A particular and significant task of this post will be to support the Innovation Director, Managing Director of Research & Innovation and Associate Director Research & Innovation in implementing the Trust Research & Innovation Strategy.
The particular objective is to ensure that innovation activity addresses the needs of the Clinical Directorates in delivering the highest quality clinical care. This will require the active development of new collaborations and relationships and the on-going effective management of such.
The Clinical Research & Innovation Office (CRIO) support the institutions to:
- Enable their strategy of developing high quality research, significant funding and capacity building in the continual drive for research and innovation excellence and success.
- Provide a supportive, researcher-centred streamlined approach for the stimulation, training, support, governance, costing and contracting of translational, clinical and health services research activity across the two institutions.
The Postholder Will Work With a Range Of Local, Regional And National Partners To Facilitate Development, Implementation And Delivery Of Innovative Solutions, And Help Develop a Range Of SMART Measures To Assess Performance. Key Areas To Include
Develop partnerships with Industry and Universities.
Produce Innovation case studies.
Facilitate technology adoption.
Ensure that effective information, support and governance systems in place.
Increase Trust staff awareness and engagement in our innovation activities.
Improve our capability and capacity for growth in innovation.
Ensure the exploitation of innovation opportunities.
Develop effective monitoring of relevant and useful Key Performance Indicators.
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest providers of integrated hospital and community-based healthcare providing a comprehensive range of local and tertiary services to the residents of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Mid Yorkshire and North Derbyshire and also some highly specialist services to all parts of England. We have a history of delivering high quality care, training and developing high calibre multidisciplinary health professionals, clinical excellence and innovation in medical research.
The Trust and Faculty of Medicine and Population Health, University of Sheffield have a large and expanding clinical research and innovation portfolio with significant joint Trust-University of Sheffield research and innovation programmes, academic directorates, UK and EU Centres of Excellence and extensive collaborations in the UK.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Dipak Patel Job title: Associate Director of Research & Innovation Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 0114 2265941
