Associate Director - Innovation Adoption

Employer
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Health Innovation Wessex
Town
Southampton
Salary
£70,417 - £81,138 pa pro rota
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
12/05/2024 23:59
Interview date
20/05/#####
Band 8cJob overviewAt Health Innovation Wessex, we believe in improving lives through innovation. Creating change through innovative action is at our core. Through new thinking we can ease health and care pressures, and from positive collaboration can deliver meaningful, lasting results. We enable organisations to understand and adopt proven innovation. We use tested tools which are easy to adopt and embed. Through co-production and delivery, we act on system priorities to sustain innovative solutions, and ensure access to our extensive networks provides organisations with advantage.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 drive innovation in practice. You may not feel you meet all aspects of the role, but 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 commissioning, transformation and project management are also advantageous.Main duties of the jobAttached 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.Working for our organisationHealth Innovation Wessex (HIW) is a company limited by guarantee, owned by the NHS and University Members 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 café 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. HIW 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.Detailed job description and main responsibilitiesThe Associate Director will have a pivotal role in developing and delivering coherent and ambitious innovation adoption programmes in partnership with local health systems, working to enable patients and staff access innovation faster. Leading a small team with associated clinical leadership support, this role will work closely with system partners (including industry partners), and other teams across HIW.The successful postholder will take the lead supporting an ICS locality in Wessex and will be responsible for the relationship and partnership activities to deliver an agreed delivery plan. They will also lead on a number of cross cutting themes for the organisation, and lead on certain aspects of organisational development.Key Responsibilities Include:Developing and delivering a strategy for assigned programmes and developing an innovation adoption strategy for WessexLeadership of business planning and delivery for the whole spectrum of HIW work on assigned programmesProgress reporting to different stakeholders including partners, national commissioners (e.g. OLS and NHS England), HIW board, Wessex NHS commissioners and providersCreating, developing and maintaining effective relationships with key external bodies and key stakeholders from a very wide range of backgrounds and cultures, often negotiating partnerships where there are potentially conflicting goals.Identifying and delivering opportunities for HIW to diversify and expand its income sources in support of its Wessex members by understanding stakeholder needs across industry, academia, the NHS, third sector both in UK and internationally; and shape commercially attractive value propositions for specific stakeholders.Please refer to the job description for further information regarding the role.Person specificationQualifications / training requiredMaster’s degree or equivalent Postgraduate qualification in a relevant discipline or equivalent level of knowledge and demonstrable experienceKnowledge of the specialist work practices and/ professional guidelines relevant to the Health Innovation Wessex areaKnowledge and experience of the NHS and local health and social service functionsEvidence of continued professional development Application/InterviewProject Management training (e.g. PRINCE II)Previous or relevant experience necessarySignificant senior management experience in a health or social care setting or health facing commercial company.Senior experience at national/regional level involving influencing and leadership role in health sector. Good knowledge and networks at senior levels in NHS across Wessex areaExtensive experience of large scale organisational change and strategic change management programmes, building effective working relationships across organisational boundariesExperience of interagency and partnership working with Primary and Secondary Care, Social care and voluntary sectorExperience of motivating and managing multiple teams, including the ability to encourage self-initiative, good practice and the timely completion of projectsEffective leadership and team building skillsCareer experience in both a health and social care settingValues and behavioursAble to demonstrate behaviours that meet the health Innovation Wessex values and behaviours policyUHS Values - Patients First / Always Improving / Working TogetherPlease be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications. We will not accept any applications or queries via agencies, under any circumstances.Getting to work should be as easy as possible and that’s why we have introduced the UHS travel promise – a commitment from the Trust that we will provide reasonable travel options for every member of staff. Every member of staff can apply for a permit to use our park & ride facility. Eligibility for on-site parking is dependent on the nature and requirement of the role. All staff can also access a range of discounted benefits relating to travel including reduced price bus tickets, purchase of salary sacrifice bikes and ultra-low emission cars.Our commitment to equalityEquality remains at the centre of our policymaking, service delivery, and employment practice, giving all employees equal opportunity to develop, apply for promotions, and have working arrangements that enable them to achieve a manageable work-life balance.UHS actively promotes a work environment free from harassment and discrimination and provides training for managers and staff to ensure this happens. 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Name
Richard Booth
Job title
Deputy CEO / Director of Innovation Adoption
Email address
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Additional information
Sarah TurlAssociate Director - ##### / 02382020840
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