Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Innovation Advisor
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Job Overview
Health Innovation West of England is commissioned by the Office for Life Sciences (OLS) and NHS England to deliver programmes of support to accelerate the creation and adoption of health innovations, delivering improved outcomes for the population and generating economic growth, regionally and nationally with supporting companies/innovators to scale and create new jobs and investment.
The Innovation Discovery and Development function leads Health Innovation West of England’s engagement with health technology companies and their networks across all technology sectors (services, digital, medical technology, diagnostics and pharmaceutical) and local health and care system partners to identify their priorities and solve their problems.
The team works across our commissioned programmes to identify opportunities to build partnerships with the commercial sector and work within the NHS England and OLS Commission, along with our wider team, to provide advice on commercialisation, market access and real-world validation.
The team partners with wider Health Innovation West of England’s programme delivery functions to provide a focus on building partnerships between the NHS and commercial sector to accelerate the adoption and spread of solutions that improve the health and economy of our region
Main Duties of the Job
The Post Holder Will Support The Discover And Develop Programme To Enhance And Provide a Customised Support Service To Innovators Who May Come From Industrial, Health Service Or Academic Backgrounds. This Includes
- Managing a diverse portfolio of innovations at various stages of the innovation pipeline, ensuring they have an effective gap analysis and plan around their support needs.
- Supporting the design and delivery of tailored support packages for innovators, in line with the Health Innovation Network’s Universal, Enhanced, and Distinctive offers.
- Providing an interface between innovators and the health and care system to allow for knowledge exchange, feedback and advice that guides innovation development.
- Leading the planning and delivery of a range of events and activities for innovators, industry and system colleagues.
- Working closely with the wider team and system partners to identify key challenges and priorities within health and care pathways across the West of England, and supporting the identification of innovative solutions.
- Responsible for day-to-day line management of staff, along with flexible, time-bound task management of colleagues from various disciplines and seniority levels.
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Working for Our Organisation
Are you passionate about improving patient outcomes through innovation?
Do you have industry experience combined with NHS expertise?
Would you enjoy planning and delivering a variety of development support to a range of exciting new innovations?
If so, we are seeking a dynamic and motivated person to join our exciting innovator support function. They will bring with them a variety of skills and experience to develop our ecosystem of promising innovations to enable healthcare transformation in the West of England.
This is an exciting time to be working at Health Innovation West of England; if you would like to work in a dynamic and vibrant team and help accelerate innovation across health and care services, then this role may be for you!
With headquarters in Bristol, we support agile working. You will need to be able to travel regularly to our office or to other locations within our geography and nationally for in-person meetings and events.
We value a workforce where people’s varied backgrounds and experiences bring different perspectives and fresh ideas, resulting in the development and spread of transformational innovations. We welcome applications from diverse communities to ensure our team is dynamic, vibrant and reflects the populations we serve.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.
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Person Specification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience of working in or with commercial businesses and investors.
- Significant experience of working in or with NHS commissioning, integrated care boards (ICBs), social care, HEIs and/or public health.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of adoption and spread of innovation within and across organisations.
- Evidence of using a variety of evidence-based quality improvement and service redesign approaches in health and care settings.
Qualifications And Training
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level in healthcare, science, or a relevant field or significant applicable experience
Desirable criteria
- Clinical/healthcare experience
Skills And Abilities
Essential criteria
- Excellent organisational, time management and prioritisation skills with an ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
Desirable criteria
- Good understanding of using Zoho or similar CRM system
Please note - Due to recent changes in UK immigration and visa rules applicants who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be considered unless an alternative right to work solution can be provided. Candidates requiring sponsorship (or will need sponsorship at the end of a current visa e.g. those with graduate visa's) should review the eligibility criteria on the gov.uk website before applying: Prove your right to work to an employer: Overview - GOV.UK
Documents to Download
- Senior Innovation Advisor Job description (PDF, 354.7KB)
- Senior Innovation Advisor Person Specification (PDF, 146.8KB)
- Join the RUH (PDF, 1.3MB)
Further Details / Informal Visits Contact
- Name: Claire Denyer
- Job title: Programme Manager -Innovation
- Email address: claire.denyer@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 07387 064735
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