Background
CSGUoL and North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust (NWAFT) are seeking a candidate to develop evidence-based leadership practices for NHS leaders to optimise clinical and public engagement and decision-making in the context of hospital redevelopment - enhancing patient care and outcomes, clinical and public engagement, and effectiveness and productivity.
NWAFT runs three hospitals, delivering care to c850,000 people across East Anglia.
Responsibilities
The candidate will gather rich empirical data and analyse and synthesise prior research as well as the diverse viewpoints that will be captured in ethnographic and interview research done as part of this project. In addition, the candidate will reduce, focus, and translate this information into actionable advice, frameworks, and case study materials.
Specifically, the candidate will conduct stakeholder engagement and public participation activities tailored to healthcare infrastructure projects, develop a context-specific evidence base to guide decision-making and navigate the complex trade-offs involved in hospital redevelopment, and produce and test a managerial toolkit comprising case studies, teaching materials, and training sessions for NWAFT staff.
Person Specification
We are looking for a candidate with a PhD in Management. Experience of applying management and organisational theories in a commercial or academic context is essential, as is experience of qualitative research methods and in techniques of qualitative data analysis.
The ideal candidate will have practical knowledge of working within hospitals and healthcare systems and experience of operating in an academic environment to help the candidate develop case study and training materials.