Job summary
NHS England has worked with stakeholders from across the system to develop the NHS Long Term Plan. The Plan ensures that the NHS has a bright future ahead of it. Its ambitions range from providing high quality lifesaving treatment and care for patients and their families, to reducing pressure on hard working NHS staff and investing in exciting new technologies.
In order to realise the potential of the Long Term Plan, the new NHS England needs strong specialist clinical leadership and advice.
The Medical Directorate has been created to support regional colleagues and local health systems in collectively delivering our responsibilities and the ambitions as set out in several publications including the NHS Long Term Plan, UEC Elective Recovery Plan, Workforce Plan and the Operational Planning Guidance. We provide leadership to improve outcomes and promote quality. We also provide professional and clinical leadership across the system as well as designing, developing and advising on clinical policy.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be expected to work closely with the Prevention and Long Term Conditions (PLTC) programme to ensure this work aligns with NHS England's priorities.
The PLTC programme within the Medical Directorate oversees development of NHS England's corporate position nationally on the relevant clinical issues relating to the programme to improve outcomes and reduce health inequalities for the people of England. There is a close working relationship between the PLTC team and the National Clinical Directors (NCDs), National Specialty Advisors and Medical Directors nationally and regionally.
The PLTC programme is responsible for the delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan relating to prevention and long term conditions including diseases such as cardiovascular disease (CVD prevention, cardiac, diabetes and stroke) and respiratory disease.
The functions of the PLTC programme include:
- Developing clinical policy to address national strategic health challenges to improve health, care and use of resources.
- Responding to urgent clinical issues and policy requirements
- Accessing and building clinical evidence and insight
- Wide stakeholder engagement and relationship management
The PLTC programme works with all other parts of NHS England, patients, clinicians and the wider system to maximise improvement opportunities and make best use of the tools and levers available
About us
In April 2023, NHS England, NHS Digital, and Health Education England merged to create a new, single organisation to lead the NHS in England. This new NHS England is designed to create a simpler, smaller, high performing, organisation that leads the NHS more effectively and is a better place to work. Speaking with one voice to the service.
The new NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS agreat place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/ .
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The role of the National Specialty Advisor (NSA) is to support senior leaders including Senior Responsible Owners (SROs), National Clinical Directors and Medical Directors to provide clinical advice in four respects:
Clinical advice to drive transformation of services;
Clinical advice to support identification and delivery of our corporate clinical priorities (at national and regional level);
Clinical advice to support the commissioning of services; and
Clinical advice on ad hoc issues to support parliamentary accountability.
The post holders will support senior leaders with the provision of clinical advice and leadership through:
Collaborative working with programme SROs, and other clinical leads across the organisation (e.g. GIRFT clinical leads, WTE leads and NHS Impact programmes) in their speciality area to ensure that all work programmes are aligned with national policy and strategy.
Being a valuable source of knowledge on the latest scientific advances and provide clinical expertise on cross cutting themes including digital healthcare, innovation and tackling health inequalities within the field.
Support policy and strategy teams with horizon scanning and in the successful design and delivery of intervention and resources to support system, professional and care pathway changes at a national and local level.
Collaborative working with other stakeholders in developing and delivering the programmes ambitions, improving the quality and value of healthcare services and ensuring programmes are clinically focused and credible
Providing advice and insight to support and promote integrated care which is based on the needs of particular population groups.
The appointment is offered on a part time basis as outlined above. Please be aware that the number of sessions may be adjusted above baseline depending upon business needs.
SecondmentsApplicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only,agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application
Job description
Job responsibilities
The role of the National Specialty Advisor (NSA) is to support senior leaders including Senior Responsible Owners (SROs), National Clinical Directors and Medical Directors to provide clinical advice in four respects:
Clinical advice to drive transformation of services;
Clinical advice to support identification and delivery of our corporate clinical priorities (at national and regional level);
Clinical advice to support the commissioning of services; and
Clinical advice on ad hoc issues to support parliamentary accountability.
The post holders will support senior leaders with the provision of clinical advice and leadership through:
Collaborative working with programme SROs, and other clinical leads across the organisation (e.g. GIRFT clinical leads, WTE leads and NHS Impact programmes) in their speciality area to ensure that all work programmes are aligned with national policy and strategy.
Being a valuable source of knowledge on the latest scientific advances and provide clinical expertise on cross cutting themes including digital healthcare, innovation and tackling health inequalities within the field.
Support policy and strategy teams with horizon scanning and in the successful design and delivery of intervention and resources to support system, professional and care pathway changes at a national and local level.
Collaborative working with other stakeholders in developing and delivering the programmes ambitions, improving the quality and value of healthcare services and ensuring programmes are clinically focused and credible
Providing advice and insight to support and promote integrated care which is based on the needs of particular population groups.
The appointment is offered on a part time basis as outlined above. Please be aware that the number of sessions may be adjusted above baseline depending upon business needs.
SecondmentsApplicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only,agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- educated to degree level in a relevant medical/ scientific/nursing and midwifery/ allied health/pharmacy/dental discipline
Knowledge
Essential
- oExperienced clinical practitioner with credibility and the ability to command the respect of all clinical and non-clinical professionals across primary, secondary and community care
- oLeadership experience in the NHS/DHSC
- oSignificant experience of working at a national or sub-national level as a clinical leader in the speciality
Skills
Essential
- oExcellent leadership skills and the ability to build and motivate high performing teams
- oUse resourcefulness and judgment to navigate and negotiate across the NHS and wider health, social care and political landscape
Values
Essential
- oConsistently puts patients at the heart of decision making
- oDemonstrable commitment to and focus on quality promoting high standards to consistently improve patient outcomes
- oDemonstrable commitment to focusing on both the mental and physical health of the service users
Equality, Diversion and Inclusion
Essential
- oValues diversity and difference, operates with integrity and openness
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- educated to degree level in a relevant medical/ scientific/nursing and midwifery/ allied health/pharmacy/dental discipline
Knowledge
Essential
- oExperienced clinical practitioner with credibility and the ability to command the respect of all clinical and non-clinical professionals across primary, secondary and community care
- oLeadership experience in the NHS/DHSC
- oSignificant experience of working at a national or sub-national level as a clinical leader in the speciality
Skills
Essential
- oExcellent leadership skills and the ability to build and motivate high performing teams
- oUse resourcefulness and judgment to navigate and negotiate across the NHS and wider health, social care and political landscape
Values
Essential
- oConsistently puts patients at the heart of decision making
- oDemonstrable commitment to and focus on quality promoting high standards to consistently improve patient outcomes
- oDemonstrable commitment to focusing on both the mental and physical health of the service users
Equality, Diversion and Inclusion
Essential
- oValues diversity and difference, operates with integrity and openness
Additional information
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).
