAF, BCS) or working towards.
• Significant post-qualification experience in NHS/public sector.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and delivery of solution architectures for managed care records.
• Coordinate interoperability activities and ensure architecture quality and delivery.
• Communicate complex information clearly to stakeholders with tact and diplomacy.
• Provide leadership and enable technical delivery within a multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Communication skills

Relationship building

Decision making under pressure

Analytical skills

Financial awareness

Solution architecture

Enterprise/information architecture

Integration and interoperability

Requirements translation

Data governance

Stakeholder communications

Complex analysis

Education

Degree level or equivalent experience

Professional development ongoing

Certification (e.g., TOGAF, BCS) or in progress

Post-qualification experience

Job description

We are Central East ICB, the new organisationentrusted with serving more than 3.5 million people across Bedfordshire, Luton, Milton Keynes, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough and Hertfordshire.

We are responsible for making sure that the NHS can continue to support our community - now, and in the future. Everything we do will be guided by our core purpose: to do what best serves the population of this area.

We promise to focus on what makes the biggest difference to people's lives - acting earlier to help prevent illness and detect disease and making it easier for our community to get the health care they need, closer to home, whenever that's possible.

If you need support with the application process, please contact our People Team at [e-mail].

Read about our priorities in our strategy document, Our Way .

Job overview

The Care Records Architecture Lead provides strategic technical leadership for managed care records, acting as a senior subject matter expert in systems architecture, interoperability, integration strategy and future-state design across Central East.

The role shapes and influences technical direction, defining architectural standards aligned to national guidance and advising on data sharing, connectivity, interoperability and system alignment across health, social care, VCFSE, pharmacy and neighbouring ICs.

Bringing deep expertise in solution design, clinical data models and stakeholder engagement, the post holder ensures managed care records are secure, scalable and interoperable. Working strategically, the role identifies opportunities for optimisation and innovation, provides authoritative advice to senior leaders, and ensures alignment with national standards, emerging technologies and the NHS long-term digital strategy.

Main duties of the job

The Care Records Architecture Lead plays a key technical and architectural role within Central East Integrated Care Board (ICB), taking responsibility for the design and delivery of solution architectures for managed care records within their area of work. This role is responsible for the technical design and coordination of interoperability activities within a defined area, ensuring that architecture, quality, and improvement objectives are achieved, considering options for technical solutions to deliver on requirements and any adjustments to designs that may be needed.

Communicating with a variety of stakeholders, ensuring that complex information is communicated in a way that is understood, and ensuring tact and diplomacy where this may be contentious.

Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, the postholder provides professional and supportive leadership, subject matter expertise enabling technical delivery, and contributes to service improvement and transformation.

Working for our organisation

We are committed to promoting equal opportunities to achieve equity of access, experience and outcomes and to recognising and valuing people’s differences. We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity; we see this as a strength and part of our founding mission, values and behaviours. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers patient outcomes.

We are committed to creating the best place to work, where your contribution is valued, your wellbeing is supported and all our colleagues can reach their full potential. We welcome and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of their protected characteristic. We work to ensure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible to everyone, including making adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition and support with the recruitment process for people with lived experience.

We are happy to discuss flexible working options for all roles.

We operate a Carer friendly working environment that is supportive and inclusive. We actively encourage Carers to self-identify themselves.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and commit to shortlisting suitable applicants who meet the essential criteria for an interview. Please inform us of any adjustments you may require.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the detailed description and main responsibilities of the role outlined in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience in a relevant field (e.g., digital, health, care, public services, management, or related discipline).
• Evidence of ongoing professional development and commitment to maintaining up-to-date knowledge and skills
• Relevant certification (e.g., TOGAF, BCS, or equivalent) or working towards
• Significant Post Qualification Experience

Qualifications

• Experience in managing teams or services within the NHS, public sector, or comparable complex environment

Knowledge

• Experience and specialist expertise in systems architecture, solution design, clinical data models and data and interoperability standards.
• Expertise in leading and coordinating digital projects or services in a multi-agency environment
• Understanding of NHS structures, Integrated Care Systems, and current health and care priorities
• Experience in operational planning, performance monitoring, and delivery of agreed objectives
• Evidence of working collaboratively with a range of stakeholders, including clinicians, partner organisations, and community groups
• Experience of mapping system landscapes and identifying solution opportunities
• Demonstrable ability to implement service improvements and contribute to organisational change
• Ability to manage competing priorities and maintain professionalism in a challenging environment
• Experience supporting business case development and options appraisal
• Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders

Skills

• Strong communication and influencing skills, able to present information clearly to different audiences
• Ability to build effective relationships and work collaboratively across teams and organisational boundaries
• Ability to make sound decisions under pressure and maintain focus on delivery in a dynamic environment
• Good analytical skills, with the ability to interpret data and use insights to inform decisions and improvements
• Awareness of financial processes and ability to manage resources effectively within delegated limits
• Strong understanding of solution architecture principles, methods, and tools
• Knowledge of enterprise and information architecture concepts
• Understanding of integration, interoperability, and data flows
• Ability to translate complex requirements into clear, practical solutions
• Understanding of information governance and data protection standards
• Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required
• Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.

Please Note:

• This vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of suitable applications are received. We recommend submitting your application early to avoid disappointment.
• Successfully shortlisted applicants will be contacted by email with an invitation to interview.
• Please note that we do not pay interview expenses, all costs are incurred by the candidate.

Notes on completion of applications:

• All reference requests will be made to your employer/previous employers' HR Department, covering the previous 3 years of activity.
• We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes.
• All eligible staff will need to have gained clearance through a standard/enhanced DBS check prior to working.
• All posts are subject to a probationary period.

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Name Helen Haumann Job title Deputy Director Strategic Digital Transformation Email address [e-mail]