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Are you an experienced programme management professional with extensive expertise in primary care? We're seeking a dynamic leader to join our team as theAssistant Director for Primary Care Contracting and Oversight.

In this key role, you will lead the assurance function for primary care commissioning activities, including those delegated to ICBs, oversee the daily management of the PMO function, and design and deliver the Integrated Data Strategy for the Southeast region. By enhancing internal and external reporting capabilities, you will ensure data is utilised to drive effective decision-making, and track programme and project delivery and outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:
• PMO Maturity Development
• Data Strategy Development
• Primary Care Commissioning Assurance
• Team Development and Relationship Management
• Financial Management

Duties

PMO maturity development:
• Responsible for the daily management of an effective PMO function.
• Establish and build strong relationships with Regional Finance and the Regional Delivery Unit.
• Define reporting processes to reduce reporting burden. Be responsible for the completion of wider national reports.



Data strategy development:
• Lead the development of the INP data strategy to improve regional and ICB oversight on project delivery and outcomes.
• Work with national and ICB counterparts.
• Seek the support of wider partners and third-party organisations. Create proof of concepts to ‘test & learn’ ideas with senior stakeholders.



Primary Care commissioning assurance:
• Lead the assurance function for Primary Care commissioning activities, both retained and delegated.
• Build effective relationships with stakeholders and provide the right-level of information to the Portfolio Director.



Team development and relationship management:
• Encourage others and listen to other points of view. Establish a culture of continuous improvement and learning.
• Act as a role model for other members of the workstream and team as a whole, demonstrating the core values of the organisation and benefits of matrix working.
• Contribute to the development of the business of NHS Employers and business development opportunities as they arise.

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 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.
You can find further details about the job, in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.

This advert closes on Tuesday 10 Sep 2024

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Midlands Nursing Directorate and the Policy and Strategy Team as the Regional Chief Nurse Information Officer. This is a permanent post at 1.0 WTE and at a band 8D.

The post holder will help develop an effective strategy bringing stakeholders

together to support development of a digitally enabled workforce which encompasses the varying needs of systems. Working closely with colleagues across the sector.



The postholder will supportthe professional, clinical leadership of digital transformation, with a specific focus on enabling improved clinical workforce digital literacy. Providing expert clinical advice and guidance to local systems in the delivery of priorities identified within the NHS Long Term Plan (Digital First), working with partners at NHSX, HEE and across local systems in the region.

Promoting innovation and championing the development of a clinically appropriate information culture across the region

This Regional Chief Nurse Information Officer role is an integral part of the regional nursing and midwifery management and leadership team at NHS England working with the regional Chief Nurse, Regional leadership team, statutory partners and the local health economy.

The postholder will act as a regional point of contact and offer expert professional advice and guidance to system and provider nursing digital leads.

They will also work as part of the Policy & Strategy team championing the digital agenda within programmes of work such as: EDI; N&M Greener NHS; N&M Excellence; Research & Innovation; Quality Improvement; Professional Leadership & Development.

Key duties include:

Support, develop and grow the regional CNIO network to determine system requirements and drivers around their digital ambitions and identify what this means for the clinical workforce in terms of capability, culture and infrastructure.

Drive the strategy for clinical digital enablement, supporting and ensuring alignment to the NHSX What Good Looks Like Framework (2021) with corresponding organisational and system success measures

Engage with key strategic regional and national policy makers to inform development of future strategy and policies, including the educational needs of the clinical workforce.



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 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.

Identify examples of national and international best practice and to ensure that NHSE/I Midlands and its systems benefit from relevant digital technology innovations in healthcare

Support alignment and regional delivery of the NHSX CNIO 8 national objectives: 1. Collective leadership, 2. professionalisation, 3. reduced documentation burden, 4. core nursing data set, 5. medications management, 6. better pathways/virtual contacts, 7. research and machine learning and 8. patients as active contributors)

Develop and champion new initiatives or projects as necessary

You can find further details about the job, in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.

For further details / informal visits contact:helenbayley@nhs.net


This advert closes on Wednesday 4 Sep 2024

Listening to patients’ experiences of their care plays a crucial part in delivering services that are safe, effective and continuously improving. 



When it comes to collecting patient-generated data, the NHS has long been a world leader. It was the first health system to launch national patient surveys and each year we invite more than 15 million people to tell us about their experiences of care and treatment.



We have an exciting opportunity to join the team on a permanent basis as an Insight Lead.



· Expert in social research methods to deliver insight, you will help the team build on their successful track record to ensure NHS England and our commissioning partners understand the diverse populations we serve and deliver improvements in their experiences of care.

· Passionate about getting insight to the people who need it, you will support the oversight of data collection and delivery of insight.

· Familiar with the healthcare landscape, you will be instrumental in ensuring team delivery supports the needs of a changing health and care system.  

· An excellent communicator, you will ensure research findings are shared, interrogated and understood, helping to build capability to act on what patients and carers say.

· As a senior member of the team, you will be able to demonstrate critical thinking and people management skills to help lead a highly skilled and dedicated team onto the next stage of their development.





This is an exciting opportunity to play a leading role in generating insight to inform NHS England and NHS Improvement strategies and policies, and to help shape and drive the use of insight across the NHS to support the provision of care.

