Job summary
Are you fascinated by change and innovation? Can you help the NHS adopt innovation faster to help deliver better care to patients?
At Health Innovation Wessex we improve people's health, achieve excellence in healthcare and boost innovation and growth in our region's life sciences and health and social care sector.
As one of 15 health innovation networks across England, we connect and support academics, NHS, industry and others to bring fresh energy to old problems, inspired thinking to new ones and to adopt innovative practice at scale.
We are seeking an Evaluation Programme Manager with excellent quantitative analysis skills to design, manage and implement evaluation projects for Health Innovation Wessex Insight team's programme of work. Working closely with clients and stakeholders across industry, life sciences, and health and social care, you will generate evidence to support the adoption and spread of high-impact innovation across Wessex and beyond.
Main duties of the job
Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.
About us
Health Innovation Wessex is a company limited by guarantee, owned by the NHS and hosted by University Hospital Southampton.
Based at Southampton Science Park in Chilworth in a bright modern office easily accessible from the M3, M27 and Southampton Parkway train station, the location offers free parking with a caf area and networking spaces on site. 27 acres of the Science Park site are designated a protected Conservation Area and open to staff.
We are keen to ensure that staff enjoy a successful work/life balance and offer flexible working dependent on the requirements of the role. Health Innovation Wessex endorses personal development and provides training allowances to help you deliver in the role and meet your career goals.
We also have a proactive approach to wellbeing in line with our core values of being Innovative, Inclusive and Collaborative, with staff engagement groups shaping the organisation's culture and driving initiatives to allow our people to flourish despite times of challenge, change and high demand.
Job description
Job responsibilities
WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU
The Evaluation Programme Manager is responsible for managing and implementing evaluation projects within Health Innovation Wessex Insight teams portfolio. You will lead on the design, analysis, and reporting of quantitative data for evaluation.
WHAT YOULL DO
As the Evaluation Programme Manager, you will identify, analyse and report quantitative data in order to evaluate the impact of health and social care interventions on patients, workforce, organisations and the wider health and social care system. Working closely with other members of the Insight team at Health Innovation Wessex, you will generate evidence that supports the adoption and spread of high-impact innovations across Wessex and beyond.
WHAT WERE LOOKING FOR
We are an ambitious organisation, looking for passionate and motivated people to join us with a proven track record of delivery. You will need a tenacity to succeed, great communication and project management skills, an ability to build new relationships quickly, and the capability to design and implement high-quality quantitative data collection, analysis, and report-writing skills to produce excellent evaluation products for our clients. We welcome applications from people with a wide range of past experiences whether that be clinical, NHS management or from industry an appreciation of the challenges involved with innovation deployment and transformation in the NHS is an advantage to succeed in this role. Past experience of health and social care data systems, commissioning, transformation and project management are also advantageous.
Job description
Job responsibilities
WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU
The Evaluation Programme Manager is responsible for managing and implementing evaluation projects within Health Innovation Wessex Insight teams portfolio. You will lead on the design, analysis, and reporting of quantitative data for evaluation.
WHAT YOULL DO
As the Evaluation Programme Manager, you will identify, analyse and report quantitative data in order to evaluate the impact of health and social care interventions on patients, workforce, organisations and the wider health and social care system. Working closely with other members of the Insight team at Health Innovation Wessex, you will generate evidence that supports the adoption and spread of high-impact innovations across Wessex and beyond.
WHAT WERE LOOKING FOR
We are an ambitious organisation, looking for passionate and motivated people to join us with a proven track record of delivery. You will need a tenacity to succeed, great communication and project management skills, an ability to build new relationships quickly, and the capability to design and implement high-quality quantitative data collection, analysis, and report-writing skills to produce excellent evaluation products for our clients. We welcome applications from people with a wide range of past experiences whether that be clinical, NHS management or from industry an appreciation of the challenges involved with innovation deployment and transformation in the NHS is an advantage to succeed in this role. Past experience of health and social care data systems, commissioning, transformation and project management are also advantageous.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Training required
Essential
- Educated to masters level or able to demonstrate an equivalent level of knowledge, skills and experience in data analysis, visualisation and modelling
- Detailed knowledge and experience of quantitative analysis - methods and reporting
- Evidence of CPD
Desirable
- Project Management training (e.g. AGILE, PRINCE II)
- Knowledge of the local (Wessex) organisations and structures
- Understanding of current policy and national drivers, e.g., ICS/ICB
- Knowledge and experience of the NHS and local health and social care service functions
Previous or relevant experience
Essential
- Project management experience in a public sector, industry or academic setting
- Experience in the analysis of complex quantitative data
- Relevant experience in accessing, analysing and interpreting health service data, including but not limited to HES, SUS and primary care systems
- Experience of preparing programme level reports for performance and assurance purposes
- Integrated working across professional boundaries and involving several organisations
- Using a range of analytical software
Desirable
- Experience of quality improvement projects and/or methodology
- Undertaking cost effectiveness or return on investment analysis
- Experience of leading, designing evaluations and/or reporting evaluations
- Experience of working with business intelligence teams, commissioning support units and/or Trust information teams to specify information requirements e.g. for commissioning business cases or evaluation
- Experience of evaluating digital technologies (e.g. health care apps to support self-management)
- Experience of working with frontline clinical teams
- Working on mixed methods (qualitative / quantitative) projects
- Synthesis of quantitative findings with qualitative findings to generate rich reports
Values/Behaviours
Essential
- Patients First
- Always Improving
- Working Together
Person Specification
Qualifications/Training required
Essential
- Educated to masters level or able to demonstrate an equivalent level of knowledge, skills and experience in data analysis, visualisation and modelling
- Detailed knowledge and experience of quantitative analysis - methods and reporting
- Evidence of CPD
Desirable
- Project Management training (e.g. AGILE, PRINCE II)
- Knowledge of the local (Wessex) organisations and structures
- Understanding of current policy and national drivers, e.g., ICS/ICB
- Knowledge and experience of the NHS and local health and social care service functions
Previous or relevant experience
Essential
- Project management experience in a public sector, industry or academic setting
- Experience in the analysis of complex quantitative data
- Relevant experience in accessing, analysing and interpreting health service data, including but not limited to HES, SUS and primary care systems
- Experience of preparing programme level reports for performance and assurance purposes
- Integrated working across professional boundaries and involving several organisations
- Using a range of analytical software
Desirable
- Experience of quality improvement projects and/or methodology
- Undertaking cost effectiveness or return on investment analysis
- Experience of leading, designing evaluations and/or reporting evaluations
- Experience of working with business intelligence teams, commissioning support units and/or Trust information teams to specify information requirements e.g. for commissioning business cases or evaluation
- Experience of evaluating digital technologies (e.g. health care apps to support self-management)
- Experience of working with frontline clinical teams
- Working on mixed methods (qualitative / quantitative) projects
- Synthesis of quantitative findings with qualitative findings to generate rich reports
Values/Behaviours
Essential
- Patients First
- Always Improving
- Working Together
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).
