Job summary
Providing managerial leadership for the Innovation & TriTech Division in order to support high-quality innovation in healthcare with commercial & university partners.
The Research and Innovation Department oversees a portfolio of innovation activities, supporting teams across the organisation develop and evaluate new ways of working and technologies, including partnerships with universities and industry.
The Innovation section of the Department includes the recent development of the TriTech Institute, which is staffed by a dedicated team of experts from a wide range of specialities including engineers, scientists and clinicians. Combining clinical and research design skills with technical engineering experience, TriTech manages all parts of the innovation pathway including concept, design, prototyping, research, clinical testing/trials, and finally to established service evaluation. The institute is housed at a dedicated facility designed to cope with a wide range of highly complex innovative medical devices and software platforms.
Main duties of the job
Main duties and responsibilities include..
Be managerially accountable for the delivery of all services provided by the TriTech and Innovation;
Responsible for the provision of a structured ISO 13485 quality system covering device design and testing.
Identifies explicit and implied clinical service requirements in detail. Analyses and reviews requirements against safety and other standards, identifying conflicting demands.
Communicates research information to and exchanges specialist information with colleagues from own and other disciplines, presents research findings to conferences or other large groups.
Negotiates and agrees complex development specifications, ensuring commercial partner understanding or any limitations and implications.
Integrates conflicting elements and works to national standards when identifying, evaluating and selecting solutions.
Undertakes risk assessments and evaluates the safety and efficacy of medical devices within a research area.
Provides research input and support to a number of service and Health Board groups.
Ensures that Health Board policies, UK, and EC legislation relevant to TriTech and Innovation are met.
Advises the Health Board on research issues relating to TriTech and Innovation.
Supports the development of Health Board policies relating to research.
About us
Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 11,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:
Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;
Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;
48 general practices (four of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres;
Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services;
Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The role of the Deputy Head of TriTech and Innovation is to provide managerial leadership across this broad spectrum of innovation and scientific service activity in order to further high-quality cost-effective technology and service development. The post holder is managerially responsible for these staff groups and professionally responsible for all groups where researchers are employed. The post holder provides support and advice to commercial partners.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.
Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.
Interviews will be held on 08/11/2022
Job description
Job responsibilities
The role of the Deputy Head of TriTech and Innovation is to provide managerial leadership across this broad spectrum of innovation and scientific service activity in order to further high-quality cost-effective technology and service development. The post holder is managerially responsible for these staff groups and professionally responsible for all groups where researchers are employed. The post holder provides support and advice to commercial partners.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.
Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.
Interviews will be held on 08/11/2022
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- PhD in an appropriate field
- Further specialist training
- Management experience at a senior level
- Understanding of research design and approvals processes, including GCP
Desirable
- A teaching qualification PGCE
- The ability to work across professional and organisational boundaries within a multi disciplinary environment
Experience
Essential
- Co-ordinates research programme and initiates research in a healthcare technology field
- Extensive experience in interpreting and leading complex situations requiring analysis, judgement interpretation & comparison
- Demonstrable ability in judging measures required to ensure safe working practice in areas where research and development is necessary
- Evidence of leadership in and participation in strategic planning
- Responsibility for accuracy and completeness of scientific support and providing leadership and advice to commercial partners at corporate level
- Must have an understanding of how to control budgets and deliver on income generation targets.
- Must have knowledge of how to deliver projects and in particular managing the scope and delivering against agreed objectives to quality, cost and time.
- Extensive experience of introducing and operating within NHS governance arrangements
Desirable
- Publication record in peer reviewed journals, professional publications etc
- Significant post registration experience, most recently in a research area.
- Experience of NHS clinical trials arrangements and governance
Other
Essential
- Working knowledge of multidisciplinary team working
- Working knowledge of clinical governance
- Substantial experience of clinical audit and research & development
- Flexible Approach to meet service needs
- Amenable to change as required
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- PhD in an appropriate field
- Further specialist training
- Management experience at a senior level
- Understanding of research design and approvals processes, including GCP
Desirable
- A teaching qualification PGCE
- The ability to work across professional and organisational boundaries within a multi disciplinary environment
Experience
Essential
- Co-ordinates research programme and initiates research in a healthcare technology field
- Extensive experience in interpreting and leading complex situations requiring analysis, judgement interpretation & comparison
- Demonstrable ability in judging measures required to ensure safe working practice in areas where research and development is necessary
- Evidence of leadership in and participation in strategic planning
- Responsibility for accuracy and completeness of scientific support and providing leadership and advice to commercial partners at corporate level
- Must have an understanding of how to control budgets and deliver on income generation targets.
- Must have knowledge of how to deliver projects and in particular managing the scope and delivering against agreed objectives to quality, cost and time.
- Extensive experience of introducing and operating within NHS governance arrangements
Desirable
- Publication record in peer reviewed journals, professional publications etc
- Significant post registration experience, most recently in a research area.
- Experience of NHS clinical trials arrangements and governance
Other
Essential
- Working knowledge of multidisciplinary team working
- Working knowledge of clinical governance
- Substantial experience of clinical audit and research & development
- Flexible Approach to meet service needs
- Amenable to change as required
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).
