Advisor (Evaluations) - Delivery Team - Cambridge, United Kingdom - Health Innovation East (Eastern AHSN)

Health Innovation East (Eastern AHSN)
Health Innovation East (Eastern AHSN)
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Cambridge, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Job summary and purpose:


One of Health Innovation East's key objectives is to evaluate the impact of new innovations in the real-world to support their spread and adoption.

We carry out and commission a wide range of mixed methods evaluations covering a breadth of innovation and health and social care areas.


This role would work with Principal and Senior Advisors to support with data collection and analysis for our evaluation projects within the East of England and beyond.


Specifically, the post holder will:
- monitor timely progress and ensure successful completion of the project
- agree and deliver project evaluation plans
- engage with project stakeholders
- conduct analysis of quantitative and qualitative data
- report findings
- ensure findings are communicated locally and nationally through an agreed communications strategy
- track progress of ongoing service improvements to agreed timescales and produce monthly highlight reports


Key responsibilities:

To be responsible for formulating, agreeing and delivering evaluation projects

  • To support the conduction of semistructured interviews and focus groups, and host participant workshops to gather qualitative data
  • To analyse quantitative and qualitative data collected as part of the project
  • To report on findings
  • To draft relevant sections of the final project report
  • To write monthly highlight reports
  • Maintaining and updating project plans (including key milestones, risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies) and escalating concerns to the programme manager as appropriate
  • To plan the communication of the evaluation report including through the development of communications materials such as blogs and impacts stories, to inform future implementation efforts
  • To contribute to and support other administrative, business and team processes and activities as required

Corporate and personal responsibilities

  • Promote equal opportunities and affirm that staff, colleagues, patients, and others who encounter Health Innovation East are afforded equality of access, experience and outcomes.
  • Observe Health Innovation East's equity, diversity and inclusion pledges in every aspect of your work, avoiding any behaviour which discriminates against colleagues, potential employees, patients, or partners on any grounds
  • Uphold and promote the organisation's values
  • Work flexibly and collaboratively with others to achieve the organisation's goals and support its values
  • Support the organisation in creating an environment that values risk management and promotes the highest standards of health and safety for Health Innovation East's employees, supported by policies and procedures as appropriate
  • Ensure up to date knowledge is maintained and comply with current data protection laws and company data protection and confidentiality policies and procedures
  • Ensure that we only operate within our remit of not offering clinical advice
  • Adhere to all company policies and procedures and any applicable legislation

Person specification

Essential

Measured at:


Desirable

Qualifications and training:

Educated to degree level, or with equivalent professional experience in healthcare evaluation.

Application


Knowledge and understanding:

Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis techniques

Good working knowledge of risk management best practice or willingness to learn

Knowledge of information governance, security, GDPR legislation and guidance or willingness to learn

Application / Interview

Interview

Interview

Application/Interview

Knowledge of healthcare evaluation design

Experience of project management methodologies

Knowledge of implementation and improvement science and/or implementation of evidence into practice

Awareness of strategic challenges facing the NHS (with a working knowledge of Eastern region preferred)


Skills:

Knowledge of qualitative data collection methods

Strong qualitative and quantitative data analysis skills

Meeting and workshop facilitation skills

Excellent written communication and report writing skills

Able to manage own workload and prioritise work in response to changing requirements and demands

Strong organisational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to multitask and work to strict deadlines

Proficient in use of a range of IT software, including MS Word, Ms project, Excel and PowerPoint

Excellent communication skills - ability to receive and understand complex information, summarise and disseminate to varied audiences

Able to engage effectively with diverse staff groups

Application / Interview

Ability to create compelling offers for paid work


Experience:

Experience of conducting quantitative and qualitative research (data collection and analysis)

Experience of writing reports for a range of audiences

Experience of working in an autonomous fashion, working within defined parameters to meet objectives

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