Associate Director iCARE (Operations & Digital Health Research)

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in London is seeking an Associate Director for its iCARE Digital Collaboration Space. This role entails leading initiatives that enhance patient care through digital health projects, showcasing leadership and expertise in the field. The successful candidate will oversee projects linking data collaboration and informatics, aiming to align with the NHS's digital transformation goals. With a supportive team and collaborative environment, this position offers an excellent opportunity for career advancement in a significant sector.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Flexible working arrangements

Staff recognition scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Season ticket loan

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of executive-level experience in digital health programs.
• Proven track record of published strategies and peer-reviewed work.
• Experience in budget management and leading large-scale change.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of projects in Digital Health and improve patient care.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to address healthcare needs.
• Support NHS digital transformation towards social equity.

Skills

Leadership

Data Analytics

Project Management

Digital Health Expertise

Education

PhD in Digital Health or related field

Change Management Qualification

Practitioner Level of Project Management Methodology

Job description

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Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary's, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join the iCARE team as Associate Director of iCARE Digital Collaboration Space, you will lead the delivery of programmes of work in Digital Health that will evidence improvements in direct patient care, NHS operational decision making to improve efficiency and productivity and advancing research, innovation & commercial opportunities.

The role will directly support the iCARE Director and the strategy for delivering on the most immediate priorities in Digital Health across the national and international healthcare landscape

iCARE provides a unique platform enabling routinely collected health data to be used for research, evaluation, and direct care returns. Supported by a multidisciplinary team of talented people with a broad range of backgrounds; from clinicians to data engineers, clinical analysts to data scientists and academics, the iCARE team is delivering a programme of translational clinical analytics and research to deliver new insights, developments, and interventions, and monitoring their impact in healthcare through continuous real-time evaluation in a learning health system. https://www.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/research-and-impact/groups/icare/

Please note that interviews for this post will be conducted face to face on the 17 July from 11am, interviewing will be held in the Digital Collaboration Space in Paddington, London.

Main duties of the job

• As a senior member of the iCARE team you will directly contribute to and lead on the delivery of a portfolio of translational projects within the Digital Health theme of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Imperial Biomedical Research Centre, a £95 million translational research initiative for new treatments, diagnostics and technologies, that benefit patients and communities locally, regionally and nationally.
• The Digital Health theme links to the UK Government's 'Data saves lives' vision, which sets out aims for data and digital technology to be used in a safe, trusted and transparent way to improve health.
• The role will directly support the teams strengths in data collaboration, clinical informatics and artificial intelligence to create and evaluate digital and data-driven tools that support and improve the diagnosis and treatment of disease.
• By working with expert stakeholders across multiple disciplines, you will work to address priorities that respond to the needs and preferences of our patients, staff and local communities towards social purpose and care equity during the ongoing digital transformation of the NHS.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview. .

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Educated to PhD level in a subject relevant to Digital Health
• Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to the post

Desirable criteria

• Qualified at practitioner level of a recognised programme/project management methodology (Prince 2 / MSP)
• Membership of an appropriate professional body
• Agile methodology or equivalent experience
• Change Management Qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant recent experience and track-record of working at executive level in a large complex organisation (in or outside the NHS) leading on digital health programmes related to the delivery of Digital Health Programmes of work directly influencing the quality (Safety/Experience/Effectiveness) of Patient Care in the NHS
• Significant recent experience and track-record of working at executive level in a large complex organisation (in or outside the NHS) leading on digital health programmes related to the delivery of Digital Health Programmes of work directly influencing the quality (Safety/Experience/Effectiveness) of Patient Care in the NHS
• Evidenced through a track-record over 5+ years of having authored published strategies, presentations at conferences/leadership forums & peer-reviewed published conference abstracts & academic publications
• Professional higher level management experience across Performance management, Information management, and Strategic development
• Track record of delivery at Director/Senior management level, including significant exposure at Board level and evidence of having deputised for a Director
• Track record of delivering large scale change in Digital Health and knowledge of quality improvement methodologies and evidencegeneration.
• Examples of leading change at a national level in the creation and delivery of innovative digital health solutions
• Evidencing experience of being responsible for budget management in line with the key areas of responsibility
• Significant experience of forging relationship with national bodies and track record of gaining support and funding to support research & Innovation in the NHS
• Experience of working in varied research disciplines within the NHS.
• Experience of delivering research programmes of work, with portfolio of peer-reviewed published work (n>20)
• Experience of leading a programme of work relevant to the delivery of a life sciences agenda

Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of NHS data, data analytics, and data science.
• Good understanding of the healthcare, academic, research and life sciences environments locally, regionally, and nationally and understanding of delivering on the the UK PLC agenda.
• Understanding of secure data environment principles and best practice (e.g. HDRUK SAFES, federation principles, Open Safely, DARE UK etc.)
• Demonstrable understanding of Research ethics and information governance approvals processes Trained in clinical risk management specifically in relation to digital safety standards e.g. DCB0129/DCB0160 or equivalent
• Demonstrate an understanding of the practices of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the delivery of this role
• Advanced specialist practical and theoretical knowledge across a range of disciplines and functions including Staff Management, Business Process redesign, Programme Management, Project Management and Whole System Implementation Approach
• Track record of communicating externally (blogging, Twitter, conference speaking) about your professional role and raising the profile of an organisation

Desirable criteria

• Examples of positive use of disruptive innovation to deliver sustainable change

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).

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Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 967.2KB)
• Functional Requirement (PDF, 272.6KB)
• Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)