Solution Architect (FTC)

Bupa; Staines-upon-Thames; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Solutions Architect for a 12-month fixed-term contract. This role offers the chance to shape the digital strategy at a leading health insurer, where you will create robust solution architectures that align with business and regulatory requirements. You will work in a hybrid environment, balancing your time between the Cromwell Hospital and Staines, while enjoying a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package. Join a team that values diversity and is committed to making health happen for everyone, while you develop your career in a supportive and innovative setting.

Benefits

25 days holiday per year

Wellbeing support services

Fixed term benefits allowance

Employee assistance programme

Workplace pension

Online shopping discounts

Qualifications

• Extensive experience as a solution architect is essential.
• Understanding of hospital technologies and standards is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Control knowledge and intellectual property of core platforms.
• Deliver architectural designs and manage business requirements.

Skills

Solution Architecture

Requirements Management

HL7

FHIR

DICOM

Time Management

Analytical Skills

Education

ISEB certification or equivalent

Job description

Job Description:

Solutions Architect (12 month FTC)

Cromwell Hospital (SW5 0TU) / Staines (TW18 3DZ)
Hybrid working

Up to £85,000 annual depending on experience

10% management bonus + other fantastic benefits

Full time 37.5 hours per week

At Bupa, we’re passionate about technology. With colleagues, customers, patients and residents in mind you’ll have the opportunity to work on innovative projects and make a real impact on their lives.

Right from the start you’ll become part of our digital strategy, joining us on our journey and developing yourself along the way.

As Solution Architect for the Cromwell Hospital, you’ll be controlling the relevant knowledge and intellectual property of our core platforms and understanding their data flows, capabilities, characteristics, potential and limitations. You will create compliant and robust solution architectures aligned with business requirements, technology strategy, regulatory/legal requirements, and Bupa policy.

How you’ll help us make health happen:

• Control relevant knowledge and intellectual property of our core platforms and understanding their data flows, capabilities, characteristics, potential and limitations.
• Understand and maintain data models and inter-system relationships, dependencies, and integrations.
• Create compliant and robust solution architectures aligned with business and legal requirements, as well as policy.
• Gather, analyse and manage business and solution requirements and translate them into functional and technical system designs across delivery projects.
• Deliver Architectural Designs, Prototyping, Business and Logical Views, System Activation/Deactivation/Replacement.
• Provide IT technology leadership through BG&UK IT principles and controls.

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:

• Extensive experience of working as a solution architect, with some experience as a business or solutions analyst, developer, tester or similar project environment.
• Experience of working across a broad range of technologies used in a hospital environment including relevant standards e.g. HL7, FHIR and DICOM would be desirable.
• ISEB certification or equivalent desirable but not a must.
• Understanding and experience of Requirements Management.
• Manages own time and allocations, with enthusiasm, following the BG UK IT strategic direction.
• Resilient in an unpredictable and demanding environment where work levels can rapidly change.

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• 25 days holiday per year, pro rata to your contract.
• Access to a range of services to support your physical and mental wellbeing.
• Fixed term benefits allowance.
• Access to our confidential employee assistance programme.
• Workplace pension.
• Online discounts covering your everyday shopping, entertainment, eating out and more.

Why Bupa?

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format, please email: [e-mail]

Time Type: Full time

Job Area: IT

Locations: Cromwell Hospital London, Staines - Willow House