NHS England

National Specialist Advisor for Hearing and Associated Conditions

The closing date is 31 August 2025

Job summary

The Office of the Chief Scientific Officer encourages better use of science to address our greatest health challenges and shape technological advances to ensure people are living happier, healthier lives

The Paediatric Hearing Service Improvement Programme was launched to address the need for service improvements. In collaboration with ICBs, providers, NHS regions, Care Quality Commission, and professional bodies, we are working to ensure that these services deliver safe, high-quality, and timely care for all children

The post holder will work with NHSE and DHSC to provide specialist knowledge to deliver the best outcomes for patients. They will specifically provide expert clinical advice to support Hearing Services and associated conditions across the care pathway. They will contribute to model of provision review of audiology services across the whole care pathway and service configurations for hearing services. They will work with stakeholders to understand challenges required to implement improvements in patient care, providing subject matter expertise, leadership and strategic input

The role will support senior leaders to provide clinical advice in four respects:

Clinical advice to drive service transformation
Clinical advice to support identification and delivery of our corporate clinical priorities (national and regional level)
Clinical advice to support the commissioning of services
Clinical advice on ad hoc issues to support parliamentary accountability.

Main duties of the job

Key areas of responsibility will include:

Considering and informing how services are delivered across the whole care pathway including NHS providers and independent private sector providers.
Understanding issues arising, areas of services needing improved across all types of providers NHS and independent
Reviewing technologies for delivering services
Providing expertise and advice on hearing services
Reviewing waiting lists and waiting times and devising strategies for how these could be improved and how referrals can be optimised.
Understanding the gap in service provision to meet demand and how improvements could be achieved to meet demand
Developing a process for working with key stakeholders in order to obtain consensus on devising a plan for what paediatric and adult audiology services should look like in 5 years

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

15 August 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience Salary in line with substantive contract

Contract

Secondment

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

990-MED-15342-E

Job locations

Wellington Place/ Wellington House

Leeds/ London

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

Educated to degree level in medicine or a relevant healthcare science discipline
Holds a relevant postgraduate qualification in the speciality

Desirable

Holds membership of a relevant association e.g. Royal College
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

Desirable

Significant experience of working at a national or sub-national level as a clinical leader in the specialty
Track record of delivering major change programme to transform clinical services.

Skills and capabilities

Essential

Excellent leadership skills
The ability to build excellent collaborative networks and develop effective and mutually supportive relationships with key partners within and throughout organisations.

Desirable

Apply skill and experience to drive quality improvement to achieve the required domain outcome.
Ability to communicate with stakeholders and the media and convey complex messages to different recipient groups.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to degree level in medicine or a relevant healthcare science discipline
Holds a relevant postgraduate qualification in the speciality

Desirable

Holds membership of a relevant association e.g. Royal College
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

Desirable

Significant experience of working at a national or sub-national level as a clinical leader in the specialty
Track record of delivering major change programme to transform clinical services.

Skills and capabilities

Essential

Excellent leadership skills
The ability to build excellent collaborative networks and develop effective and mutually supportive relationships with key partners within and throughout organisations.

Desirable

Apply skill and experience to drive quality improvement to achieve the required domain outcome.
Ability to communicate with stakeholders and the media and convey complex messages to different recipient groups.

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

Wellington Place/ Wellington House

Leeds/ London

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

Wellington Place/ Wellington House

Leeds/ London

SE1 8UG

Employer's website

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