Head of Digital Architecture Services | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 29 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £76,965 - £88,682 per annum (pro rata) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 September 2025 |
| Location: | Manchester, M13 9WL |
| Company: | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7320594/349-COR-7320594-RL4 |
Summary
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a highly skilled individual to join their digital team as the Head of Digital Architecture Services. This pivotal role will oversee specialist teams, including Platforms, System Architects, Integration, and Software Development, responsible for delivering reliable and proficient architectural services. Additionally, this position entails managing the comprehensive technical responsibilities essential for supporting the Trust’s systems and service operations.
The role requires close collaboration with senior leaders across corporate and clinical services within the Trust, as well as with external stakeholders, to ensure unified provision and delivery of digital services. The successful candidate must demonstrate strong technical knowledge and practical expertise in digital architecture, particularly in establishing enterprise architecture standards that align with computing, networks, and storage infrastructures. They will be tasked with mapping the Trust environment, ensuring a consistent and robust approach to avoid duplication and complexity, embracing cutting-edge technologies, and serving as the design authority on matters such as system selection.
Responsible for the development of establish an overarching digital architecture strategy, which sets principles and guidelines for enterprise architecture for areas such as applications and systems, data, technology and infrastructure. Working closely with senior members of the digital team
To providing expert guidance and specialist knowledge in establishing a high performing digital eco system.
Responsible for defining and championing the architecture and design frameworks, governance and the processes that underpin them. Ensuring that the practices and standards support technology investments
Translation of complex business systems into a new enterprise architecture that simplifies the technology ecosystem and helps to define the path to successful implementation through their transformation programmes.
Chair relevant IT architecture and design governance forums and steering groups
Oversee the documentation of all architectural models and design outputs (including high level design, low level designs, architectural assessments etc.) ensuring they are fit for purpose, relevant and useful.
Ensure the alignment of technical design across all projects and programmes.
Work with third party partners to ensure quality and adherence to relevant architecture governance.
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
This advert closes on Sunday 14 Sep 2025
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