Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
- Oversee the collection, assessment and evaluation of enterprising and innovative staff ideas
- Design, implement and maintain an innovation ideas pipeline, and project management approach to ideas
- Oversee and organise the management of a portfolio of staff enterprise innovation ideas, monitoring and reporting on progress of these and any associated Intellectual Property. Reacting to changes in priorities and plans.
- Apply specialist theoretical knowledge on innovation management, user-centred design and human factors principles to the development of ideas and the pipeline process. As well as employing research methodology knowledge to ensure evidence-based practice and appropriate evaluation.
- Oversee the development of procedures for the effective identification and management of Intellectual Property
- Hold responsibility for ensuring intellectual policy is protected and opportunities for commercialisation are exploited
- Oversee the delivery of the Midtech Ltd contract as part of the wider embedded WMAHSN membership.
- Use networks and specialist knowledge to seek third party companies and academic partners to develop, research and commercialise ideas
- Use specialist expert knowledge to design and implement strategies to resolve novel and unexpected actual/potential barriers to innovation-related activity
- Safeguard the interests of participants involved in innovation-related activity by ensuring that relevant legislation, guidance and policies are complied with. Work with senior stakeholders to develop and implement new governance processes where needed.
- Provide advice and support to other members of staff with regards to innovation management. Mentor and supervise more junior Innovation team staff, acting as a source of expertise.
- Maintain strong relationships and positive communication channels with other key personnel.
- Provide reports on staff enterprise and associated intellectual property management.
- Utilise networks to spread successful innovation research development to elsewhere within the NHS
- Design, use and maintain electronic systems for managing project status and ensuring all project data is entered and stored appropriately
- Use electronic systems for the design and development of innovative digital tools such as apps
For further details please see the attached job description.
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Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
To ensure that we provide world-class patient care, UHCW recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust's Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.
Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust's Values and Behaviours which can be accessed on the right side of this page under the job description.
The Supporting Information Section in your application should therefore reflect your understanding of the Trust's Values and associated Behaviours. You will be expected to provide us with examples from work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviour.
The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities within the workplace. All vacancies will be considered for Job Share unless otherwise stated. All applicants who have a disability and who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be interviewed. Where a post has an overwhelming response, this Trust may use random selection in order to reduce numbers to interview, any disabled applicants will automatically be guaranteed an interview and will be exempt from this process.
UHCW NHS Trust, by virtue of its Green Plan, is committed to ensuring that the way we provide services minimises the impact on the environment and the future health of the public e.g. zero waste to landfill, reducing our carbon footprint and increasing our recycling and reuse percentages.
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