Address
Form of work
SalaryA Vacancy at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.
We are looking for a motivated and innovative leader to help us to develop and deliver ambitious plans for effective services as part of the soon to be established East Midlands RRDN.
Along with 11 other Regional Delivery Networks and aNetwork Co-ordinating Centre, this will form the NIHR Research Delivery Network. The new NIHR Research Delivery Network (RDN) will operate as one unified organisation across England, balancing regional context, expertise and leadership with national coordination and strategy involving government policymakers.
Experience of working across a networked environment will be essential, with skills to understand and engage across multiple complex agendas and develop strong partnerships. The RRDN will require influencing and negotiation skills, and will seek to build strong and lasting partnerships which will provide increasing research opportunities across diverse communities to help address complex and ever evolving health and care challenges.
As a versatile and visible leader, you will ensure that there are appropriate systems and processes in place to deliver objectives and drive forward our services to improve the operational effectiveness of the RRDN.
As the RRDN is currently transitioning from the Clinical Research Network, your experience and skills in times of transformation and change will be critical. We will require expert leadership to deliver service transformation, people change and continual support for stakeholders and partners as we collectively embrace these changes to make our strategic ambitions become a reality.
This role will report into the Network Director and provide visible, dynamic and effective senior leadership. You will work closely with the RRDN Strategic Development Director as part of the Leadership Team, along with the Health and Care Directors (Medical and NMAHP).
As a newly forming organisation, the RRDN is advertising both the Operations and Strategic Director roles at the same time, and anticipates some applicants may wish to express a preference for more than one of these roles.
Please indicate this within your supporting statement, and where this is the case, please ensure your application addresses the requirements of both roles.
Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).
We have four primary goals:
• high-quality care for all,
• being a great place to work,
• partnerships for impact, and
• research and education excellence
And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.
Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:
• we are compassionate,
• we are proud,
• we are inclusive, and
• we are one team
This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.
About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:
http://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/aboutus/work-for-us/current-vacancies/
Key Result Areas:
• Strategic Leadership
• Business Planning
• Operational Management
• Organisational Development
• Performance Management
• Life Sciences Industry
• Financial Management Responsibilities
• Continuous Improvement
• NHS and Non-NHS Engagement
• Ensuring Patient, Carer and Public Impact on Delivery of RDN Strategy
• Corporate Governance
Primary Working Relationships:
• NIHR RDN Executive Team (including RDN Strategic Development Director)
• NIHR RDN Senior Management Team
• Peer NIHR RRDN Operations Directors
• RRDN Health and Care Research Directors
• Senior leaders within the RRDN region for other NIHR infrastructure and entities, NHS England, Health Innovation Networks (HINs), Integrated Care Boards (ICBs)/Integrated Care Systems (ICS'), NHS Trusts, Primary Care providers, Universities, Local Authorities and other providers of health and social care services
• RRDN Host Organisation Corporate Support Teams
• RRDN Partner Organisation R&D and Finance Leads
please see job description/person specification for further details on the role
This advert closes on Thursday 22 Feb 2024
