Director of Life Sciences Policy

1 month ago

South Milford, United Kingdom NHS England Full time

Job summary

This is a key leadership role driving Innovation and Research within the NHS with an exciting and expansive portfolio of work. The successful candidate will drive Life Sciences Policy and Strategy for NHS England, lead exciting and innovative programmes of work including Horizon Scanning and Demand Signalling, and build a public facing profile to support the work of the team.

Main duties of the job

The Director of Life Sciences Policy and Strategy is a key member of the IRLSS senior leadership team. It is a highly visible role that will engage frequently with Ministers, NHS England executives, and senior external stakeholders including industry. The team will lead on the development of key national innovation and research initiatives and lead on cross-cutting pieces of work such as developing industry partnerships alongside OLS, leading on work to understand the value of NHS health data, and identifying innovative ways to fund innovation.

The post holder will have:

In-depth knowledge of both the innovation and research landscapes, key challenges, organizational structures and the ability to build credibility and trust with very senior colleagues in government, academia, industry and the NHS Delivery skills to shape and run multiple programmes, including the Horizon Scanning and Demand Signalling programme of work Extensive experience developing cross-government strategies and then delivering against these Exceptional strategy skills to tackle complex challenges and translate these into real, practical programmes of work Exceptional communication skills to work with Ministers, senior external stakeholders, and NHS England executives. The ability to build a public facing profile to support the work of the team

About us

The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:

Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities. Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential. Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation Delivering value for money.

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Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

Job description

Job responsibilities

A key leadership role within NHS England, with accountability for:

Providing leadership on life sciences strategy and policy, ensuring clear priorities for delivery and clear direction for the directorate. This includes ensuring alignment to the Long Term Plan, departmental priorities and ministerial priorities as they emerge. Providing leadership on overseeing the implementation of these priorities to the Director of IRLSS and NHS executive team Leading the Horizon Scanning and Demand Signalling team as it shapes a portfolio that addresses the needs of the new NHS England Leading the AAC operations and delivery team as it supports the IRLSS sub-directorate Leading the Innovation Ecosystem Programme, which reports into the Chief Executive of the NHS and to the Life Sciences Council

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Desirable

Educated to Masters level or equivalent level or equivalent experience of working at a senior level in specialist area

Skills

Essential

Delivery skills to shape and run multiple programmes, including the Horizon Scanning and Demand Signalling programme of work Exceptional strategy skills to tackle complex challenges and translate these into real, practical programmes of work The ability to build a public facing profile to support the work of the team and exceptional communication skills to work with Ministers, senior external stakeholders, and NHS England executives.

Knowledge

Essential

In-depth knowledge of both the innovation and research landscapes, key challenges, organizational structures and the ability to build credibility and trust with very senior colleagues in government, academia, industry and the NHS

Experience

Essential

Extensive experience developing cross-government strategies and then delivering against these

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