About the job

Summary

We are looking for an innovative Head of Research and Intelligence to lead our work in making best use of our data. This is a high profile and key role internally and externally, central to our strategic ambition to use our data, information from inspections and feedback from patients to provide a sharper focus to our regulatory work, improve the information we produce, and shape our policy development. We aim to improve the evidence base for treatment, raise the quality of services and, crucially, help fertility patients make what are some of the most difficult treatment decisions in modern medicine.

Job description

You will develop and support your team ensuring it can shape internal and external decision making using our data. You will work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to develop research and intelligence work, setting out how we will use outcome data, inspection intelligence and patient feedback to improve the quality of care in the fertility sector.

Responsibilities

Dynamic and self-motivated, you will have excellent communication skills and an ability to clearly articulate our intelligence strategy to technical and non-technical audiences alike.

Benefits

• Learning and development tailored to your role

•An environment with flexible working options

• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity

• A Civil Service pension

27. 5 days annual leave

Things you need to know

Security

Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.

People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.

Selection process details

To apply please go to https://beta.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/G0002-22-6355

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with settled or pre-settled status or who apply for either status by the deadline of the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
• relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
• certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals

Further information on nationality requirements

Working for the Civil Service

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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

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