Clinical Lead for Multi Professional Research and Innovation

Job overview

This post is fixed term/secondment until 31st March 2027 in line with available funding.

This is an exciting opportunity to join HEIW on a secondment basis to support the development of Research and Innovation Transformation within Healthcare Science, Nursing, AHP and all health professionals in NHS Wales.

This is for a 0.6 whole-time equivalent post offered on a part time, flexible basis to be agreed. This is open to all professionals with NMC or HCPC registration, or who are on accredited healthcare science registers.

The postholder will work alongside the Programme Manager for Healthcare Science and Associate Director for Workforce Transformation, as well as with established HEIW functions. Working as part of a small team and taking a leading role in the Healthcare Science Research and Innovation Group and equivalent networks for Nursing, AHP and other healthcare professionals, the postholder will support developments towards Research and Innovation to support Workforce and Service Transformation.

If you wish to apply as a secondment opportunity, you must have your line manager’s approval. This post may be extended at the end of the secondment period depending on available funding and business needs.

Main duties of the job

As such the postholder will be required to work in a matrix style management arrangement supporting the Head of Healthcare Science Transformation as well as working alongside colleagues from within the Nurse and Health Professional Education Directorate and other professional leads.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Working for our organisation

Our purpose is to develop a workforce that delivers excellent care to patients/service users and excellent population health. We are a Special Health Authority working closely with our partners; Social Care Wales, education providers, professional and regulatory bodies and Welsh Government.

• Respect for All in every contact we have with others,
• Ideas that Improve: Harnessing creativity and continuously innovating, evaluating and improving,
• Together as a Team: Working with colleagues across NHS Wales and with partner organisations.

HEIW received the HPMA Award for Employee Engagement in 2019.

• a corporate induction and 90 day Welcome itinerary,
• compassionate leadership,
• a meaningful values based performance appraisal process,
• the opportunity to impact upon health and social care services and the lives and wellbeing of the people of Wales.

Many of our colleagues and stakeholders have commented on the buzz and atmosphere we create by working together as “One HEIW Team”. Do you want to join that team?

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.

Person specification

Experience

• Extensive experience of working in the NHS.
• Experience of leading strategic developments within NHS settings
• Delivery of objectives in a cross- organisational environment and through multi-stakeholder negotiations.
• Experience of networking effectively and building relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience of leadership, negotiation and influencing skills.

• Involvement in development and leadership of research and evaluation
• Experience of leading and implementing strategic change on a national level

Qualifications & Knowledge

• Educated to Master’s degree level in relevant subject, or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
• Professional Registration with the NMC, HCPC, or other relevant healthcare science registration body.
• Specialist, in-depth knowledge of research and innovation in NHS careers.
• Knowledge of HEIW’s remit and responsibilities
• Knowledge of the importance of emerging technology in healthcare and its importance to the health and care agenda
• Knowledge of the strategic direction for NHS Wales

• Postgraduate educational qualification
• Project management qualification e.g. PRINCE2

Other

• Ability to travel across Wales in a timely manner if required.

• Welsh Speaker

Skills and Attributes

• Demonstrate strategic thinking.
• Ability to problem solve and respond to sudden unexpected demands.
• Able to identify and resolve risks in highly complex scenarios.
• Proven ability to implement, monitor and report on quality and outcomes of developments.
• Highly skilled communicator able to influence, provide and receive, convey and present complex and potentially contentious information to large groups, responding to questions to ensure full understanding and engagement.
• Ability to analyse and understand a broad range of information quickly and make decisions where opinions differ or there is no obvious solution.
• Ability to interpret national policy and offer subject matter expertise to influence direction and implementation, with the confidence to debate this on a national stage.
• Able to concentrate for prolonged periods under pressure and adapt to unpredictable demands.
• Keyboard and informatics skills

Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.

This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed

It is essential that your application demonstrates how you meet the job description / person specification for this post.

Please note that HEIW does not currently hold a licence to appoint skilled workers from overseas by sponsoring them to work in the UK. If successful, candidates from outside of the UK or ROI would be responsible for obtaining their own sponsorship or visa to enable them to work for HEIW - Work in the UK.