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Job Offer: NIHR Research Delivery Network Deputy Health and Care Director:Job description:Job location: Leeds, London We seek to appoint three individuals to these posts through a secondment from their current employing organisation. candidates should seek agreement from their employing organisation prior to submitting an application. Responsible for supporting the leadership abilities and prosperous delivery of RDN activities in these domains: » Specialties & Settings » Stakeholder Engagement » Strategic Development Direct reports: » National Specialty and Setting Leads Overview of the function The University of Leeds has been chosen by the UK government to lead the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Research Delivery Network Coordinating Centre, and will be joined by 12 new Regional Delivery Networks, hosted by NHS organisations across the country to form the NIHR Research Delivery Network. The new NIHR Research Delivery Network (RDN) will operate as one unified organisation across England, balancing regional context, skills and leadership abilities with national coordination and strategy involving government policymakers. this function will report into the Strategic Development Director and provide visible and effective senior leadership abilities across the specialties and settings. You will deputise for the Strategic Development Director as the senior clinician for RDN when required, providing clinical opinion in relation to research delivery as required. You will use your own broad, and current, knowledge of the health and care environment, combined with intelligence gathered from a range of national and international sources, to support the Strategic Development Director and Deputy Director to identify opportunities and challenges for the future development of capacity and capcapability in research delivery. You will be required to undertake activities in support of the strategies developed and you will have senior oversight of those activities. The RDN will appoint a cohort of Health and Care Specialty and Setting Leads (SSLs) to whom you will provide senior health and care leadership abilities and strategic oversight. The SSLs will provide senior leadership abilities and strategic direction for matters of research delivery across their individual setting or specialty and you will provide senior leadership abilities and strategic direction for matters of research delivery for a number of cross-cutting themes. You will support the Strategic Development Director and Deputy Director in the organisation-wide shift in ways of working and culture that is required to ensure the network functions as a single organisation with a shared purpose and vision across England, specifically in relation to the SSLs. this function requires exceptional strategic knowledge of research delivery and practice of the NHS and social care landscapes, the NIHR and government health and care research strategies. The RDN is a multifaceted, diverse and ambitious organisation, and you will be able to provide credible leadership abilities across organisational boundaries and be comfortable working out with conventional management hierarchies. Working with both health and care organisations, staff and professional groups, you will have presence and will be able to demonstrate inspirational leadership abilities and influence in a host of settings. With the capability to think strategically and grasp complex policy and political issues, you will have a strong knowledge of health and care research delivery policy and practice, and of the opportunities and challenges in maximising health and care research for the benefit of patients and the public. This national function requires substantial national travel and some international travel. Interviews will be held face to face in Leeds and will likely take place during w/c 13th or 20th May 2024 Skills:
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