Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Research & Innovation (R&I) Directorate at the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust.
The Innovation Manager is a new post and will provide key support for the delivery of transformational innovative change within CCC, whilst also contributing to the spread of healthcare innovation across the Liverpool City Region.
The Innovation Manager will have responsibility for overseeing the running of the CCC Innovation Office
Main duties of the job
- Define through stakeholder engagement innovation challenges based on strategic priorities,
- Form innovation collaborations with industry, academic and other stakeholder partners to solve these challenges,
- Complete applications for national innovation funding calls,
- Support staff with innovative ideas with the potential development of these into potential innovative solutions,
- Link with colleagues in R&I to support the researching and completion of proposed innovative solutions.
- Link with finance colleagues in setting out the financial case for adopting innovative solutions,
- Record and log all innovation collaborations in a database and sharing this information with national colleagues,
- Monitor the progress of active innovation collaborations, with regular reporting on this made to the R&I Directorate Board.
- Have in place an interactive Innovation Website page that is continually refreshed with updated information on innovation activities, new funding calls for example.
- Create Innovation champions across the Trust and provide support as appropriate.
- Support the operationalisation of the Trust Innovation strategy in collaboration with the Clinical Lead for Innovation and the Director of R&I Operations.
About us
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre (CCC) NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's leading providers of non-surgical cancer treatment, caring for a population of 2.4 million people across Cheshire & Merseyside, North Wales, the Isle of Man and parts of Lancashire.Our flagship specialist cancer hospital in Liverpool opened in June 2020, supported by our hospital on the Clatterbridge Health Park in Wirral providing outpatient cancer treatment and supportive care, and our radiotherapy treatment centre on the Aintree Hospital site.Together, working across three sites and operating specialist chemotherapy clinics in four of Merseyside's district hospitals, we are able to deliver a comprehensive range of inpatient care, advanced radiotherapy, chemotherapy and other systemic anti-cancer therapies including gene therapies and immunotherapies. We also deliver a pioneering Treatment at Home and Work service; are the only facility in the UK providing low-energy proton beam therapy to treat rare eye cancers and host the region's Teenage and Young Adult Unit, (supported by the Teenage Cancer Trust).
Working with leading experts from The University of Liverpool and the Cancer Research UK Liverpool Cancer Trials Unit we strive to stay at the forefront of novel treatments and techniques to deliver more effective and personalised treatments than ever before
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Research & Innovation (R&I) Directorate at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre (CCC) provides key support for the delivery of transformational innovative change within CCC, whilst also contributing to the spread of healthcare innovation across the Liverpool City Region.
The Innovation Manager who will be line managed by the Director of R&I Operations and will have responsibility for overseeing the running of the CCC Innovation Office, will:
- Define through stakeholder engagement innovation challenges based on strategic priorities,
- Form innovation collaborations with industry, academic and other stakeholder partners to solve these challenges,
- Complete applications for national innovation funding calls,
- Support staff with innovative ideas with the potential development of these into potential innovative solutions,
- Link with colleagues in R&I to support the researching and completion of proposed innovative solutions.
- Link with finance colleagues in setting out the financial case for adopting innovative solutions,
- Record and log all innovation collaborations in a database and sharing this information with national colleagues,
- Monitor the progress of active innovation collaborations, with regular reporting on this made to the R&I Directorate Board.
- Have in place an interactive Innovation Website page that is continually refreshed with updated information on innovation activities, new funding calls for example.
- Create Innovation champions across the Trust and provide support as appropriate.
- Support the operationalisation of the Trust Innovation strategy in collaboration with the Clinical Lead for Innovation and the Director of R&I Operations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Research & Innovation (R&I) Directorate at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre (CCC) provides key support for the delivery of transformational innovative change within CCC, whilst also contributing to the spread of healthcare innovation across the Liverpool City Region.
