Transformation Lead – Digital Innovation

Vacancies Transformation Lead – Digital Innovation Job Introduction We are looking for a forward-thinking Transformation Lead – Digital Innovation to join our organisation.
The Transformation Lead – Digital Innovation will lead the organisation’s work in horizon scanning, testing, and scaling new and emerging technologies that have the potential to transform patient care, operational delivery, and staff experience.
The postholder will act as a catalyst for evidence-informed innovation by bridging front-line insight, clinical priorities, and external innovation ecosystems.
Base: Flexible
Main Responsibility Lead identification, due diligence, and structured assessment of new technologies across digital health, AI, and care delivery innovation.
Design and manage pilots in collaboration with clinical services, ensuring robust governance and outcomes evaluation.
Embed an innovation lifecycle approach from ideation and proof-of-concept through to scaling and commissioning.
Ensure that all pilots adhere to data protection (GDPR), cyber security, DCB standards, and clinical risk frameworks.
Maintain an organisational innovation pipeline and create transparent prioritisation frameworks.
Share insights and learning through publications, events, and contribution to regional or national digital forums.
Identify opportunities to integrate promising innovations into mainstream care models.
Please see the job description attached for a full list of responsibilities.
The Ideal Candidate Personal Specification
Minimum 3 years experience leading digital innovation or research-based transformation within the NHS or similar.
Familiarity with health technology trends including AI, wearable tech and virtual wards.
Understanding of IG, ethics, and evidence standards for digital health interventions.
Proven ability to manage uncertainty, iterate rapidly, and make evidence-informed decisions.
Excellent communication skills, including the ability to pitch ideas, secure funding, and influence clinicians.
Experience developing pilot protocols, evaluation frameworks, and dissemination plans.
Experience developing business cases and presenting to executive audiences.
Strong skills in managing multi-stakeholder projects with academic, commercial, and NHS partners.
Strong skills in building and maintaining relationships with external suppliers.
Experience in clinical research, product development, or digital health validation.
Involvement in health tech accelerators or pilot evaluation methodologies.
Knowledge of implementation science, behavioural insights, and clinical pathway redesign.
Experience securing innovation grants or collaborating funded projects.
Familiarity with the NICE evidence standards framework for digital health technologies.
Other requirements: Occasional travel required
Package Description As a Transformation Lead – Digital Innovation, you’ll be part of our valued team at HCRG Care Group.
You will feel valued as a Transformation Lead – Digital Innovation, within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
£55,000 - £60,000 with group pension
Private medical insurance with fast access to the most used specialists including for musculoskeletal problems and for mental health support – at locations across the country
Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location in Runcorn
Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission
About the Company We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006 we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
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Transformation Lead – Digital Innovation
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