Job overview

Our purpose at Health Innovation West of England is to transform lives through innovation.  We work in partnership with our local systems and stakeholders, to develop a rich pipeline of useful, evidence-based innovation and to support adoption and spread of proven innovation across the systems we serve.   
The primary function of the Evaluation and Insights team is to advise on and deliver real-world evaluation of innovations to understand their impact on patients, staff and the health economy. 
The key responsibility of the Senior Research Evaluator (mixed-methods) is to deliver mixed-methods evaluations which demonstrate the impact of innovation on systems, staff and patient experience and outcomes. 
This will involve a range of evaluation and analytical activities for complex, high-profile projects and programmes. The work will include; rapid evidence syntheses; quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis; statistical analysis; data modelling and report writing.
This role has been advertised alongside a Senior Research Evaluator (quantitative). Applicants with strong qualitative and quantitative skills may apply for either role. If you would like to be considered for both roles, please indicate this in your cover letter.
This is a permanent role. If you are interested in a fixed-term appointment of 6 to 12 months instead, we are willing to consider this. Please indicate in your cover letter if this is your preference.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will deliver real-world evaluations which demonstrate the impact of innovation on systems, staff and patient experience and outcomes. These will often be mixed-methods and will require the collection and analysis of qualitative (e.g interviews, focus groups) and quantitative data (e.g. surveys, routinely collected data), and use of descriptive analysis and inferential statistics.

Key responsibilities include:
•    Working with programme teams to manage the delivery of evaluation activities on time and to budget.
•    Designing and developing patient and staff information leaflets and consent forms, logic models, surveys, topic guides, data collection templates, and outcomes frameworks. 
•    Using tools such as Excel or SPSS to analyse and report on survey and routine data, and specialist qualitative software like NVivo for thematic analysis and Zoho survey for collection of online questionnaire data. 
•    Producing high quality documents and reports as required using a range of MS Office products (e.g. Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
•    Managing the dissemination of analytics and evaluation knowledge in relevant forums and media, working with our communication team and collaborating with our partner community across academic, NHS and other stakeholders. 
•    Providing guidance, advice and support to HIWE (and/or ICS partners) on evaluation tools, principles and techniques.

Working for our organisation

The Health Innovation West of England is one of 15 Health Innovations across England, established by NHS England to spread proven health innovation at pace and scale. We connect and collaborate with our local NHS and care organisations and universities, and with industry partners, the third sector, and researchers to support transformation across whole health and social care systems, with a clear focus on improving outcomes for citizens. We are an NHS organisation and employment with our Health Innovation is through the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. 
With headquarters in, Filton Bristol, we support agile working and welcome applications from applicants seeking flexible working opportunities. You will need to be able to travel to one of our office bases or occasionally to other locations within our geography and nationally for in-person meetings and events.
We value a workforce where people’s varied backgrounds and experiences bring different perspectives and fresh ideas resulting in the development and spread of transformational innovations. We therefore welcome applications from diverse communities to ensure our team is dynamic, vibrant and reflects the populations we serve.
Find out more about the Health Innovation West of England at www.healthinnowest.net or follow @healthinnowest on linkedin.