# AI Specialist - Subject to Banding > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/ai-specialist-subject-to-banding/9439634c-5a12-4236-b267-c4ca3504e513 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/ai-specialist-subject-to-banding/9439634c-5a12-4236-b267-c4ca3504e513.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust - **Location:** Royal Cornwall Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Data scientist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-14T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-03T12:43:52.640Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cornwall/Truro/Royal_Cornwall_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Cornwall_IT_Services_CITS/Cornwall_IT_Services_CITS-v8238236 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8238236?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.royalcornwall.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Attitude **Essential** - Dynamic and proactive in approach to challenges - Demonstrates resilience, persistence, confidence and self-belief - Works independently and on own initiative under pressure taking appropriate decisions ### Experience **Essential** - Practical experience using Microsoft Copilot Studio to design, build, and support AI-enabled automation, productivity, and insight-generation solutions - Stakeholder management experience - Experience delivering technical implementations - Experience of designing and implementing compliance or hardware reports - Experience in creating processes and procedures **Desirable** - Experience in creating business cases - Experience in creating policy documents - Experience using an incident management /tracking system such as SMAX or ServiceNow ### Qualifications **Essential** - Educated to Degree level or able to demonstrate proven equivalent experience in AI or related discipline - ITIL Foundation **Desirable** - Understanding of NHS Data Security and Protection Toolkit - Prince 2 Foundation ### Practical and Intellectual Skills **Essential** - Advanced use of enterprise reporting tools such as Tableau or Power BI; good understand of SQL, Python or R languages - Excellent analytical and communication skills - Ability to interpret and present complex data - Ability to solve highly complex analytical problems, independently analyse information and make recommendations based on this analysis **Desirable** - Can assess risks, anticipate difficulties and take appropriate action. - Knowledge of NHS clinical systems and information standards ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 248.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10581589) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.