University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Band 8a Innovation Project Manager

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Job summary

The focus of the West Midlands Academic Health Science Network (WMAHSN) is to lead and catalyse collaboration and improvement between academia, industry, health and care providers, commissioners, and citizens, with the aim to generate continuous improvement in the region's health and wealth.

As one of 15 regional AHSNs established in 2013 by NHS England to spread innovation at pace and scale, the WMAHSN enable the West Midlands healthcare system to take advantage of innovations that can help to save time, money and lives across our diverse population, which includes many of the most challenged, deprived, and vulnerable communities in the country. Our role is to support partners to work together across areas of identified need, adding value for our patients and population.

A priority for the WMAHSN is to support mental health resilience and improve health outcomes for people with mental health issues by accelerating access to treatment and diagnosis for our patients and population through supporting the system to implement and evaluate integrated pathways and new models of care, new technologies and methodologies. Current WMAHSN projects include supporting the diagnosis of ADHD (Focus ADHD) and Early Intervention Eating Disorders pathway improvement but we are currently scoping for local projects in all priority areas for mental health.

Main duties of the job

We are currently looking for a dynamic individual who will support our mental health agenda by using their clinical expertise to guide and manage our regional projects. The successful candidate will be joining a newly created Implementation and Adoption Team at the WMAHSN and will provide operational management and oversight to their specific projects.

We are looking for an individual with the combined skills of project management coupled with an understanding of the clinical management of mental health in the NHS. However, there is flexibility in the post to become involved in projects addressing the other priorities of the programme. The post is offered on a fixed term basis until the date of renewal of the WMAHSN licence in March 2023.

The ideal candidate will be a clinical professional working in primary or secondary care wanting to make impact at regional level. However, applications are welcomed from all HCPs and graduates educated to Masters level.

Previous candidates need not apply.

We highly recommend you arrange an informal call before submitting your application. Please email to arrange a convenient time:

Emma Suggett -- WMAHSN Medicines Optimisation Lead and Programme Manager

emma.suggett@wmahsn.org

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offering our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. We do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks, and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at https://birminghamandsolihullcovidvaccine.nhs.uk where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination. There is a current Government consultation underway which will determine whether some new starters may need to be vaccinated as a condition of employment, and we will inform you if this applies to you.

Date posted

14 February 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£47,126 to £53,219 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

304-1062094DH1

Job locations

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please Note: For further information on Band 8a Innovation Project Manager please see attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please Note: For further information on Band 8a Innovation Project Manager please see attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to Masters level or appropriate professional qualification or equivalent in a relevant discipline and experience
Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

Project management qualification (e.g.PRINCE2) or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

Significant experience at a senior level in digital health, innovation or service improvement
Experience of working with clinicians, academics and service users in supporting evidence-based practice
Experience of leading on digital health or innovation and adoption processes relating to improvement
Significant experience of managing projects, from set-up through project planning, process mapping, data analysis and implementation of change initiatives in health-care or digital health settings
Experience in organizing and managing meetings involving different sectors, agencies and profession
Experience of service redesign, change management, service improvement and modernisation techniques
Experience of patient /user involvement initiatives
Experience of report writing for Executive level Committees.
Experience of presenting reports, managing feedback and questions at Senior management level

Desirable

Experience of working in or with commissioning, clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), social care, industry and/or public health
Evidence of working collaboratively and influencing people from a wide range of professional backgrounds (including clinicians, users and industry partners, including SMEs) and being effective across organisational boundaries
Experience of working in or with commercial businesses and investors

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to Masters level or appropriate professional qualification or equivalent in a relevant discipline and experience
Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

Project management qualification (e.g.PRINCE2) or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

Significant experience at a senior level in digital health, innovation or service improvement
Experience of working with clinicians, academics and service users in supporting evidence-based practice
Experience of leading on digital health or innovation and adoption processes relating to improvement
Significant experience of managing projects, from set-up through project planning, process mapping, data analysis and implementation of change initiatives in health-care or digital health settings
Experience in organizing and managing meetings involving different sectors, agencies and profession
Experience of service redesign, change management, service improvement and modernisation techniques
Experience of patient /user involvement initiatives
Experience of report writing for Executive level Committees.
Experience of presenting reports, managing feedback and questions at Senior management level

Desirable

Experience of working in or with commissioning, clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), social care, industry and/or public health
Evidence of working collaboratively and influencing people from a wide range of professional backgrounds (including clinicians, users and industry partners, including SMEs) and being effective across organisational boundaries
Experience of working in or with commercial businesses and investors

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Certificate of Sponsorship

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)