Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
14 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Attitude
Dynamic and proactive in approach to challenges
- Attitude
Demonstrates resilience, persistence, confidence and self-belief
- Attitude
Works independently and on own initiative under pressure taking appropriate decisions
- Experience
Practical experience using Microsoft Copilot Studio to design, build, and support AI-enabled automation, productivity, and insight-generation solutions
- Experience
Stakeholder management experience
- Experience
Experience delivering technical implementations
- Experience
Experience of designing and implementing compliance or hardware reports
- Experience
Experience in creating processes and procedures
- Qualifications
Educated to Degree level or able to demonstrate proven equivalent experience in AI or related discipline
- Qualifications
ITIL Foundation
- Practical and Intellectual Skills
Advanced use of enterprise reporting tools such as Tableau or Power BI; good understand of SQL, Python or R languages
- Practical and Intellectual Skills
Excellent analytical and communication skills
- Practical and Intellectual Skills
Ability to interpret and present complex data
- Practical and Intellectual Skills
Ability to solve highly complex analytical problems, independently analyse information and make recommendations based on this analysis
Desirable
7 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience in creating business cases
- Experience
Experience in creating policy documents
- Experience
Experience using an incident management /tracking system such as SMAX or ServiceNow
- Qualifications
Understanding of NHS Data Security and Protection Toolkit
- Qualifications
Prince 2 Foundation
- Practical and Intellectual Skills
Can assess risks, anticipate difficulties and take appropriate action.
- Practical and Intellectual Skills
Knowledge of NHS clinical systems and information standards
Job overview
This role is open to all applicants. However, in line with Cornwall First recruitment principles, initial shortlisting will prioritise applicants from Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, and the Integrated Care Board for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
The AI specialist provides technical expertise within CITS for AI, data science and automation activity. Reporting initially through Technical Services, this specialist acts as a bridge between stakeholders, including customers, suppliers, and CITS teams, helping translate strategy into practical development through proofs of concept and automation solutions that improve patient care and operational efficiency.
Main duties of the job
Lead end-to-end technical development of AI and machine learning adoption.
Apply advanced data science methods to explore datasets, generate insights, and help develop simplified workflows, dashboards, and visualisations.
Support design and implementation of automation solutions for efficiency gains working alongside with existing expert teams.
Understand licence, capacity and subscription AI models especially MS 365 CoPilot. Ensure solutions are aligned with governance standards.
Engage with clinical, operational, and corporate stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions.
Ensure outputs are safe, reliable, and compliant with Trust and NHS AI assurance frameworks.
Contribute to continuous improvement, reusable code/templates, and support the Trust’s AI roadmap.
Provide training, mentoring, and technical guidance to teams both within CITS as a department and other teams in the wider Health Community.
Contribute to Service Design and development of business cases within this area.
Work with stakeholders to develop a detailed roadmap for AI and associated technologies
Play a central role in developing business cases for the future use and support of AI
Develop and maintain technical documentation, code repositories and data dictionaries
Ensure compliance with information governance and data protection standards
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side.
To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:
Identity Checks
Professional registration and qualification checks
Employment history and reference checks
Occupational Health clearance
Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check
Right to work in the UK
For further information please visit:
https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation We reserve the right to close this advert early.
We may be able to offer flexible working. Please discuss at interview.
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This advert is for AI Specialist - Subject to Banding with Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust in Truro, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Data scientist role. The advertised salary is £49,387 - £56,515 per annum pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 14 Sep 2026.
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