Innovation Clinical Fellow

Job overview

The Innovation Clinical Fellow is a 2 year post based within the Alder Hey Innovation Hub. The role supports the delivery of clinician led innovation by contributing clinical insight, supporting innovation projects, and working with internal and external partners to develop and test new healthcare solutions that improve outcomes for children and young people.

The post is advertised as one day per week, with potential to explore extension of 1 day per week by mutual agreement, subject to service requirements and funding.

Main duties of the job

• Work closely with the Clinical Director of Innovation to support the strategic and operational delivery of the Trust’s innovation portfolio.
• Contribute clinical expertise to innovation projects from problem definition through to solution development and implementation.
• Collaborate with innovation project managers, multidisciplinary teams, and external partners including SMEs and corporate organisations.
• Support the design and delivery of health technology, innovation and design education sessions.
• Participate in innovation meetings to identify unmet clinical needs and opportunities for improvement across the Trust.
• Act as an ambassador for the Innovation Hub, including demonstrating new technologies to internal and external visitors.
• Support the Trust’s ambition to build national and international recognition as a leader in healthcare innovation.
• Engage with research and evaluation activity where appropriate to support the evidence base for innovation.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day clinical input into innovation projects aligned with Trust priorities and patient needs. Work with innovation project managers to scope, plan, and deliver projects within agreed timescales. Translate clinical challenges into clearly defined innovation problems and contribute to co-designed solutions with patients, families and staff. Attend and actively contribute to innovation forums, meetings and team sessions across the Trust. Support the development and delivery of innovation education, including health technology, design thinking and clinical entrepreneurship. Demonstrate emerging technologies and innovation outputs to stakeholders, visitors and partners as part of training and engagement programmes. Build effective working relationships with clinical teams, researchers, academics and industry partners. Provide clinical insight and advice to innovation partners to ensure solutions are safe, relevant and clinically appropriate. Where appropriate, participate in research, audit or evaluation activities linked to innovation projects. Maintain professional development in both clinical practice and innovation-related skills to support progression into future leadership roles in healthcare innovation.
• Provide day-to-day clinical input into innovation projects aligned with Trust priorities and patient needs.
• Work with innovation project managers to scope, plan, and deliver projects within agreed timescales.
• Translate clinical challenges into clearly defined innovation problems and contribute to co-designed solutions with patients, families and staff.
• Attend and actively contribute to innovation forums, meetings and team sessions across the Trust.
• Support the development and delivery of innovation education, including health technology, design thinking and clinical entrepreneurship.
• Demonstrate emerging technologies and innovation outputs to stakeholders, visitors and partners as part of training and engagement programmes.
• Build effective working relationships with clinical teams, researchers, academics and industry partners.
• Provide clinical insight and advice to innovation partners to ensure solutions are safe, relevant and clinically appropriate.
• Where appropriate, participate in research, audit or evaluation activities linked to innovation projects.
• Maintain professional development in both clinical practice and innovation-related skills to support progression into future leadership roles in healthcare innovation.