Assistant Director - Innovation & Healthcare Transformation, NHIC

Overview

The Consortium for Clinical Research and Innovation, Singapore (CRIS) brings together seven national R&D, clinical translation and service programmes to advance clinical research and innovation for Singapore, and establish important capabilities for a future-ready healthcare system.

The Business Entities under CRIS include :

• Singapore Clinical Research Institute (SCRI)
• Advanced Cell Therapy and Research Institute, Singapore (ACTRIS)
• Cardiovascular Disease National Collaborative Enterprise (CADENCE)

Together, CRIS makes a positive difference to Singapore patients and researchers by ensuring that these clinical research platforms and programmes are at the cutting edge of capability development and innovation. If you are as passionate as we are in clinical trials and research, we want you!

National Health Innovation Centre Singapore

The National Health Innovation Centre Singapore (NHIC) is a nationally-appointed Innovation and Enterprise Programme Office that works with Public Health Institutions across Singapore to identify and commercialise promising clinical innovations. We fund the translation and development of medical innovations from Singapore’s clinical sector, and provide strategic guidance and connection to industry partners, accelerating the pathway to impact in healthcare. NHIC programmes catalyse the translation of clinical innovations towards commercially viable products that benefit patients and healthcare. Established since 2014, we have supported many projects and companies in the development and implementation of innovative medical technologies and services, improving the standard of healthcare in Singapore and beyond. NHIC is part of the Consortium for Clinical Research and Innovation Singapore (CRIS).

What you will be working on

We are looking for a dynamic and experienced individual to fill the role of Assistant Director, Innovation & Healthcare Transformation at NHIC.

Your key role would be to lead Clinical Adoption and Healthcare Transformation initiatives at NHIC, including working with the Ministry of Health (MOH) and Public Healthcare Clusters (PHCs) to take regulatory-approved health technologies from early-stage solutions into real-world clinical practice in Singapore and beyond.

The portfolio will see you getting involved in digital integration (where applicable), cost-effectiveness assessments of technologies, procurement and potential subvention to enable scale-up across Singapore for long-term adoption and financial sustainability.

As part of the team, you will also support NHIC’s suite of innovation, development and commercialisation schemes. This includes being a Cluster Lead for one of the local PHCs to facilitate development, adoption and commercialisation of early innovation. You will help your designated PHC with early selection and award of promising clinical innovation projects, Intellectual Property (IP) due diligence, strategy and advice on viable clinical and commercial pathways. You will walk with clinical innovators as they endeavour to bring their promising innovations from bench to bedside to market.

In this role, you will also be working with other CRIS business units (BUs) and research, innovation and enterprise (RIE) entities in the human health and potential (HHP) ecosystem to realise our mission and goals of achieving health and economic outcomes for Singapore.

Key Responsibilities

Lead NHIC’s clinical innovation and adoption initiatives and grants [Innovation-to-Adopt (I2A)], and other MOH healthcare transformation initiatives which could involve management of grants, policies and processes with PHCs.

Qualifications

What you need to know

Successful candidate will be offered a 3-year renewable contract. We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

For more information about CRIS and the Business Entities, visit our websites below :

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