The Innovation Manager who will be line managed by the Director of R&I Operations and will have responsibility for overseeing the running of the CCC Innovation Office, will:
- Define through stakeholder engagement innovation challenges based on strategic priorities,
- Form innovation collaborations with industry, academic and other stakeholder partners to solve these challenges,
- Complete applications for national innovation funding calls,
- Support staff with innovative ideas with the potential development of these into potential innovative solutions,
- Link with colleagues in R&I to support the researching and completion of proposed innovative solutions.
- Link with finance colleagues in setting out the financial case for adopting innovative solutions,
- Record and log all innovation collaborations in a database and sharing this information with national colleagues,
- Monitor the progress of active innovation collaborations, with regular reporting on this made to the R&I Directorate Board.
- Have in place an interactive Innovation Website page that is continually refreshed with updated information on innovation activities, new funding calls for example.
- Create Innovation champions across the Trust and provide support as appropriate.
- Support the operationalisation of the Trust Innovation strategy in collaboration with the Clinical Lead for Innovation and the Director of R&I Operations.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in business, biomedical or health science related subject with accreditation in project management or significant experience in managing complex projects.
Desirable
- Training in innovation management techniques/processes
Knowledge
Essential
- Budget/financial management experience
Skills
Essential
- oAbility to recognise service users and carers, as experts and partners.
- oLeadership skills.
- oAbility to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team with own, and with other, colleagues
- oProject Management skills.
- oCapacity to analyse, interpret and then present complex information.
- oAbility to engage and work with a diverse range of stakeholders on both a 1:1 and group basis.
- oManaging and prioritising a diverse and challenging workload.
- oHigh level of communication and interpersonal skills.
- oUnderstands and demonstrates the CCC's values
- oA commitment to promote and support the concept of healthcare innovation amongst a range of stakeholders including industry partners.
Desirable
- oAn understanding of current policy, such as Health & Social Care Integration.
- oA knowledge and experience of working with local Enterprises, local authority colleagues, the third sector, academia, the biopharmaceutical and medical device industry and other external stakeholders .
- oA creative approach to problem solving.
- oPrevious managerial training and experience
- oAble to motivate colleagues and partners.
- oA creative approach to problem solving.
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of overseeing the delivery of a number of challenging multi-stakeholder projects to timescale.
- oExperience of working effectively in partnership with a range of stakeholders.
Desirable
- oExperience of working with industry sector partners.
- oExperience of being involved in Research Projects and having knowledge/ experience of NHS R&D governance and processes.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in business, biomedical or health science related subject with accreditation in project management or significant experience in managing complex projects.
Desirable
- Training in innovation management techniques/processes
Knowledge
Essential
- Budget/financial management experience
Skills
Essential
- oAbility to recognise service users and carers, as experts and partners.
- oLeadership skills.
- oAbility to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team with own, and with other, colleagues
- oProject Management skills.
- oCapacity to analyse, interpret and then present complex information.
- oAbility to engage and work with a diverse range of stakeholders on both a 1:1 and group basis.
- oManaging and prioritising a diverse and challenging workload.
- oHigh level of communication and interpersonal skills.
- oUnderstands and demonstrates the CCC's values
- oA commitment to promote and support the concept of healthcare innovation amongst a range of stakeholders including industry partners.
Desirable
- oAn understanding of current policy, such as Health & Social Care Integration.
- oA knowledge and experience of working with local Enterprises, local authority colleagues, the third sector, academia, the biopharmaceutical and medical device industry and other external stakeholders .
- oA creative approach to problem solving.
- oPrevious managerial training and experience
- oAble to motivate colleagues and partners.
- oA creative approach to problem solving.
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of overseeing the delivery of a number of challenging multi-stakeholder projects to timescale.
- oExperience of working effectively in partnership with a range of stakeholders.
Desirable
- oExperience of working with industry sector partners.
- oExperience of being involved in Research Projects and having knowledge/ experience of NHS R&D governance and processes.
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).
