Job overview

Our purpose at Health Innovation West of England (HIWE) is to transform lives through innovation.  Our license remit, working in close partnership with our local systems and stakeholders, is to develop a rich pipeline of demonstrably useful, evidence-based innovation and to support adoption and spread of proven innovation across the systems we serve.  

In April 2024, we published our five-year strategy, which sets out our core priorities and ambitions to ensure all communities in the West of England benefit faster from the best innovations in health and care and with an increased focus on prevention, early intervention, reducing health  inequalities and championing the use of data and digital solutions to improve patient and citizen outcomes. 

 As we mobilise to deliver our strategic ambitions, we recognise the need to further expand our capability and capacity for collaboration, in particular with community-based organisations, local authorities, public health teams, industry and academia - as well as with wider networks within and outside our geography, including with the national Health Innovation Network.

The postholder will lead the development of this expanded collaboration, and in addition will be responsible for a significant portfolio of projects and programmes, including but not limited to third-party commissioned innovation projects secured in addition to our core national commissions.

Main duties of the job

 Strategic Partnership and Programme Delivery

• To collaborate with HIWE’s wider integrated care, health innovation and research systems, (for example local authorities and community-based organisations) in the design and delivery of new strategic projects and engagement activities.

·       To collaborate with, engage and deepen existing relationships with key stakeholders across the wider health innovation network and wider health and social care systems and partner organisations

• To lead and oversee the work of programme team members supporting the strategic partnership and delivery portfolio 
• Be a role model for best practice, learning from experience and from others, supporting the spread of innovation within the organisation, local systems and beyond
• Engage and manage relationships with stakeholders to achieve a common purpose and realise mutual benefits in line with our strategic intent

Business Development and Growth

• To contribute to the delivery and growth of the business development pipeline (in line with HIWE’s business development ambitions), securing funding from a range of funders, and collaborating with our diverse and multi-disciplinary stakeholder communities
• Contribute to achievement of HIWE’s ‘shift left’ strategy through securing additional partnership funding in collaboration with system partners. 

Working for our organisation

At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are proud to be in the top 20 best hospitals to work for in the country. 

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.