Job summary
The Clinical Innovation Delivery Lead facilitates the delivery of the Trust Innovation Strategy and provides the principal point of contact between the Trust and innovators who wish to work in partnership to address unmet needs, and commercialise good ideas and improve patient outcomes. The post-holder will have overall responsibility for overseeing delivery of the Trust Innovation Strategy and transactional relationships between Cambridge and Peterborough Foundation Trust and companies who wish to work with the Trust.
The post-holder will assist CPFT's vision become an exemplar site for innovation within the NHS, supporting creative and entrepreneurial staff to exploit their good ideas across the broad spectrum of innovation from simple service improvements, through to the commercial development of new devices to the benefit of our patients, staff and the organisation as a whole.
CPFT is the region's InSite (Clinical Entrepreneur Programme Innovation Site) and so the postholder will be responsible for leading InSite activities and championing CPFT innovation activity both regionally and nationally.
The post holder will be responsible ensuring key milestones are delivered and putting in place corrective action where appropriate. In addition, the post holder will lead the operational and contractual management of the relationships with industry partners, ensuring the Trust is meeting its obligations and benefiting as set out in the respective agreements.
Main duties of the job
- Lead responsibility for delivering the Trust Innovation Programme, working across several clinical disciplines in addition to Commercial, Finance, Commissioning, Communications and Information Management.
- Coaching front line staff and signposting to expertise, providing constructive feedback, and sharing skills and knowledge.
- Understand, refine, and clearly communicate our vision and core narrative.
- Provide strong leadership in developing Trust Innovation Plan ensuring CPFT remain ambitious and reflects all options for delivery.
- Identify solutions to problems and implement change where required.
- Take responsibility and lead on all approaches to the Trust from companies who wish to explore potential partnerships with the Trust.
- Act corporately as a senior role model and lead on specific Trust wide issues as required.
- Participate in a wide range of Trust forums in the formulation of strategic and operational plans and to ensure that the Innovation Strategy reflects organisational objectives.
- Contribute to the maintenance of productive collaborative working relationships with senior staff in the trust.
About us
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting andempowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
- The post holder will continue the development and implementation of the CUHP Innovation Landing Zone at CPFT and support other CUHP provider Organisations to embed landing zones (CUH, RPH)
- Ensure the sequencing and delivery of milestones and tasks through robust project management approach
- Maintain schedule of activities
- Report on activities and status
- Establish and support governance structures
- Feedback on any issues e.g. where targets will not be met
- Support the Trust innovation strategy
- Create and implement new business development opportunities, working closely with Clinicians and Departments as stakeholders
- To develop a series of case studies which identify key clinical and operational challenges across the Trust with the best potential to be addressed by health technology solutions
- To conduct systematic horizon scanning for relevant high quality commercial responses to clinical problems, as well as opportunities, and to co-create and implement solutions with industry partners
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
- The post holder will continue the development and implementation of the CUHP Innovation Landing Zone at CPFT and support other CUHP provider Organisations to embed landing zones (CUH, RPH)
- Ensure the sequencing and delivery of milestones and tasks through robust project management approach
- Maintain schedule of activities
- Report on activities and status
- Establish and support governance structures
- Feedback on any issues e.g. where targets will not be met
- Support the Trust innovation strategy
- Create and implement new business development opportunities, working closely with Clinicians and Departments as stakeholders
- To develop a series of case studies which identify key clinical and operational challenges across the Trust with the best potential to be addressed by health technology solutions
- To conduct systematic horizon scanning for relevant high quality commercial responses to clinical problems, as well as opportunities, and to co-create and implement solutions with industry partners
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- First Degree or equivalent professional qualification
- Project management, Programme management qualification or equivalent experience
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Knowledge of evaluation methodology/ and or healthcare service redesign
- A high level of knowledge and experience in planning and delivering programmes and projects
- Knowledge and understanding of the local and national innovation and spread discourse
Desirable
- Postgraduate research qualification e.g. PhD in life sciences or discipline related to health, or clinical qualification or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within the NHS, a large research organisation or industry to develop meaningful translational research partnerships
- Experience of working with senior level stakeholders and sponsors and reporting progress clearly and effectively, in a timely manner
- A successful track record of preparing and supporting substantial research and or investment funding proposals.
