Trainee Senior Data Architect

The Information Department are looking for a dedicated, enthusiastic and dynamic individual to join their innovative, award winning team as a Trainee Senior Data Architect.

The Trainee Senior Data Architect(Band 6 Annex 21 70% of top of band) will be working towards gaining skills and experience to be competent in meeting the duties and responsibilities detailed in the job description. This will enable them to be eligible to progress into a qualified Band 6 Senior Data Architect position.

The successful candidate on this salaried scheme will undertake an 18-24 month, on-job training programme, including completion of a data related apprenticeship, designed to give trainee data architects a sound knowledge and skill base from which to develop their career.

This is intended to be a training role, however, if a candidate has all of the skill sets detailed in the person specification, we can appoint into the full role.

The Information Team have developed a reputation for putting Information in the hands of those who need it. You will be responsible for designing and delivering information services/systems to a significant part of the Trust's business, ensuring that high quality information analysis is available to support the delivery of service improvements within their business area and any relevant Corporate requirements.

Job description

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Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• A good honours degree/technical qualification in relevant subject, or relevant experience

Desirable

• Project management qualification
• Evidence of continued professional development

Skills

Essential

• Minimum 1 year relevant epxerience, in relational database design, Extract Transform Load (ETL) and Data Warehousing or Big Data methodologies
• Experience of staff management
• SQL skills, including working knowledge of the MS SQL server BI Stack
• Software programming languages, mainly Python
• Knowledge and experience of business intelligence reporting tools (e.g. PowerBI)

Desirable

• Experience of working within the NHS, or wider Health market
• Open Source Data Warehousing platforms (e.g. Airflow, Minio)
• oPrevious experience of managing medium-large projects that have utilised project management methodologies

Personal attributes

Essential

• Analytical or technical skills with ability to analyse, interpret and resolve complex problems

Leadership skills including the ability to form excellent relationships

Good standard of written, verbal and data driven communication skills

Desirable

• People management skills, developed in a similar environment

Governance

Essential

• A general understanding of the NHS and key developments shaping the information agenda

Desirable

• NHS data standards and terminology, including clinical datasets
• NHS Information and data modelling concepts
• Production and maintenance of documentation
• Knowledge of statistical methods
• Training and mentoring of junior staff

About the employer

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

PLEASE NOTE - WE CANNOT OFFER VISA SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE. If you hold a Graduate/Post Study work visa, you will only be able to work this role fixed term until the expiry date of your visa.