Job overview

Health Innovation West of England is commissioned by the Office for Life Sciences (OLS) and NHS England to deliver programmes of support to accelerate the creation and adoption of health innovations, delivering improved outcomes for the population and generating economic growth, regionally and nationally with supporting companies/innovators to scale and create new jobs and investment. 

The Discovery and Development function leads our engagement with healthcare companies across all technology sectors (e.g. services, digital, medical technology, diagnostics ) and health and care system partners to identify priorities and solve problems. 

The team works across our commissioned programmes to identify opportunities to build partnerships with the commercial sector and work within the NHS England and OLS Commission, along with our wider team, to provide advice on commercialisation, market access and deployment. 

The team partners with wider programme delivery functions. focusing on building partnerships between the NHS and commercial sector, to accelerate the adoption of solutions that improve the health and economy of our region. 

This newly created role will also support the delivery of scanning activities to identify new products and innovations that meet the needs of cancer pathways, as part of our strategic partnership with the Somerset, Wiltshire, Avon and Gloucestershire Cancer Alliance.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will support the Discover and Develop Programme to enhance and provide a customised support service to innovators who may come from industrial, health service or academic backgrounds. This includes: 

• Managing a diverse portfolio of innovations at various stages of the innovation pipeline, ensuring they have an effective gap analysis and plan around their support needs.
• Supporting the design and delivery of tailored support packages for innovators, in line with the Health Innovation Network’s Universal, Enhanced, and Distinctive offers. 
• Providing an interface between innovators and the health and care system to allow for knowledge exchange, feedback and advice that guides innovation development. 
• Leading the planning and delivery of a range of events and activities for innovators, industry and system colleagues.
• Support the delivery of scanning activities to identify new products and innovations that meet the needs of our local health and care organisations. 
• Working closely with the wider team and system partners to identify key challenges and priorities within health and care pathways across the West of England, and supporting the identification of innovative solutions.  
• Responsible for day-to-day line management of staff, along with flexible, time-bound task management of colleagues from various disciplines and seniority levels.

Working for our organisation

Support the identification of opportunities for the discovery, development and deployment of exciting new health and care solutions.

Are you passionate about improving patient outcomes through innovation?

Do you have industry experience combined with NHS expertise?

Would you enjoy planning and delivering support to a range of exciting new innovations?

If so, we are seeking a dynamic and motivated person to join our innovator support function. They will bring a variety of skills and experience to support promising innovations and enable healthcare transformation in the West of England. Candidates with knowledge and experience in cancer are particularly welcomed.

This is an exciting time to be working at Health Innovation West of England; if you would like to work in a dynamic and vibrant team and help accelerate innovation across health and care, then this role may be for you! With headquarters in Bristol, we support agile working. You will need to be able to travel regularly to our office or to other locations within our geography and nationally for in-person meetings and events.

We value a workforce in which people’s varied backgrounds and experiences bring diverse perspectives and fresh ideas, driving the development and spread of transformational innovations. We welcome applications from diverse communities to ensure our team is dynamic, vibrant and reflects the populations we serve.