HIEM Evaluation Researcher | Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A health innovation network is seeking a dedicated Evaluation Researcher in Nottingham to provide pivotal evaluation support for health and care innovations. The role involves designing, conducting, and delivering evaluations while offering guidance to health and care partners. This full-time, permanent position operates in a hybrid model, merging home and office work. Candidates should be equipped to handle diverse evaluation projects, ensuring quality evidence that fosters the adoption of novel solutions in healthcare. Applications close by 29 Dec 2025.

Qualifications

• Experience in designing and delivering evaluations.
• Ability to provide high-quality evidence of the impact of innovations.
• Strong communication skills to work with health and care partners.

Responsibilities

• Deliver evaluation services for HIEM and health partners.
• Design and undertake evaluations of health and care innovations.
• Provide guidance and consultancy on evaluation methodologies.

Job description

Overview

Health Innovation East Midlands (HIEM) is seeking anEvaluation Researcherto provide evaluation support and advice as well as to design and undertake real world evaluation of health and care innovations.

Key Responsibilities

Working as a member of the Analytics and Evaluation Service team, the post holder will be responsible for delivering key parts of our evaluation offer, including the design and delivery of evaluations undertaken by the team as well as rapid evidence reviews. Evaluations may be commissioned by HIEM or by external organisations and the postholder will design evaluations, develop proposals and ensure evaluations are delivered to a high quality. They will provide expertise, advice and guidance on evaluation for our partners in the health and care community as well as for innovators.

The key objectives of this post are to work as a key member of the evaluation team to deliver a high quality evaluation service for HIEM, health and care partners and for innovators and industry.

The evaluation support provided by HIEM is focused on ensuring high quality evidence of the impact of innovations in practice. Working with team, the post holder will provide evaluation advice and services including the design, delivery and dissemination of real-world evaluation.

The team may provide these services to partners across the health and care community as well as for innovators. Evaluations may be undertaken as part of HIEM innovation support or be commissioned by external organisations.

The Evaluation Researcher will be responsible for designing and delivering a range of evaluations across the health and care system in order to evaluate the benefits of innovation in order to support, where appropriate, wider adoption and spread.

About HIEM

We are one of 15 Health Innovation Networks (HINs) around England that operate as the innovation arm of the NHS. We bring together partners from all sectors involved in health and care including the NHS, social care and public health, patients, research, third sector and industry to identify, test and spread new technologies and better ways of working. We save the NHS money, generate economic growth, empower health and care staff, and improve lives for patients. We work closely with our health and care stakeholders to establish their priorities then provide support. As part of a national network of HINs, we import evidenced solutions from other HIN regions and export our successful East Midlands programmes on a national basis. We have a range of objectives, but our overarching aim is always to make a difference for patients.

Additional Information

To find out more, visit the ‘About Us’ and ‘Join our Team’ sections of our HIN website www.healthinnovation-em.org.uk/about-us/join-our-team

Please familiarise yourself with the Job Description and Person Specification attachments located within the ‘supporting documents’ section of this advert. These documents will provide a comprehensive overview for this exciting role.

HIEM is a hybrid working organisation with staff working a combination of home and office working. Our office is based in Nottingham and travel across the East Midlands may also be expected as part of this role.

This role is offered as full-time, permanent position and will be subject to a six-month probationary period.

This advert closes on Monday 29 Dec 2025