- Experience of building, maintaining and leveraging successful relationships with staff at all levels in an organisation
- Experience of partnership working across organisational boundaries ensuring involvement of key stakeholders.
- Experience of managing complex issues and/or conflicting agendas
- Experience of varied change mechanism approaches
- Managerial and/or coaching experience
Desirable
- Experience of working with mental health and community services
- Experience of strategy implementation
Knowledge
Essential
- Highly effective communication skills, both oral and written, coupled with the ability to actively listen and engage
- Excellent interpersonal skills to manage a diverse set of relationships with senior personnel from the NHS, academia and commercial partners.
- Advanced IT skills including Word and Excel
- Ability to use judgement to compare and evaluate options, and recommend actions based on those evaluations
- Effective problem-solving skills, especially for new issues where no precedent to follow
- Ability to set clear and concise objectives, prioritise and monitor progress and take appropriate action to achieve outcomes by required deadlines
- Ability to use initiative to pursue challenging and difficult issues with confidence, drive and tact to achieve results
- Ability to work in highly politicised environments
- Ability to negotiate effectively.
- Understanding of the research and funding landscape.
Desirable
- Knowledge of health technology
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Flexible and responsive to changing environments, comfortable leading on change
- Passionate and enthusiastic about innovation
- Ability to plan, and deliver work effectively and logically, working autonomously yet having an awareness of situations which may require senior leadership input.
- Exceptional networker
- Flexible and adaptable
- Problem-solver
- Autonomous
- Able to spot opportunities
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- First Degree or equivalent professional qualification
- Project management, Programme management qualification or equivalent experience
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Knowledge of evaluation methodology/ and or healthcare service redesign
- A high level of knowledge and experience in planning and delivering programmes and projects
- Knowledge and understanding of the local and national innovation and spread discourse
Desirable
- Postgraduate research qualification e.g. PhD in life sciences or discipline related to health, or clinical qualification or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within the NHS, a large research organisation or industry to develop meaningful translational research partnerships
- Experience of working with senior level stakeholders and sponsors and reporting progress clearly and effectively, in a timely manner
- A successful track record of preparing and supporting substantial research and or investment funding proposals.
- Experience of building, maintaining and leveraging successful relationships with staff at all levels in an organisation
- Experience of partnership working across organisational boundaries ensuring involvement of key stakeholders.
- Experience of managing complex issues and/or conflicting agendas
- Experience of varied change mechanism approaches
- Managerial and/or coaching experience
Desirable
- Experience of working with mental health and community services
- Experience of strategy implementation
Knowledge
Essential
- Highly effective communication skills, both oral and written, coupled with the ability to actively listen and engage
- Excellent interpersonal skills to manage a diverse set of relationships with senior personnel from the NHS, academia and commercial partners.
- Advanced IT skills including Word and Excel
- Ability to use judgement to compare and evaluate options, and recommend actions based on those evaluations
- Effective problem-solving skills, especially for new issues where no precedent to follow
- Ability to set clear and concise objectives, prioritise and monitor progress and take appropriate action to achieve outcomes by required deadlines
- Ability to use initiative to pursue challenging and difficult issues with confidence, drive and tact to achieve results
- Ability to work in highly politicised environments
- Ability to negotiate effectively.
- Understanding of the research and funding landscape.
Desirable
- Knowledge of health technology
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Flexible and responsive to changing environments, comfortable leading on change
- Passionate and enthusiastic about innovation
- Ability to plan, and deliver work effectively and logically, working autonomously yet having an awareness of situations which may require senior leadership input.
- Exceptional networker
- Flexible and adaptable
- Problem-solver
- Autonomous
- Able to spot opportunities
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).
