Digital Health and Care Wales
Head of Software Engineering
Job Location
Grangetown, United Kingdom
Job Description
Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) is part of the NHS Wales family and has an important role in changing the way health and care services are delivered through technology and data. The organisation supports frontline staff with modern systems and access to important information about their patients, while empowering the people of Wales to manage their own health through digital NHS Wales services.
DHCW offers opportunities for career growth and professional development. We will work with you and help you develop your career. We offer opportunities to pursue further academic qualifications, up to PhD level.
Our benefits include:
* Automatic membership of the NHS pension scheme (at 23.7% employer contribution)
* 28 days paid leave plus bank holidays.
* Blue Light Card membership – access to NHS discounts including high street, gyms, restaurants, insurance, cars, holidays etc.
* Flexible working, including options to work from home.
* Employee Assistance Programme – confidential information and counselling support service available 24/7.
* Cycle 2 Work scheme.
* Car lease and home electronics salary sacrifice scheme
Are you looking for something different?
Have you been looking for an opportunity to create and develop a role?
If the answers to the questions are yes, then we are looking for you!
We are looking for a passionate and experienced Head of Software Engineering to join the operations directorate. The post holder will work collaboratively to implement the strategic vision. The Operations Directorate is responsible for all operational service delivery for DHCW in response to NHS Wales strategy and standards as set by Welsh Government and the NHS Wales Chief Digital Officer (CDO), and for implementing and delivering an ambitious and transformative digital strategy for the organisation.
This role reports to the Chief DevOps Officer and is responsible for delivering high quality software products, platforms and solutions, of Enterprise or National scale, across diverse teams and in complex environments.
Working in partnership with a range of stakeholders is essential to ensuring we understand, listen, and respond to needs. We work in collaboration with health boards and trusts, public bodies, Welsh Government, social care and community services, academia, industry, and the public.
Main duties of the job
You will support Operations to work with openness and transparency, developing effective strategic partnerships, networks, and forums to enable successful collaborative working ensuring that we advance our business objectives.
This role requires a proactive and passionate individual, able to work autonomously in a complex environment, and highly focused on achieving results.
This is an enabling function and practice that will provide directions to all the delivery teams in DHCW and the greater NHS Wales.
• Strong focus on engineering excellence and delivery
• Best practices, processes and procedures in SDLC
• DevOps, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code
• Quality Assurance / test engineering
• Project management methodologies, including
• Agile, planning, estimation & business analysis / requirements engineering
• Best tools, behaviours and ways of working enabling engineering performance
• Building advocacy and implementation of the above across teams and organisations.
Key Accountabilities for Role: Engineering excellence, Stakeholder Engagement, Product strategy, Prioritisation, FinOps, Architecture, Resilience and reliability, DevOps, Quality Assurance, Supplier/Contract Management.
As a senior Head of Product professional, you will advise, influence and inform DHCW policies regarding healthcare products and systems.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Closing date for applications: 08/11/2024
Location: Grangetown, GB
Posted Date: 11/1/2024
DHCW offers opportunities for career growth and professional development. We will work with you and help you develop your career. We offer opportunities to pursue further academic qualifications, up to PhD level.
Our benefits include:
* Automatic membership of the NHS pension scheme (at 23.7% employer contribution)
* 28 days paid leave plus bank holidays.
* Blue Light Card membership – access to NHS discounts including high street, gyms, restaurants, insurance, cars, holidays etc.
* Flexible working, including options to work from home.
* Employee Assistance Programme – confidential information and counselling support service available 24/7.
* Cycle 2 Work scheme.
* Car lease and home electronics salary sacrifice scheme
Are you looking for something different?
Have you been looking for an opportunity to create and develop a role?
If the answers to the questions are yes, then we are looking for you!
We are looking for a passionate and experienced Head of Software Engineering to join the operations directorate. The post holder will work collaboratively to implement the strategic vision. The Operations Directorate is responsible for all operational service delivery for DHCW in response to NHS Wales strategy and standards as set by Welsh Government and the NHS Wales Chief Digital Officer (CDO), and for implementing and delivering an ambitious and transformative digital strategy for the organisation.
This role reports to the Chief DevOps Officer and is responsible for delivering high quality software products, platforms and solutions, of Enterprise or National scale, across diverse teams and in complex environments.
Working in partnership with a range of stakeholders is essential to ensuring we understand, listen, and respond to needs. We work in collaboration with health boards and trusts, public bodies, Welsh Government, social care and community services, academia, industry, and the public.
Main duties of the job
You will support Operations to work with openness and transparency, developing effective strategic partnerships, networks, and forums to enable successful collaborative working ensuring that we advance our business objectives.
This role requires a proactive and passionate individual, able to work autonomously in a complex environment, and highly focused on achieving results.
This is an enabling function and practice that will provide directions to all the delivery teams in DHCW and the greater NHS Wales.
• Strong focus on engineering excellence and delivery
• Best practices, processes and procedures in SDLC
• DevOps, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code
• Quality Assurance / test engineering
• Project management methodologies, including
• Agile, planning, estimation & business analysis / requirements engineering
• Best tools, behaviours and ways of working enabling engineering performance
• Building advocacy and implementation of the above across teams and organisations.
Key Accountabilities for Role: Engineering excellence, Stakeholder Engagement, Product strategy, Prioritisation, FinOps, Architecture, Resilience and reliability, DevOps, Quality Assurance, Supplier/Contract Management.
As a senior Head of Product professional, you will advise, influence and inform DHCW policies regarding healthcare products and systems.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Closing date for applications: 08/11/2024
Location: Grangetown, GB
Posted Date: 11/1/2024
Contact Information
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