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Job summary

The postholder will lead on strategic direction and provide the technical expertise to ensure delivery of the high-profile NHS Research SDE Network, an interoperable and federated system that will improve outcomes through better research and grow the economy by bringing life sciences to the UK.

Reporting to the Deputy Director of Data for Research (and Programme Director for the Data for R&D programme) as Associate Director of the NHS Research SDE Network, the post holder will lead and work as part of a dynamic team in delivering an effective service supporting and managing staff across the Data for Research Team.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for :

• Leadership in design and delivery of the NHS Research SDE Network, working closely with the Programme Director and SRO.
• Be the technical expert for development of the NHS Research SDE Network.
• Leading the development, implementation and maintenance of the essential common operating model and standard operating proceduresto deliver a single user experience across the Network.
• Fostering a culture of collaboration with key internal and external stakeholders to ensure delivery of updates, progress reports, challenges, and partnerships within the Network
• Be part of the Programme SLT and Programme Board, representing NHS Research SDEs, including ownership of reporting and raising board level risks and issues
• Take a leading role working with SMEs and external partners to form partnerships and solutions around multi-modal data and interoperability.
• Lead and oversee delivery of the SDE Network to ensure on-time and on-budget delivery as well as risk management.
• Making recommendations, providing advice and preparing reports and briefings for senior stakeholders as well as representing the Programme as the senior leader for delivery of the SDE Network.
• Building, managing, leading and supporting a team of SDE leads.
• Championing and promoting at every opportunity the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion, whilst also driving continual improvements to support a diverse and inclusive workforce.

About us

The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by :

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Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

The Associate Director will be responsible for fostering more widespread data partnerships with industry, that offer value back to the NHS and support the NHS to be a world leader.

Working with a range of stakeholders across the health, research, life science and government ecosystem, the Data for R&D programme is leading the design, commissioning and delivery oversight of at-scale data assets and data partnerships that support priority use cases, including supporting clinical research, early cancer diagnosis, and the development of new digital therapies.

The postholder will also provide senior coordination within NHSE for work to transition away from data dissemination to SDE access as the default. They will work across other groups such as DPU, CTO, and D&A to deliver both the SDE Network and lead cross-programme interactions to ensure the activities contributing to this complex change are fully aligned.

The Associate Director for the NHS Research SDE Network will also be responsible for leading and overseeing regional and NHS England SDE teams through the SDE Community of Practice (CoP). This CoP will co-design and agree implementation of the Network through NHSE teams and partner NHS organisations.

The CoP consists of six groups :

Technology and infrastructure

PPIE and Comms

IG and Ethics

Commercial Principles

Operations and Services

Data

These groups come together monthly to discuss challenges, explore solutions, and make recommendations that the Community will ratify with the Research SDE SRO Board.

The Associate Director for the NHS Research SDE Network will lead and oversee the overall Community, provide senior input, challenge, and guidance to agendas, ensure cross cutting themes are surfaced across all groups, and ensure the CoP delivers on commitments and agreements.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Skills Capabilities and Attributes

Essential

Values and Behaviours

Essential

Qualifications

Essential