NHS
HIWE: Senior Research Evaluator (mixed-methods)
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Job Description
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- Educated to Masters level or appropriate professional qualification or equivalent experience
- Delivery experience of insights, analytics and evaluation activity in health or social care, or wider life sciences/ education/ academic setting.
- Experience and evidence of working in partnership with NHS or social care organisations at all levels and successfully engaging with multi-disciplinary and / or multi-agency teams to achieve successful outcomes.
- Excellent mixed-methods evaluation and analysis skills
- Ability to identify, plan and deliver a suitable methodological design for process and impact evaluations in collaboration with a supervisor, including the development of logic models and evaluation protocols.
- Effective and flexible team member with experience of juggling multiple projects and working to tight deadlines.
- Educated to Masters level or appropriate professional qualification or equivalent experience
- Delivery experience of insights, analytics and evaluation activity in health or social care, or wider life sciences/ education/ academic setting.
- Experience and evidence of working in partnership with NHS or social care organisations at all levels and successfully engaging with multi-disciplinary and / or multi-agency teams to achieve successful outcomes.
- Excellent mixed-methods evaluation and analysis skills
- Ability to identify, plan and deliver a suitable methodological design for process and impact evaluations in collaboration with a supervisor, including the development of logic models and evaluation protocols.
- Effective and flexible team member with experience of juggling multiple projects and working to tight deadlines.
Job summary
Our purpose at Health Innovation West of England is to transform lives through innovation. We work in partnership with our local systems and stakeholders, to develop a rich pipeline of useful, evidence-based innovation and to support adoption and spread of proven innovation across the systems we serve. The primary function of the Evaluation and Insights team is to advise on and deliver real-world evaluation of innovations to understand their impact on patients, staff and the health economy.The key responsibility of the Senior Research Evaluator (mixed-methods) is to deliver mixed-methods evaluations which demonstrate the impact of innovation on systems, staff and patient experience and outcomes.This will involve a range of evaluation and analytical activities for complex, high-profile projects and programmes. The work will include; rapid evidence syntheses; quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis; statistical analysis; data modelling and report writing.This role has been advertised alongside a Senior Research Evaluator (quantitative). Applicants with strong qualitative and quantitative skills may apply for either role. If you would like to be considered for both roles, please indicate this in your cover letter.This is a permanent role. If you are interested in a fixed-term appointment of 6 to 12 months instead, we are willing to consider this. Please indicate in your cover letter if this is your preference.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will deliver real-world evaluations which demonstrate the impact of innovation on systems, staff and patient experience and outcomes. These will often be mixed-methods and will require the collection and analysis of qualitative (e.g interviews, focus groups) and quantitative data (e.g. surveys, routinely collected data), and use of descriptive analysis and inferential statistics.
Key responsibilities include:o Working with programme teams to manage the delivery of evaluation activities on time and to budget.o Designing and developing patient and staff information leaflets and consent forms, logic models, surveys, topic guides, data collection templates, and outcomes frameworks.o Using tools such as Excel or SPSS to analyse and report on survey and routine data, and specialist qualitative software like NVivo for thematic analysis and Zoho survey for collection of online questionnaire data.o Producing high quality documents and reports as required using a range of MS Office products (e.g. Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).o Managing the dissemination of analytics and evaluation knowledge in relevant forums and media, working with our communication team and collaborating with our partner community across academic, NHS and other stakeholders.o Providing guidance, advice and support to HIWE (and/or ICS partners) on evaluation tools, principles and techniques.
About us
The Health Innovation West of England is one of 15 Health Innovations across England, established by NHS England to spread proven health innovation at pace and scale. We connect and collaborate with our local NHS and care organisations and universities, and with industry partners, the third sector, and researchers to support transformation across whole health and social care systems, with a clear focus on improving outcomes for citizens. We are an NHS organisation and employment with our Health Innovation is through the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust.With headquarters in, Filton Bristol, we support agile working and welcome applications from applicants seeking flexible working opportunities. You will need to be able to travel to one of our office bases or occasionally to other locations within our geography and nationally for in-person meetings and events.We value a workforce where people's varied backgrounds and experiences bring different perspectives and fresh ideas resulting in the development and spread of transformational innovations. We therefore welcome applications from diverse communities to ensure our team is dynamic, vibrant and reflects the populations we serve.Find out more about the Health Innovation West of England at www.healthinnowest.net or follow @healthinnowest on linkedin.
Details
Date posted
30 June 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£46,148 to £52,809 a year Per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
427-7303017
Job locations
Health Innovation West of England
Future Space, UWE North Gate, Filton Road
Bristol
BS348RB
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Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role. The role is subject to a final banding decision by the HR department which will be completed by the time of offer.
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Additional informationDisclosure 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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Health Innovation West of England
Future Space, UWE North Gate, Filton Road
Bristol
BS348RB
Employer's website
Employer details
Employer name
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Health Innovation West of England
Future Space, UWE North Gate, Filton Road
Bristol
BS348RB
Employer's website
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.
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