Senior Innovation Advisor

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

General expectations

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 Senior Innovation Advisor 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.

Please see further information in full job description PDF.

Person specification

Knowledge, experience, and qualifications

Essential criteria

• Bachelors qualification or equivalent experience

Desirable criteria

• Overview knowledge and understanding of the NHS, including the funding and organisational realities
• Experience in delivering complex healthcare-related improvement projects and programmes, and working alongside senior clinical and operational professionals

Important

• The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions when we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. You are therefore advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
• Please check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process.
• If you have not heard from us within 3 weeks after the closing date, we regret that this usually means your application was not successful.
• In submitting an application, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process, should you be appointed to the post.
• During the recruitment process your identity documentation (ie passport, driving licence, visa etc) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, infrared and machine-readable zone security features of the documents provided.
• Employment at the Trust is offered subject to successful completion of a six month probationary period.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Documents to download

• ICHP Senior Innovation Advisor JD (PDF, 647.1KB)
• ICHP Senior Innovation Advisor Functional Requirements (PDF, 371.1KB)
• Guidance for applicants (PDF, 85.4KB)
• Policy Statement (PDF, 144.5KB)
• Staff Benefits and Wellbeing (PDF, 196.5KB)
• Recruitment Pack (PDF, 2.8MB)