Job summary
The Health Innovation Network (HIN) South London is one of the 15 HINs in England. We are the bodies uniquely established to connect NHS and academic organisations, local authorities, the third sector and industry, in order to increase the spread and adoption of innovation across large populations, at pace and scale. As a membership organisation, we are part of a vibrant but complex system of innovation nationwide and across London, working in collaboration with strategic partners in south London to help the NHS and care system innovate and improve.
We are seeking a dynamic Programme Director for our Insights team, a team who are passionate about using evaluation, data analytics and health economics to improve our health and care systems, deliver impact and improve health equity.
Insights and evidence are key to the HIN accelerating research and innovation into practice. HIN Insights deliver our data analytics, evidence synthesis, service evaluation and health economics functions. The team supports health and care teams across London, and nationally, to understand the impact of introducing innovations - from new technologies to the redesign of services - on patients and the public, health and care professionals, and the wider system. Providing evaluation support is also key for our role in the spread and adoption of evidence-based interventions.
Main duties of the job
The HIN Insights team is particularly strong in evaluating the impact of digital innovations and is an essential partner for Digital Health London. We ensure that our system partners and clients benefit from a highly professional practice in implementation science, rapid evaluation, and increasingly health economics consultancy.
The successful candidate is expected to lead significant growth and diversification in our consultancy activity, securing funding from a range of funders, and collaborating with our diverse and multi-disciplinary academic community to do so.
Excitingly this post has as important role in the Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) South London. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading, delivering and monitoring a new implementation and knowledge mobilisation strategy along with other leaders in the ARC. The HIN's Programme Director Insights will have a key responsibility for the HIN's relationship with the research community in London and nationally.
The successful candidate will report to the HIN Medical Director. They will regularly update the HIN Executive and Board regarding Insights, and the NIHR ARC South London Board on research implementation and knowledge mobilisation.
About us
The award-winning HIN is a vibrant and exciting place to work. We are hosted by Guy's and St Thomas's NHS Foundation Trust, so staff enjoy the benefits of being part of the NHS. Our office is based near Waterloo and Westminster stations. We have a HIN wellbeing offer which includes yoga, a book club, lunchtime walks, and regular social events, and our HIN Academy provides fantastic training to upskill staff.
As part of the HIN adaptable working principles, which enables us to adapt to anticipated changes in project portfolios and gives staff the opportunity to enhance their skills and expertise, the successful candidate may be asked to operate across other themes. The Insights team is currently working in a hybrid fashion, and the postholder is expected to be available to work from our office near Waterloo or at client/stakeholders sites elsewhere in London on any working day.
More about the Health Innovation Network
The Health Innovation Network helps mobilise the value that the NHS can add as an economic asset to the UK economy. The HIN works with a range of expert support and services across the health and care sectors that support NHS innovators and companies to realise the commercial and economic potential of their innovations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached JD and Person Specification for full information.
As part of the HIN adaptable working principles, which allows our ability to adapt to anticipated changes in project portfolios and gives staff the opportunity to enhance their skills and expertise, the successful candidate may be asked to operate across other themes.
Please note that shortlisted candidates may be required to deliver a skills-based assignment prior to selection for interview and will be required to attend a competency and values-based interview, conducted by a panel.
All shortlisted candidates will have the opportunity of an informal conversation with the HIN Medical Director, Natasha Curran.
We are committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and ensure we have a diverse panel for all our recruitment.
Dont meet every single requirement in the person specification?Studies have shown that women and people from global majority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single criteria. At the HIN we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you are excited about this role but your experience does not align perfectly with what is stated, we encourage you to apply anyway or contact us to discuss. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached JD and Person Specification for full information.
As part of the HIN adaptable working principles, which allows our ability to adapt to anticipated changes in project portfolios and gives staff the opportunity to enhance their skills and expertise, the successful candidate may be asked to operate across other themes.
Please note that shortlisted candidates may be required to deliver a skills-based assignment prior to selection for interview and will be required to attend a competency and values-based interview, conducted by a panel.
All shortlisted candidates will have the opportunity of an informal conversation with the HIN Medical Director, Natasha Curran.
We are committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and ensure we have a diverse panel for all our recruitment.
Dont meet every single requirement in the person specification?Studies have shown that women and people from global majority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single criteria. At the HIN we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you are excited about this role but your experience does not align perfectly with what is stated, we encourage you to apply anyway or contact us to discuss. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Specialist training to doctorate (PhD) or equivalent experience.
Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of implementation science and evaluation/research design and delivery in complex health and care settings (including national scale, multi-site, rapid approaches, mixed methods, digital technology).
- Extensive experience in producing high quality research and evaluation outputs (e.g. peer reviewed publications, published reports).
- Extensive experience of budget management and budget setting, with the ability to create systems to understand costs and profitability and track stated benefits / savings achieved.
Skills
Essential
- Excellent experience of successful management of multiple stakeholders with competing interests, and of operating in a complex political environment.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Specialist training to doctorate (PhD) or equivalent experience.
Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of implementation science and evaluation/research design and delivery in complex health and care settings (including national scale, multi-site, rapid approaches, mixed methods, digital technology).
- Extensive experience in producing high quality research and evaluation outputs (e.g. peer reviewed publications, published reports).
- Extensive experience of budget management and budget setting, with the ability to create systems to understand costs and profitability and track stated benefits / savings achieved.
Skills
Essential
- Excellent experience of successful management of multiple stakeholders with competing interests, and of operating in a complex political environment.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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).
