Science Advisor

Job summary

The Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) provides clinical and professional advice and leadership in healthcare science across the health and care system, is head of profession for a workforce of over 56,000 working in healthcare science in the NHS, embracing more than 54 separate scientific specialisms. The Office of the CSO encourages better use of science to address our greatest health challenges and shape technological advances to help ensure that people are living happier and healthier lives. The NHS healthcare science workforce use science and their technical skills to help prevent, diagnose, and treat diseases. They are in a unique position as a scientific workforce, working as part of an integrated health system that is a world leader in transformational science such as genomics, to deliver this work. The team also work to develop the professional, clinical and system leadership capacity and capability of healthcare scientists, who are well placed to provide frontline scientific leadership and science-based intelligence for innovation, service planning and delivery. By ensuring the NHS operates at the limits of science, the Office of the CSO can improve the integration of services, develop new ways of working for delivering care, give patients greater control of their own care and improve the NHS's ability to undertake research and innovation, and adoption of new state of the art health technology.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a Science Advisor who will work as part of a dynamic team of scientists, project managers and policy makers across NHS England to ensure that the Office of the Chief Scientific Officer's supports delivery of NHS England's objectives by providing expertise and professional leadership both to and from the scientific and diagnostic community. Working in collaboration, the post holder will adopt an integrated approach with colleagues across the system, influence and advice to improve quality and outcomes for patients and the embedding of innovation into healthcare. The role also demands an individual with a strategic vision and depth of policy insight to lead cross-government efforts in healthcare science.

We are looking for a scientist who can influence senior decision makers across the NHS through the lens of science. The ideal candidate will be able to rapidly build trust and credibility across all levels of the NHS system, working closely with high-level stakeholders to ensure a collaborative, inclusive and unified approach to delivery. With experience of people management with the ability to balance reactive requests with longer term strategy.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

NHS England

Address

London (Hybrid)

London

SE1 8UG

Employer's website

https://www.england.nhs.uk/about/working-for/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

NHS England

Address

London (Hybrid)

London

SE1 8UG

Employer's website

https://www.england.nhs.uk/about/working-for/ (Opens in a new tab)

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