Senior Innovation Advisor
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
London, NW1 5JDView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£58,133 to £65,261
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
1 November 2026
12 days leftJob description
The role of Senior Innovation Advisor is to support complex change by bringing energy, expertise, and empathy to bear in the development, execution, a...
The post-holder will work on several (e.g. two-to-three) external projects at one time. This will include a mixture of shorter-term projects (of circa six to twelve weeks), and projects within longer term programmes of activity (circa twelve months).
The post-holder is responsible for leading specific elements of a project (such as research, analysis, and materials production), working with significant self-direction; and for providing support to successfully manage the completion of the project to time and within the allocated resources.
General expectations
You will be working across a complex set of relationships, challenges, and innovations to contribute to service transformation. You will be able to think laterally, build strong trusted relationships quickly, and work as a productive team member. You will bring an appetite for analytics, evidence, and learning in everything you do and have an ability to understand new subjects rapidly. In particular, the Senior Innovation Advisor is expected to:
Demonstrate behaviours that live our organisational values of collaboration, courage, quality, and impact
Show a commitment to learning, self-reflection, appraisal, and development, including undertaking a Personal Development Plan annually
Operate in an environment of significant complexity and ambiguity, taking time to understand the context of the operating environment and demonstrating good judgement (including seeking counsel from others when needed)
Exhibit a curiosity about the work going on across the organisation, and share with others, internally and externally, impactful work that ICHP supports to enable innovation and resolve complex problems
Actively seek to participate in available project opportunities, with an approximate expectation of being involved in project work for up to 80-85% of your time, and working on several projects at any one time (with a mix of longer-term and shorter-term projects). This is not a formal performance metric, but a rule-of thumb to guide decisions about workload and resourcing.
The description of the role is generic, without reference to specific projects or programmes, which will change over time. Postholders will be assigned to specific projects and programmes during the year, in line with the objectives and development plan agreed each year. Postholders will be expected to work in project-based matrix teams, working with colleagues drawn from across the organisation.
Please see further information in the full job description PDF.
ICHP is a partnership organisation bringing together healthcare providers and universities across North West London. We work collaboratively across our health and research ecosystem in NWL and with industry partners to deliver innovation in practice.
- Health: a healthier population, enabled by a systematic focus on prevention, detection and treatment of disease
- Growth: a vibrant UK economy driven by a productive population and thriving healthcare and life sciences industry
- Service: a sustainable health and care service that delivers high quality care for all citizens
- Create: cultivate the best conditions for the end-to-end testing and scaling of innovation
- Advance: data-driven change, harnessing our capabilities and assets across the lifecycle
- Sustain: support our members with the problems of today, enabling an NHS Fit for the Future
- Shape: the future of health through investments in advanced technologies and funding models
We deliver our goals and priorities through our core portfolios (missions) and our plus work (fee for service).
Core Portfolios
- Cardiorenal Metabolic Disease
- Obesity
- Children and Young Peoples Mental Health
- Innovator Support
- Patient safety
Plus services
- Real World Evidence
- Evaluation
- Qualitative Insights
- Service Transformation
Values, Behaviours and Personal Attributes
Essential
- Demonstrable commitment to the organisation's values: collaboration, courage, quality and impact
- Commitment to quality, promoting high standards and consistently improving patient outcomes
- Demonstrates and promotes high standards of quality customer care to internal and external customers
- Problem-solving skills and a can-do attitude
- Commitment to continual improvement
- Flexibility to look beyond existing structures and ways of working to develop more effective and innovative approaches
- Tenacity in completing tasks and willingness to ask for help when required
- Methodical approach with strong attention to detail
- Works across boundaries, seeking collective success and valuing the contributions of others
- Self-awareness and emotional intelligence, with cultural sensitivity and awareness; able to act on feedback
- Professional conduct in relation to confidentiality, security, integrity, honesty, performance, attendance and appearance
- Health clearance by Occupational Health for the specified role
Skills and Capabilities
Essential
- Ability to work autonomously, making appropriate decisions and seeking management support when required
- Ability to prioritise workload effectively in a fast-paced, pressured environment and work to strict deadlines using a systematic approach
- Competence in working with quantitative and qualitative data to produce relevant, robust and action-oriented conclusions
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills to produce reports, letters, presentations, spreadsheets and email correspondence
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with confidence to communicate effectively with different audiences
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team and build strong working relationships
Desirable
- Developed communication skills to deliver key messages to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, including very senior audiences
- Highly organised, flexible and proactive, with the ability to anticipate issues, create solutions and resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery in a dynamic environment
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Overview knowledge and understanding of the NHS, including funding and organisational realities
- Experience of delivering complex healthcare-related improvement projects and programmes alongside senior clinical and operational professionals
- Experience of developing, delivering and managing complex improvement projects as part of a multi-disciplinary team
Desirable: - Knowledge of health research methods and systems thinking
Qualifications
Essential: - Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Master's level qualification or equivalent experience
- PRINCE2 or equivalent experience in the management of complex projects
- Evidence of post-qualifying and continuing professional development
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Provenance
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First seen
20 October 2026
Last checked
20 October 2026
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