Technical Lead

Bupa

Technical Lead providing technical leadership in Bupa’s Health Services Technology team. Working on clinical and operational product solutions to improve healthcare outcomes.

Posted 5/5/2026full-timeStaines • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSenior💰 £70,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide clear technical leadership across clinical and operational systems
Build and lead a team of engineers and technical specialists
Translate clinical and operational needs into actionable delivery plans
Enable evidence-based decisions by articulating patient safety, clinical risk, information governance, security and operational impacts
Build strong relationships with clinicians, practice managers, operational service owners and technology teams, influencing decisions to protect continuity of care
Coach and develop your team to improve clinical systems capability raising quality and reducing operational risk
Work in close partnership with Product Owners, constructively challenging intent and prioritisation to ensure solutions are technically sound, safe, and aligned to long term outcomes
Lead delivery and ongoing optimisation of clinically critical platforms and workflows (e.g., PAS, EMR, PACS and specialist systems), ensuring safe, reliable operation
Provide hands-on technical leadership for clinical and operational delivery, coordinating technical SMEs, suppliers and service teams across projects of varying scope and complexity.
Own end-to-end interoperability and integration delivery (design, mapping, testing, deployment and monitoring), including standards such as HL7 v2, FHIR, DICOM, ICD-9/10 and SNOMED CT where applicable

Requirements

What you’ll need

Comfortable working with clinical stakeholders and governance
Healthcare interoperability and integration engineering, including interface specifications, mapping, test evidence and monitoring for standards such as HL7 v2, FHIR, DICOM, ICD9/10 and SNOMED CT where applicable
Product and Agile operating methods; experience leading delivery in healthcare/product environments where service continuity and governance are essential.
Communicates clearly and pragmatically, tailoring messages to audience and context (delivery decisions, governance, operational impact) across technical and non-technical stakeholders
People leadership experience: building capability, setting standards, and leading mixed teams in regulated/operationally sensitive environments
Experience leading within matrix environments with blended teams.
Provides clear technical direction within the product team, making and owning architectural and design decisions aligned to organisational standards
Structured approach to problem solving and designing software solutions, backed by extensive experience delivering performant, scalable services end-to-end

Benefits

Comp & perks

25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell
Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
An enhanced pension plan and life insurance
Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available
Various other benefits and online discounts

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Hard Skills & Tools

healthcare interoperabilityintegration engineeringinterface specificationsmappingtestingHL7 v2FHIRDICOMICD-9SNOMED CT

Soft Skills

technical leadershipcoachingrelationship buildingcommunicationproblem solvinginfluencingteam leadershipdecision makingcollaborationadaptability