Description:
The Digital Infrastructure and Technology Design Lead is responsible for the design, coordination and delivery of digital, technology and infrastructure solutions that underpin a healthcare and health infrastructure programme.
The role supports the digital team with the development of secure, scalable and interoperable digital infrastructure, ensuring alignment with clinical services, estates, construction activity and national healthcare standards. It supports delivery of intelligent hospital capabilities, smart buildings and digitally enabled care models, from early design stages through to operational handover.
This role requires experience in healthcare environments, combined with deep technical expertise across networks, enterprise architecture and infrastructure, and experience working through RIBA design and construction stages.
Key responsibilities and duties include:
- Digital Infrastructure and Technology Design
- Support the digital lead with the end-to-end design of digital infrastructure including networks, data centres, cloud/on-prem platforms, enterprise architecture, by our digital team
- Support and contribute to technical architectures for clinical systems (EPR, PAS, PACS), building management systems, IoT and digital platforms
- Knowledge of digital infrastructure and hospital design and build process, coordinating with estates
- Ensure digital and technology designs align with national healthcare standards, organisational strategy and Target Operating Models
- Intelligent Hospital Capabilities and Innovation
- Support planning and delivery of intelligent hospital capabilities, including smart buildings, automation, digital wayfinding, remote monitoring and virtual care
- Champion emerging technologies (e.g. AI, automation, analytics) where they add clinical, operational or patient value
- Support with business analysis and for undertaking horizon scanning and market engagement activities to develop option appraisals and costed recommendations
- Programme Delivery and Business Case Support
- Support delivery of complex digital and infrastructure workstreams from early concept through to business-as-usual
- Manage risks, issues and interdependencies, contributing to programme risk registers and assurance processes
- Governance, Commercial and Financial Management
- Support commercial and procurement strategies for infrastructure and technology, including supplier engagement and evaluation
- Provide high-quality reporting to programme boards and senior stakeholders
- Collaborate across clinical, operational, estates and external partner teams to ensure integrated delivery
Candidate specification
- Experience delivering new hospital builds or major estates redevelopment programmes
- Define and govern technical architecture ensuring interoperability across clinical systems (EPR, PAS, PACS), building management systems, IoT and digital platforms
- Knowledge of national healthcare digital standards and programmes
- Formal qualification in IT, digital, engineering, enterprise architecture, programme or project management (e.g. PRINCE2, MSP)
- Support change management and digital adoption across the workforce
- Experience working within healthcare organisations, ideally in acute or large-scale healthcare settings
- Experience supporting or leading digital and infrastructure design through RIBA stages, from concept and technical design to construction and handover