Project Officer | Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust is seeking a Project Officer to enhance innovation adoption across the East Midlands. You will collaborate with health and care professionals to improve clinical outcomes and patient experiences. The role requires effective communication and management skills, with a hybrid working model. This fixed-term contract offers the chance to make a significant impact on healthcare services.

Responsibilities

• Lead the adoption of innovation programmes across health and care organisations.
• Engage with stakeholders to assess readiness and develop implementation plans.
• Build networks using effective communication and negotiation skills.
• Collaborate to find common ground and seek solutions.
• Manage multiple programmes and adapt to emerging priorities.

Job description

Job Title: Project Officer

Saving lives, saving NHS money, and transforming services for patients – that’s our mission at the Health Innovation East Midlands (HIEM). We are seeking a Project Officer to join our innovation and improvement teams to play a key role in ensuring citizens throughout the East Midlands, and beyond, benefit from our portfolio of innovations.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work across the East Midlands with colleagues in the Health Innovation Network, contributing to national and local programmes aimed at improving clinical outcomes, enhancing patient experiences, reducing care costs, and stimulating economic growth.

Contract Details

• Fixed term contract or secondment until 30.09.2026, subject to funding confirmation.
• Funding is confirmed until April 2025; future funding beyond March 2026 is uncertain.
• Hybrid working approach; office based at the University of Nottingham Innovation Park.
• Occasional travel within the East Midlands may be required.
• Provisional interview dates: Wednesday 13 or Thursday 14 August 2025.

Key Responsibilities

• Work alongside Innovation and Improvement Leads to lead the adoption and spread of innovation or improvement programmes across health and care organisations in the East Midlands.
• Engage actively with stakeholders, clinicians, and health and care professionals to assess readiness, secure commitment, and develop implementation plans for sustainable change.
• Build networks and relationships using effective communication, negotiation, and influencing skills.
• Collaborate, adapt to local contexts, find common ground, and seek solutions.
• Manage multiple programmes and adapt to emerging priorities flexibly.

About Us

We are one of 15 Health Innovation Networks in England, serving as the NHS's innovation arm. We collaborate with NHS, social care, public health, patients, research, third sector, and industry partners to identify, test, and spread new technologies and working methods.

Our work saves NHS money, drives economic growth, empowers staff, and improves patient lives. We support stakeholders by establishing priorities and providing tailored support, sharing successful programmes nationally.

Additional Information

For more details, please review the Job Description and Person Specification in the ‘supporting documents’ section of this advert. Visit our website: https://healthinnovation-em.org.uk/about-us/join-our-team

This advert closes on Sunday, 3 August 2025.