Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (857)
As a member of the Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (HNY ICB) and the Innovation, Research and Improvement System (IRIS) team, the Knowledge Mobilisation Business Partner will facilitate and promote the use of knowledge, intelligence, and evidence from academic research, national and regional guidance, reports, publications, and tools in the health and care sector.
The Knowledge Mobilisation Business Partner will be part of the core IRIS team which is embedded within the Clinical and Care Professional Directorate at HNY ICB, but will also work alongside HNY's Population Health Intelligence Team, based within our Corporate Affairs Directorate. The post will also work closely with the Knowledge Mobilisation Lead at the National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaborative Yorkshire and Humber (NIHR YHARC).
Main duties of the job
The postholder will form a bridge between the NIHR YH ARC, HNY ICB, academia, and the wider Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership. They will capture and communicate the needs of local decision makers in the health and care system and work with the YH ARC and the HNY ICB population health team to identify existing evidence-based treatments and models of care, and support them into practice, working with practitioners and service users. The post holder will work at a strategic level, providing senior level knowledge transfer leadership within the region to support the development and delivery of national and local work priorities.
The post-holder will collaborate with knowledge mobilisation specialists in South Yorkshire ICB and West Yorkshire ICB and will be expected to travel across the Yorkshire and Humber region.
Person Specification
Skills and Competencies
* Proven project management skills and the ability to take a lead role in project management and development.
* Ability to work independently and without close supervision including making appropriate decisions with strategic, operational, and financial implications.
* Ability to think strategically linking active projects to current local and national priorities.
* Ability to assimilate information, e.g., national guidelines, clinical governance, interpret and provide advice on best practice.
* Able to work independently where required, as a team and corporate player.
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to influence, manage conflict, and negotiate at local and regional level.
* Ability to build and maintain relationships and networks with staff at all levels including academia, health care professionals, and senior executives.
* Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, demonstrable commitment to continuous improvement, receptiveness to new ideas and approaches.
* Proficient to a high level in organisational skills with evidence of scheduling to meet tight and challenging deadlines, managing complex and multiple pieces of work.
* Evidence of commitment to learning and development and continuous improvement, including demonstrating personal continuing professional development.
* Skilled to a high level in using software packages, including Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and the internet.
* Willingness and ability to regularly travel to offices in South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to collaborate with colleagues in the Yorkshire and Humber region.
* Political astuteness evidence of commitment and ability to understand diverse interest groups and power bases within organisations and how these inter-relate to affect the network as a whole.
Qualifications
* Educated to masters level or equivalent experience working at a similar level in a specialist area.
* Knowledge of national systems, structures, and processes for supporting research in the NHS.
* Continuous improvement training, accreditation, or qualifications.
Experience
* Relevant experience of knowledge mobilisation to influence policy and/or practice.
* Experience in managing, designing, organising, facilitating, and evaluating knowledge sharing events such as stakeholder meetings, workshops, webinars, events, community forums, and other engagement activities.
* Experience of applying different knowledge management approaches e.g., networking, product development, engagement activities, dissemination to professionals and the public, co-production.
* Evidence of collaborating with non-academics, including the public, generating outputs relevant to different audiences.
* Experience collaborating with senior professionals, such as academics, clinicians, public health leads, and commissioners.
* Relevant experience of working with partners in local authorities, health and social care, and/or the voluntary sector to facilitate/influence change in policy and practice.
* Previous NHS and/or research and/or public health experience.
* Experience of designing and delivering capacity building activities e.g., training, to empower others to mobilise knowledge.
* Evidence of leading on a challenging portfolio containing a mix of policy, strategy, and performance priorities, spanning across organisational boundaries.
* Experience of literature searching and evidence synthesis.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer name
Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (857)
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