Research, Development & Innovation Project Leader (KTP Associate)

R&D Innovation Project Leader (KTP Associate) | University of Hull & Veracity Healthcare

The Opportunity

Are you a Data Science or AI graduate ready to lead a transformative 24-month project with a direct impact on patient safety? The University of Hull, in partnership with Veracity Healthcare, is offering a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) Associate position. This is a high-visibility, government-supported role designed to “fast-track” your career by embedding advanced Responsible AI into the domiciliary care sector. With a salary of £38,249 and a dedicated £4,000 personal development budget, you will lead the development of an AI-powered incident reporting and investigation system. This project aims to streamline operations for Veracity Healthcare—a CQC-registered provider—and improve regulatory compliance, ultimately creating a safer environment for adults with complex needs.

Project Objectives & Technical Scope

• Responsible AI Development: Designing an affordable, scalable system that uses AI to streamline incident reporting, ensuring the tech is sector-specific and ethically sound.

• Data Pipelines & Dashboards: Building robust pipelines to process text, speech, and images, and creating intuitive dashboards for managers to drive data-driven responses.

• Prototyping & Evaluation: Planning and testing AI-enabled software tools in a real care setting, working directly with staff and academics to evaluate real-world impact.

• User-Centric Design: Running user studies with care staff and translating those findings into product improvements to ensure the system is “field-ready.”

• Embedding Capability: Ensuring that at the end of the 24-month project, the new AI methodologies and technologies are fully integrated into Veracity’s operational DNA.

The Role

As a KTP Associate, you are an “Innovation Catalyst.” You are technically employed by the University but primarily based at Veracity Healthcare’s premises in East Yorkshire. Your day is a blend of high-level academic research and practical software engineering. You might spend your morning at the University of Hull consulting with Professor Dhaval Thakker on Large Language Model (LLM) safety, and your afternoon at a care site, observing how staff report incidents to ensure your AI prototype simplifies their workflow. You aren’t just a coder; you are a project manager and a change-maker, responsible for delivering a strategic tool that will eventually define the future of care quality in the region.

Sector Insight: The “Tech-for-Good” DNA

As you cluster this sixty-first role, notice how it bridges your “Academic” and “Care” sectors:

• The “Premium Entry” Role: At £38k+, this is one of the highest-paying graduate entry points in your dataset. It rivals the Project Surveyor and Biomedical Scientist salaries while providing a massive £4,000 training grant that most private-sector roles lack.

• Strategic Partnership: This role demonstrates how Hull is using its University as a “Brain Power” hub to modernize local businesses like Veracity, moving them from traditional care into HealthTech.

• Career Path: Approximately 78% of KTP Associates are offered permanent positions by their host company at the end of the project, often in senior leadership or R&D management roles.