Enterprise architect

Enterprise architects give the organisation a joined-up view of its services, information, applications, and technology, and use it to turn health and care strategy into a coherent plan for change. They set architecture principles, standards, and roadmaps, guide investment decisions, and make sure digital change supports safe, joined-up care for patients across organisations.

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UK GDaD PCF role: Enterprise architect (Architecture)
ESCO occupations: enterprise architect (ISCO-08 2511)
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Levels

Band	Role level	UK GDaD PCF level	Civil Service grades	Job evaluation points
8a	Enterprise architect	Enterprise architect	HEO/SEO	560
8b	Senior enterprise architect	Senior enterprise architect	SEO/G7	622
8c	Lead enterprise architect	Lead enterprise architect	G7/G6	658
8d	Principal enterprise architect	Principal enterprise architect	G6	703

In a digital health care organisation

Care pathways cross many organisations and systems, so the architecture must support sharing of records, results, and referrals across boundaries.
The estate often includes long-lived clinical systems, medical devices, and supplier contracts that are hard to change, so roadmaps must plan transitions carefully.
Architecture decisions affect patient safety, privacy, and the resilience of services that run around the clock.
Open standards such as HL7 FHIR, SNOMED CT, and IHE profiles are key to avoiding lock-in and enabling interoperability.
Funding is constrained and closely scrutinised, so architects must show value for money and reuse of shared platforms where they exist.

UK GDaD PCF role description

Enterprise architects are leaders working across different levels within an organisation to translate the business strategy into business change and technical delivery.
In this role, you will:
identify priorities for change to enable delivery at pace
lead and influence the delivery of cross-cutting capabilities that enable change
own the enterprise architecture vision, strategy and roadmaps from a business, technology and data perspective, including ‘as is’, ‘to be’ and transitional states
consult and support collaboration across the business
understand the organisation’s ecosystem and its interdependencies, including reference architectures
take a strategic view across all architectural domains, portfolios and programmes
guide the organisation to make appropriate business, technology and data decisions by recommending reuse, sustainability and scalability, to achieve value for money and reduce risk
establish architectural principles, policies and standards
collaborate and consult with stakeholders to assure business, technology and data decisions are aligned with enterprise architecture strategy
develop the architecture community
carry out horizon scanning across industry, identifying emerging trends and their potential impact and opportunity for the organisation

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enterprise architect

http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/2bef94db-0088-4507-982a-2ca717529adb · ESCO code 2511.6 · ISCO-08 2511 Systems analysts

Enterprise architects balance technological opportunities with business requirements. They also maintain a holistic view of the organisation's strategy, processes, information and ICT assets and link the business mission, strategy and processes to the ICT strategy.

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