Innovation Manager

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Imperial College Health Partners (ICHP) invites applications for an Innovation Manager to support complex change across a broad network. You will develop, execute, and manage innovation projects, building strong relationships and working in matrix teams.

You will bring an appetite for analytics, evidence, and learning, and you will shape project delivery across multiple initiatives, including real-world evaluation and service transformation in NW London.

Responsibilities

• Supports project delivery using problem definition, scoping and planning, research and analysis, project management, and reflection/learning.
• Shapes and oversees delivery of projects in matrix teams, coordinating research, analysis, and materials production.
• Participates in development and culture of Imperial College Health Partners (ICHP) as an organisation and collaborates with healthcare providers and universities across NW London.

Job description

The role of Innovation Manager is to support complex change by bringing energy, expertise, and empathy to bear in the development, execution, and management of innovation projects. You will be working across a complex set of relationships, challenges, and innovations to contribute to service transformation. You will be able to think laterally, build strong trusted relationships quickly, and work as a productive team member. You will bring an appetite for analytics, evidence, and learning in everything you do and have an ability to understand new subjects rapidly. In particular, the Innovation Manager is expected to: Demonstrate behaviours that live our organisational values of collaboration, courage, quality, and impact Show a commitment to learning, self-reflection, appraisal, and development, including undertaking a Personal Development Plan annually Operate in an environment of significant complexity and ambiguity, taking time to understand the context of the operating environment and demonstrating good judgement (including seeking counsel from others when needed) Exhibit a curiosity about the work going on across the organisation, and share with others, internally and externally, impactful work that ICHP supports to enable innovation and resolve complex problems Actively seek to participate in available project opportunities, with an approximate expectation of being involved in project work for up to 80-85% of your time, and working on several projects at any one time (with a mix of longer-term and shorter-term projects). This is not a formal performance metric, but a rule-of thumb to guide decisions about workload and resourcing. The description of the role is generic, without reference to specific projects or programmes, which will change over time. Postholders will be assigned to specific projects and programmes during the year, in line with the objectives and development plan agreed each year. Postholders will be expected to work in project-based 'matrix' teams, working with colleagues drawn from across the organisation.

The role primarily supports project delivery, drawing on skills and practices relating to problem definition, scoping and planning, research and analysis, project management, and reflecting and learning. The role also includes active participation in the development and culture of Imperial College Health Partners (ICHP) as an organisation, sharing responsibility for making ICHP a great place to work. The post-holder willwork on several (e.g. two-to-three) external projectsat one time. This will include a mixture of shorter-term projects (of circa six to twelve weeks), and projects within longer term programmes of activity (circa twelve months). The post-holder is responsible forshaping and overseeing the delivery of projects (including coordinating research, analysis, and materials production), working with significant self-direction; and for providing support to successfully manage the completion of the project to time and within the allocated resources. ICHPis a partnership organisation bringing together healthcare providers and universities across North West London. We work collaboratively across our health and research ecosystem in NWL and with industry partners to deliver innovation in practice. Our goals:

Our goals:

• Health:a healthier population, enabled by a systematic focus on prevention, detection and treatment of disease
• Growth:a vibrant UK economy driven by a productive population and thriving healthcare and life sciences industry
• Service:a sustainable health and care service that delivers high quality care for all citizens

Our priorities:

• Create:cultivate the best conditions for the end-to-end testing and scaling of innovation
• Advance:data-driven change, harnessing our capabilities and assets across the lifecycle
• Sustain:support our members with the problems of today, enabling an NHS Fit for the Future
• Shape:the future of health through investments in advanced technologies and funding models

Core Portfolios:

• Cardiorenal Metabolic Disease
• Obesity
• Children and Young Peoples Mental Health
• Innovator Support
• Patient safety

Plus services:

• Real World Evidence
• Evaluation
• Qualitative Insights
• Service Transformation