Job summary
This innovative new role will work with the NIHR CRN NWC and Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership to support the development and delivery of research across the Integrated Care System footprint. The post holder will ensure alignment of research activity across Cheshire and Merseyside to meet population needs and will draw on expertise in research, innovation and evaluation.
The post holder will be responsible for assessing and managing a portfolio of projects relevant to the shared priorities of the ICS and CRN with a focus on the key areas of high population need such as mental health, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disorders and cancer. The role aims to connect research and evaluation activity across the ICS footprint and to focus regional expertise on key areas of disease burden and population need. The role will work across NHS and out of hospital settings to support delivery of a range of research projects.
This highly collaborative role will require considerable relationship building and partnership working in complex areas of practice. This will include developing and maintaining relationships with providers across Cheshire and Merseyside, the voluntary sector, local authorities and other health and social care stakeholders.
Main duties of the job
Leadership
- Lead the shared ICS and CRN plans to enhance research engagement and integration and ensure delivery of key programme objectives.
- Provide managerial support as required.
- Provide advice, reports and support to the CRN, ICS and other groups as required
- Support the CRN portfolios to integrate their approach to research with each ICS footprint
- Deputise for ICS / CRN NWC leadership at relevant meetings as appropriate.
Communication & Relationship Skills
- This is a high-level leadership role and as such must demonstrate exceptional communication and negotiation skills, be effective people managers and have highly developed interpersonal skills to enable influencing and change management at a senior level.
- Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information
- Communicate with internal staff and external agencies to ensure compliance with performance targets, strategic objectives. Involves negotiation and diplomacy
- Undertake presentations to staff groups and the public / convey highly contentious information
- Assume overall responsibility for specialty-specific communication including preparation and delivery of presentations, reports and newsletters or meetings detailing the work of the CRN- ICS programme
- Represent CRN NWC and the ICS(s) at relevant local and national meetings
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
To hear more about our achievements click here https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf
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Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will support the Chief Medical Officer and Chief Nursing Officer at the ICSs (and will work closely with the NIHR CRN NWC Leadership Team) in the strategic development of shared programmes with further regional research infrastructure organisations such as the NIHR ARC NWC, and NHSE/I and the innovation agency.
NIHR CRN NWC
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) is funded through the Department of Health to improve the health and wealth of the nation through research. Since its establishment in April 2006, the NIHR has transformed research in the NHS. The NIHR Clinical Research Network is the clinical research delivery arm of the NHS in England, tasked with supporting the rapid set-up and effective conduct of studies, so that researchers can gather the robust evidence needed to improve treatments for NHS patients. The NIHR Clinical Research Network is led by a national Coordinating Centre and operates through 15 Local Clinical Research Networks (LCRNs). These local Networks drive clinical research delivery performance across the locality, and champion the role of clinical research in the NHS at every level.
Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership
Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership our statutory integrated care partnership - consists of representatives from across our communities, the NHS, local authorities, voluntary sector, housing, police, education and fire and rescue, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) organisations, independent healthcare providers and local businesses
Our shared key aim is totackle health inequalitiesin outcomes, experiences and access. As a Marmot Community, we are truly committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our population through our eight Marmot principles:
- Give every child the best start in life
- Enable all children, young people and adults to maximise their capabilities and have control over their lives
- Create fair employment and good work for all
- Ensure a healthy standard of living for all
- Create and develop healthy and sustainable places and communities
- Strengthen the role and impact of ill health prevention
- Tackle racism, discrimination and their outcomes
- Pursue environmental sustainability and health equity together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will support the Chief Medical Officer and Chief Nursing Officer at the ICSs (and will work closely with the NIHR CRN NWC Leadership Team) in the strategic development of shared programmes with further regional research infrastructure organisations such as the NIHR ARC NWC, and NHSE/I and the innovation agency.
NIHR CRN NWC
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) is funded through the Department of Health to improve the health and wealth of the nation through research. Since its establishment in April 2006, the NIHR has transformed research in the NHS. The NIHR Clinical Research Network is the clinical research delivery arm of the NHS in England, tasked with supporting the rapid set-up and effective conduct of studies, so that researchers can gather the robust evidence needed to improve treatments for NHS patients. The NIHR Clinical Research Network is led by a national Coordinating Centre and operates through 15 Local Clinical Research Networks (LCRNs). These local Networks drive clinical research delivery performance across the locality, and champion the role of clinical research in the NHS at every level.
Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership
Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership our statutory integrated care partnership - consists of representatives from across our communities, the NHS, local authorities, voluntary sector, housing, police, education and fire and rescue, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) organisations, independent healthcare providers and local businesses
Our shared key aim is totackle health inequalitiesin outcomes, experiences and access. As a Marmot Community, we are truly committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our population through our eight Marmot principles:
- Give every child the best start in life
- Enable all children, young people and adults to maximise their capabilities and have control over their lives
- Create fair employment and good work for all
- Ensure a healthy standard of living for all
- Create and develop healthy and sustainable places and communities
- Strengthen the role and impact of ill health prevention
- Tackle racism, discrimination and their outcomes
- Pursue environmental sustainability and health equity together.
Person Specification
Qualifications /Education /Training
Essential
- Relevant First Degree
- Further post graduate education e.g., Masters
- Evidenced leadership development
- Evidence of continuing professional development in an academic or NHS environment
Skills/Abilities
Essential
- Excellent leadership, interpersonal, managerial and organisational skills delivered within an academic and/or NHS environment over a number of years
- Experience of working across organisations or networks and with multiple stakeholders
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent teaching, training and mentoring skills
- Ability to inspire and motive others
- Time management skills, able to meet deadlines, and work with several projects simultaneously
- Well-developed analytical skills and ability to analyse and present information
- Ability to communicate with staff and colleagues at all levels
- Good IT skills and familiarity with MS office applications
- Proven interpersonal skills and ability to work with clinical and management colleagues at all levels across a range of organisations
- Ability to communicate highly sensitive and challenging information both orally and in writing, both internally to colleagues and externally to a range of audiences
- Ability to analyse and interpret highly complex information and to make judgements regarding a range of highly complex management issues
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience in an academic and NHS environment working across the full research pipeline (development to delivery)
- Experience of delivering portfolios of work within an academic or healthcare setting
- Experience of working across multiple types of research (evaluation, HSR, clinical research)
- Experience of formal research prioritisation and resource management
- Experience of health service transformation
- Handling complaints and incidents
Desirable
- Experience of developing and stewarding large communities of practice in research and innovation
- Managing the HR recruitment process
- Financial management experience
- Experience of training and development
- Experience of developing and running programme level governance including leadership groups and working groups
Knowledge
Essential
- Expertise and knowledge of the relevant field of practice (starting well, mental health)
- Knowledge and experience of various research methodologies
- Knowledge and experience of various research methodologies
- Knowledge and understanding of equal opportunities
- Expertise in health service research and evaluation
- Expertise and experience in developing and delivering programme evaluations
Other
Essential
- Flexible approach to work
- Good Personal Resilience
- Accountability - Takes responsibility for own actions and promotes good team working
- Openness - Shares information and good practice appropriately
- Mutual respect - Treats others with courtesy and respect at all times
Person Specification
Qualifications /Education /Training
Essential
- Relevant First Degree
- Further post graduate education e.g., Masters
- Evidenced leadership development
- Evidence of continuing professional development in an academic or NHS environment
Skills/Abilities
Essential
- Excellent leadership, interpersonal, managerial and organisational skills delivered within an academic and/or NHS environment over a number of years
- Experience of working across organisations or networks and with multiple stakeholders
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent teaching, training and mentoring skills
- Ability to inspire and motive others
- Time management skills, able to meet deadlines, and work with several projects simultaneously
- Well-developed analytical skills and ability to analyse and present information
- Ability to communicate with staff and colleagues at all levels
- Good IT skills and familiarity with MS office applications
- Proven interpersonal skills and ability to work with clinical and management colleagues at all levels across a range of organisations
- Ability to communicate highly sensitive and challenging information both orally and in writing, both internally to colleagues and externally to a range of audiences
- Ability to analyse and interpret highly complex information and to make judgements regarding a range of highly complex management issues
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience in an academic and NHS environment working across the full research pipeline (development to delivery)
- Experience of delivering portfolios of work within an academic or healthcare setting
- Experience of working across multiple types of research (evaluation, HSR, clinical research)
- Experience of formal research prioritisation and resource management
- Experience of health service transformation
- Handling complaints and incidents
Desirable
- Experience of developing and stewarding large communities of practice in research and innovation
- Managing the HR recruitment process
- Financial management experience
- Experience of training and development
- Experience of developing and running programme level governance including leadership groups and working groups
Knowledge
Essential
- Expertise and knowledge of the relevant field of practice (starting well, mental health)
- Knowledge and experience of various research methodologies
- Knowledge and experience of various research methodologies
- Knowledge and understanding of equal opportunities
- Expertise in health service research and evaluation
- Expertise and experience in developing and delivering programme evaluations
Other
Essential
- Flexible approach to work
- Good Personal Resilience
- Accountability - Takes responsibility for own actions and promotes good team working
- Openness - Shares information and good practice appropriately
- Mutual respect - Treats others with courtesy and respect at all times
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).
