NHS Clinical Engagement Fellow - 18 month FTC or Secondment
Our Future Health, United Kingdom
Job Description
We are looking for an NHS Clinical Engagement Fellow to lead the consultation and co-design of a pivotal work programme with NHS stakeholders. The Feedback and Recontact programme plans to return health information to Our Future Health participants and enable studies involving recall by phenotype and genotype. This role involves orchestrating robust engagement initiatives, facilitating co-creation processes, and integrating stakeholder insights into the development of this programme. The fellow will act as a liaison, aligning the organisation's objectives with NHS programmes and policies, and adapting strategies to meet the unique demands of various health systems across the UK.
Despite big improvements in healthcare in our lifetimes, today millions of people in the UK still live in poor health as they get older. Diseases like cancer, dementia, diabetes, and heart disease affect the lives of many people in our communities. Our goal is to create a world-leading resource for health research, to improve our understanding and spot the patterns of how and why common diseases start, so treatments can begin sooner and be more effective.
Our Future Health will be the UK’s largest ever health research programme, bringing people together to develop new ways to detect, prevent, and treat diseases. We are a charity, supported by the UK Government, in partnership with charities and industry. We work closely with the NHS and with public authorities across all nations and regions of the UK.
What you’ll be doing
You will input into and co-design a programme of consultation with health system stakeholders, led by the NHS Consultation Manager across the four nations to inform the development and operationalisation of Our Future Health’s Feedback and Recontact programme. In this role, your key responsibilities will include but not be limited to:
- Draw on knowledge of the NHS and broader healthcare contexts to advise Our Future Health on the optimal means of opening routes to dialogue with NHS stakeholders, including ‘on the ground’ healthcare professionals.
- Support the Deputy CMO in building and establishing strong relationships for Our Future Health’s Feedback and Recontact work with NHS England, Royal Colleges and other professional bodies.
- Work in partnership with our Director of NHS Links (Non-Clinical) to ensure all our interactions with the health system are joined up where possible.
- Co-curating workshops or roundtables with the NHS Consultation Manager and external agencies to enable for NHS stakeholders on key design and development aspects of its Feedback and Recontact workstream.
- Searching proactively for where it would be appropriate for Our Future Health to discuss its work on Feedback and Recontact and working with internal Science colleagues to support presentations (e.g., symposia or conferences).
- Working closely with the existing regional engagement teams and their stakeholder relationships to engage those communities with our plans for future work.
- Supporting the Executive team in the establishment and negotiation of Our Future Health’s integration points with the NHS e.g., the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme, and the Genomic Medicine Service.
- Acting as an SME in either Public Health or Clinical Genetics, both internally to advise and externally in building relationships with the health system.
- Working with regional engagement teams to ensure that as we expand into the Devolved Administrations, we have engaged leaders in these health systems in consultation and co-design of our Feedback programme, taking into account the differences in those national health systems.
- Working with the internal Science team to author the publications on our process and development of the policies and products.
Requirements
To succeed, you will have some of the following skills and experience:
- Medical Doctor with a valid licence to practice in the UK.
- Currently or recently practicing within the NHS or, in the case of Public Health within central or regional government.
- Experience in stakeholder engagement, consultation, and co-design methodologies.
- Experience in identifying and bringing quality improvements and innovations into practice in the health system.
- Excellent communication, leadership, and organizational skills.
- Experience in strategic communication and successful negotiation with executive-level individuals within complex healthcare environments.
- Proven track record of working in interdisciplinary teams and managing complex projects.
- Demonstrates a high degree of teamwork, with ability to build rapport with diverse teams from different professional backgrounds and foster an atmosphere of mutual support.
- Strong interpersonal skills and a commitment to developing and maintainin