NHS England

National Specialist Advisor - NSA (Gynae)

The closing date is 26 May 2025

Job summary

With the launch of the Women's Health Strategy in July 2022, Dept of Health (DH) tasked NHS England to deliver specific policy related commitments. This post is designed to provide clinical oversight and drive transformation of women's health care supporting the NCD and Deputy Director. The main but not sole focus will be on secondary care and specialist aspects of gynaecology including tackling elective care waits and will involve working closely internally with other NHSE teams as well as external system partners at national, Regional and local levels.

The NHS health and care system cares for all and 51% of thepopulation face obstacles when it comes to access care.In 2014 the chief medical officers annual report - the health of 51%women, identified the widening disparities for girls and womenduring their adolescent, reproductive and post reproductive years.These issues remain relevant today.

Main duties of the job

Engage with & provide leadership, specialist expertise, direction & general support to the Women's Health Deputy Director and National Clinical Director as required, alongside providing clinical oversight and work to support the delivery of the Women's Health programme.

The post is focused mainly on the secondary and specialist care aspects of the end-to-end pathway for women including gynaecology elective waits, but working closely with other teams and stakeholders leading on population, community and primary care.

Provide clinical advice to support identification and delivery of our corporate clinical priorities, support commissioning, provide ad hoc advice and drive transformation of services.

The post holder 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 in their speciality area to ensure that all work programmes are aligned with national policy and strategy.

Valuable source of knowledge on the latest scientific advances and provide clinical expertise on cross cutting themes including digital healthcare, innovation,ensuring that a health inequalities lens is applied to all areas of work.

Support policy & strategy teams with horizon scanning and in the successful design & delivery of intervention & resources to support system, professional and care pathway changes at a national and local level.

About us

The 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 a great 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 visithttps://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.

If you are successful at interview, we will run an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) in the Electronic Staff Record system (ESR). This transfer gathers valuable information from a previous or current NHS employer to support the onboarding process, including; statutory and mandatory competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You will have the opportunity throughout the recruitment process to inform us if you do not consent.

Date posted

12 May 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£105,000 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

17 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

990-NUR-12426-E

Job locations

Any NHS England Office

Nationally

SE1 8UG

Job description

Job responsibilities

You can find further details about the role, including key responsibilities and accountabilities, alongside the organisational structure and person specification in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.

Secondments

Applicants 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

Secondments

Applicants 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

Holds membership of a relevant association e.g.- Royal College, Allied Healthcare Professional Federation.
Holds a relevant postgraduate qualification in the speciality

Desirable

Holds or is willing to work towards Fellowship or Associate Fellowship of the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management.

Knowledge and experience

Essential

Experienced clinical practitioner with credibility and the ability to command the respect of all clinical and non-clinical professionals across primary, secondary and community care.
Leadership experience in the NHS/DHSC.
Significant experience of working at a national or sub-national level as a clinical leader in the speciality

Skills and capabilities

Essential

Use resourcefulness and judgment to navigate and negotiate across the NHS and wider health, social care and political landscape.
The ability to deal with ambiguity and complexity
Strong intellectual, strategic, and systemic thinking skills, with the ability to think creatively and laterally to achieve outcomes

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Holds membership of a relevant association e.g.- Royal College, Allied Healthcare Professional Federation.
Holds a relevant postgraduate qualification in the speciality

Desirable

Holds or is willing to work towards Fellowship or Associate Fellowship of the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management.

Knowledge and experience

Essential

Experienced clinical practitioner with credibility and the ability to command the respect of all clinical and non-clinical professionals across primary, secondary and community care.
Leadership experience in the NHS/DHSC.
Significant experience of working at a national or sub-national level as a clinical leader in the speciality

Skills and capabilities

Essential

Use resourcefulness and judgment to navigate and negotiate across the NHS and wider health, social care and political landscape.
The ability to deal with ambiguity and complexity
Strong intellectual, strategic, and systemic thinking skills, with the ability to think creatively and laterally to achieve outcomes

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

NHS England

Address

Any NHS England Office

Nationally

SE1 8UG

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

NHS England

Address

Any NHS England Office

Nationally

SE1 8UG

Employer's website

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