Innovation Clinical Fellow

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 holder must be GMC registered and the role is open to applicants from FY2 through to ST8 (or equivalent). 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.,

• 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.
  
  As one of Europe's biggest and busiest children's hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions.In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.
Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children's medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world's leaders in children's healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children's specialists. Alongside this is ourInnovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies. We know that a children's hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.