Job summary
This role is an exciting opportunity to lead the Primary Care Research and Development Team hosted in NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board (ICB). The Team are the second highest research-funded primary care R&D team in the country working closely with partner academic units in the University of Cambridge and other academic institutes
You will be able to demonstrate that you are an inspiring leader, and a strategic, innovative thinker with proven communication, negotiation and influencing skills. Ideally you will have specialist strategic and operational experience of research in a health care setting and have demonstrable experience of cross-system working, and the credibility to work collaboratively with leadership teams in the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough system, including general practice, primary care networks, research networks, and academic organisations. You will need to be able to operate in a highly political and sensitive environment on the interface between the NHS, academia and the NIHR
We aim to appoint an outstanding individual who will bring the right blend of abilities, values, ambition and drive to the role. Candidates must have acquired significant leadership experience and will possess an in-depth understanding of national research policy and the complexities of our health and social care landscape.
Main duties of the job
The role holder will be the
lynch-pin in:
·
Leading the primary care R&D Team to ensure
an excellent environment for research and that stakeholders are fully supported
in developing research ideas and grants
·
Ensuring there is responsive support for the
regulatory set-up aspects of research across primary care, community care and
non-NHS settings
·
Fostering relationships and collaborations, and
supporting research capacity and capability
·
Managing research contracts, budgets, strategic
planning and reporting
·
Sustaining and developing the research culture,
and overcoming barriers
·
Supporting the ICB in meeting its statutory
duty for research
·
Horizon scanning, responding to policy and
championing and promoting research
About us
NHS Cambridgeshire & Peterborough is an Integrated Care
Board (ICB) and the statutory NHS organisation responsible for planning and
delivering local health and care services to the population and communities of Cambridgeshire & Peterborough.
Working collaboratively with partner organisations, including
the VCSE sector, it oversees the commissioning, performance, financial
management and transformation of the local NHS, as part of Cambridgeshire &
Peterborough Integrated Care System (ICS).
We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that
promotes and values diversity. We know through experience that different ideas,
perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work
environment that delivers better patient outcomes. We welcome applications
irrespective of peoples age, disability, sex, gender, identity and gender
expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation or other
personal circumstances.
We are a predominantly home based organisation. Some roles within the ICB are not suitable for the sole use
of public transport and/or where there is a long journey from home to where work
routinely takes place.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Overall accountability for leading the Research and
Development (R&D) Team, lead on overall research programmes, setting and
managing the R&D service budgets across workstreams, business and
financial planning, and developing R&D services
Interpreting and acting on national R&D policy and
strategy to inform locally implemented research policy for the Directorate
and ICB ensuring ICB research–related legal duties are met.
Managing relationships with the University of Cambridge
and Other University primary care and public health investigators, other
leading academics; National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR)
Clinical Research Network East of England and other stakeholders
Fulfil the ICB legal duties in respect of research
including input into any statutory planning and reporting in response to
research requirements for ICBs in the Health and Social Care Act; and
influencing the local research agenda to meet the needs of health and social
care
Day-to-day support for research collaborations and
creating a thriving environment for research. Support for academic and NHS
partners for the development of hosted National Institute of Health Research
grants, and ensuring as far as feasible, alignment with organisational
objectives
Responsibility for deploying Research Capability Funding
to sustain and increase research capacity and capability.
Responsibility for reporting on contracted R&D
activities
Providing specialist expertise and draft briefings on all
aspects of research and managing risks for the ICB
Influence within
the organisation and in regional and national networks to foster a supportive
culture for R&D
Job description
Job responsibilities
Overall accountability for leading the Research and
Development (R&D) Team, lead on overall research programmes, setting and
managing the R&D service budgets across workstreams, business and
financial planning, and developing R&D services
Interpreting and acting on national R&D policy and
strategy to inform locally implemented research policy for the Directorate
and ICB ensuring ICB research–related legal duties are met.
Managing relationships with the University of Cambridge
and Other University primary care and public health investigators, other
leading academics; National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR)
Clinical Research Network East of England and other stakeholders
Fulfil the ICB legal duties in respect of research
including input into any statutory planning and reporting in response to
research requirements for ICBs in the Health and Social Care Act; and
influencing the local research agenda to meet the needs of health and social
care
Day-to-day support for research collaborations and
creating a thriving environment for research. Support for academic and NHS
partners for the development of hosted National Institute of Health Research
grants, and ensuring as far as feasible, alignment with organisational
objectives
Responsibility for deploying Research Capability Funding
to sustain and increase research capacity and capability.
Responsibility for reporting on contracted R&D
activities
Providing specialist expertise and draft briefings on all
aspects of research and managing risks for the ICB
Influence within
the organisation and in regional and national networks to foster a supportive
culture for R&D
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Highly developed specialist knowledge across a broad range of R&D procedures and practices at a senior manager level with
- proven track record as an effective leader in an NHS R&D environment
- Substantive experience at relationship management with senior academics and senior NHS colleagues and working across boundaries
- Experience of influencing, persuading and advising at senior levels and presenting to Corporate meetings/Boards
- Proven expertise in contract and finance management, managing budgets and staff management
Desirable
- Experience of influencing regional and national policy and stakeholders
- Experience of working in an NIHR funded role
Qualifications
Essential
- Good quality graduate first degree and postgraduate masters or equivalent experience
- Highly developed specialist knowledge by study and work experience in NHS R&D
- Proven leadership and management skills
Desirable
- Experience in NHS primary care, community care or non-NHS R&D
- Evidence of leadership training
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Science qualification
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Ability to act as a champion for research, be enthusiastic and inspire others
- Highly motivated, driven and resourceful, with a proactive approach
- High level of emotional intelligence and political skills
- Team player
- Sets an exemplary work ethic for others
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Highly developed specialist knowledge across a broad range of R&D procedures and practices at a senior manager level with
- proven track record as an effective leader in an NHS R&D environment
- Substantive experience at relationship management with senior academics and senior NHS colleagues and working across boundaries
- Experience of influencing, persuading and advising at senior levels and presenting to Corporate meetings/Boards
- Proven expertise in contract and finance management, managing budgets and staff management
Desirable
- Experience of influencing regional and national policy and stakeholders
- Experience of working in an NIHR funded role
Qualifications
Essential
- Good quality graduate first degree and postgraduate masters or equivalent experience
- Highly developed specialist knowledge by study and work experience in NHS R&D
- Proven leadership and management skills
Desirable
- Experience in NHS primary care, community care or non-NHS R&D
- Evidence of leadership training
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Science qualification
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Ability to act as a champion for research, be enthusiastic and inspire others
- Highly motivated, driven and resourceful, with a proactive approach
- High level of emotional intelligence and political skills
- Team player
- Sets an exemplary work ethic for others
