Innovation Manager

Job summary

The role of Innovation Manager is to support complex change by bringing energy, expertise, and empathy to bear in the development, execution, and management of innovation projects in the health & social care sector in NW London.The role enables and supports project delivery and programme delivery, drawing on skills and practices relating to problem definition, scoping and planning, research and analysis, project management, and reflecting and learning.The role also includes active participation in the development and culture of ICHP as an organisation, sharing responsibility for making ICHP a great place to work, and taking a specific managerial responsibility for the development of colleagues

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will lead on several (e.g. two-to-three) external projects at one time, and potentially provide input / advice to several others. This will include a mixture of shorter-term projects (of circa six to twelve weeks), and projects within longer term programmes of activity (circa twelve months).

The post-holder is responsible for shaping and overseeing the delivery of projects (including coordinating research, analysis, and materials production), working with significant self-direction and directing others; and for managing various inputs to ensure the completion of projects to time and within the allocated resources.

About us

Imperial College Health Partners (ICHP):

Imperial College Health Partners (hosted by Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust) is a partnership organisation bringing together NHS providers of healthcare services, clinical commissioning groups and leading universities across North-West London. We have been designated by NHS England as the Health Innovation (HIN) for North-West London, and we are one of 15 HINs across England which make up The Health Innovation Network.

We were created by the NHS to support complex change across the health and care sector - innovating and collaborating for a healthier population.We work collaboratively on a portfolio of innovation projects known as the NWL Missions. These have been identified as:

1. Optimising care of long-term conditions (starting with CVD)
2. Enabling more days at home
3. Supporting children and young people's mental health.

We also deliver National commissions such as thePatient Safety Collaborative, and the Innovation Exchange which focuses on supporting innovators and industry partners.

Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust:

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites--Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital--along with award-winning clinics across North West London.