HIEM Senior Innovation & Improvement LeadNHS
Job summary
This is a fantastic opportunity to work across the East Midlands and with colleagues across the Health Innovation Network. We are seeking up to three Senior Innovation & Improvement Leads to join our Programme Delivery Team and play key roles in making sure people throughout the East Midlands, and beyond, benefit from our innovation and improvement programmes.
Our national and local programmes are designed to enable improvements in clinical outcomes, deliver better patient experiences, contribute to driving down the cost of care and stimulate economic growth. In line with the NHS 10-year planourprogrammessupport finding, testing and implementing of innovations, including digital solutions, to optimise prevention, digitalisation and community-based care. If you have the motivation, skills and experience to drive innovation and improvement, manage programmes, support digital and AI-enabled solutions and collaborate with a variety of stakeholders, this role could be for you.
These roles are fixed term contracts or secondments until 30.09.2027, due to our funding being confirmed year on year. All roles will be subject to a six-month probation period.
HIEM is a hybrid working organisation with staff working a combination of home and office working. Our office is based in Nottingham and travel across the East Midlands may also be expected as part of this role.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking an enthusiastic team player to help take our Improvement Programmes to the next level. You will be passionate about the NHS and determined to make your mark - challenging the status quo, developing contacts across the region's health and care system, networking, collaborating and taking responsibility for influencing positive change.
You will be a strategic thinker who understands the health and care system priorities, challenges and opportunities for change and innovation. You will understand system levers and be prepared to support system partners to overcome barriers to progress the adoption of innovation that will both transform care delivery and outcomes.
You will be an excellent communicator; a problem solver able to influence and build advocacy across organisations and sectors, with patients at the very heart of everything you do.
You will be responsible for leading, planning and managing the projects/programmes that HIEM are implementing in response to national and local priorities.
Job description
Please familiarise yourself with the Job Description and Person Specification attachments located within the supporting documents section of this advert. These documents will provide a comprehensive overview for this exciting role.
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Applications will be assessed via a 2 stage process, if successful at stage 1 you will be invited to a short 30 minute phone call W/C 14th September, if successful at stage 2, face-to-face interviews will be held at our office in Nottingham on 29-30th September. These dates aresubject to change once shortlisting is completed.
Applications may close early prior to the closing date if sufficient numbers are received.
About us
We are one of 15 Health Innovation Networks around England that operate as the innovation arm of the NHS.
We bring together partners from all sectors involved in health and care including the NHS, social care and public health, patients, research, third sector and industry - to identify, test and spread new technologies and better ways of working.
We save the NHS money, generate economic growth, empower health and care staff, and improve lives for patients.
We work closely with our health and care stakeholders to establish their priorities then provide support. As part of a national network, we import evidenced solutions from other Health Innovation Network regions and export our successful East Midlands programmes on a national basis.
We have a range of objectives, but our overarching aim is always to make a difference for patients.
To find out more, visit the 'About Us' and 'Join our Team' sections of our HIEM website