In partnership with senior colleagues within the Insight and Voice team, you will lead the team to deliver the programme of quantitative insight. We are looking for a candidate with a proventrack record working in and understanding of delivering quantitative insight programmes, ideally including to support the production of Official Statistics. Experience of delivering these for andin the health sector is also highlydesirable.

The successful candidate will also have robust skills in bringing stakeholders together in the design and delivery of policy. The post holder will have responsibility for leading a team and therefore will need to demonstrate their ability to operate and manage a team to deliver programmes with competing priorities and within a political environment.

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 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.

You can find further details about the job, in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.

Previous candidates need not apply


This advert closes on Monday 2 Sep 2024

NHS England – South East Region Medical Directorate wishes to appoint a Professional Standards Manager. The post holder will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering an effective service supporting team members, managers and staff across the Performance, Appraisal and Revalidation Sector.

The post holder will:
• Support the processing and delivery of GP revalidation recommendations and annual appraisal for doctors connected to NHS England – South East.
• Support the team in maintaining NHS England’s Responsible Officer (RO) connections and the Revalidation Management System for circa 9000 General Practitioners.
• Manage individual cases arising from appraisals and non-engaged practitioners.
• Manage difficult conversations with General Practitioners, providing support and advice about their appraisal and revalidation.
• Refer practitioners to NHS England’s Clinical Advisors for retention, ‘defined’ scope and well-being conversations.
• Work with our key stakeholders, GP appraisers, Senior Appraisers, the GMC and other colleagues to help resolve queries and share best practice.
• Have oversight to the processing of appraiser pension payments and the production of SOLO forms and Locum A forms.
• Work with the team to maintain the Professional Standards workspace on the FutureNHS Hub

Please note, management of individuals within the team may also be required.

There are three bases within the South East and working arrangements will be agreed on an individual basis.


• Support the team to ensure that the portfolio of tasks/projects are planned, managed and delivered effectively.
• Ensure the management of specific tasks, reporting and analysing data across a range of functions and projects.
• Be a key member of the team as well as supporting effective communication and stakeholder management, both internally and externally.
• Have a good understanding of the principles of information governance and confidentiality.

The postholder will be required to work effectively as part of the Responsible Officers’ team and autonomously.

The key requirements for the role are:
• Experience of processing General Practitioner revalidation recommendations.
• Experience of managing doctors who have failed to engage/participate in their annual appraisal/revalidation.
• Experience of managing pension payments and the production of SOLO forms, Locum A forms and liaising with finance colleagues.
• Some knowledge and understanding of GMC Regulations, the Responsible Officers Regulations, NHS England Appraisal Policies, and the AoMRC Medical Appraisal 2022.
• Experience of managing difficult conversations and complex queries.
• Experience of using internal management systems:

- Revalidation Management System

- GMC Connect

- PCSE Portal

- Athena

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 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.

The Professional Standards Team (whose functions include Performance, Appraisal and Revalidation and National Performers Lists Management) is responsible for ensuring high quality and safety of primary care services by managing any concerns relating to primary care practitioners across the three (GPs, dentists, and opticians) independent contractor groups.

The Responsible Officer (RO) Regulations provide an unprecedented degree of leverage to ensure the quality of medical staff and safety of care across all NHS and independent sector providers. The Professional Standards Team ensures that recommendations for Revalidation are completed appropriately.

The Professional Standards Team carries out all functions associated with the Responsible Officer (RO) Regulations and support the RO in making recommendations to the GMC regarding the revalidation of NHS GPs.

Medical revalidation is a statutory process where licensed doctors in England must demonstrate to the General Medical Council (GMC), usually every five years, that they are up to date and fit to practise. During the five-year period we ensure arrangements are in place for doctor to undertake an annual appraisal in accordance with the regulations.

Designated bodies with prescribed connections to doctors must appoint a Responsible (RO) Officer. Designated bodies, of which NHS England is one, have a statutory duty to support their RO in discharging their duties.

Performance of GPs, Dentists and Ophthalmic Practitioners is managed through the Performers List Regulations, whilst Pharmacists are managed in conjunction with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).

The Professional Standards Team supports the administration of appraiser payments, including the issuing of Solo forms and pension contribution queries.

The following attributes are required:
• Is motivated, conscientious and an excellent communicator,
• Has good IT skills,
• Has good interpersonal and organisational skills,
• Has the ability to work to deadlines and multi-task,
• Is respectful, inclusive and kind.

Skills & Opportunities

This role will enable you to develop your leadership skills as you will have the opportunity to manage projects and workstreams. There are on-line leadership and coaching courses that can be accessed via the NHS England Hub to support you in this role.

Team Values

The team‘s values include treating colleagues, practitioners and each other with kindness, compassion and respect and there is a rolling workplan in place to ensure that diversity and inclusion is firmly embedded in everything we do.

Flexible workingis supported and can be agreed on an individual basis.

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This advert closes on Wednesday 14 Aug 2024

As a Programme Lead, the post holder will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering an effective service supporting managers and staff across the South West of England to deliver a cancer transformation programme. In addition they will be responsible for leading and coordinating the regional work required to deliver the cancer transformation programme. In particular, working with Cancer Alliances and partners to coordinate and assure activities.

The post is responsible for providing professional expertise and building on existing work, the post holder will need to maintain a focus upon achieving the programme deliverables as set out in the NHS Long Term Plan as well as the recovery of cancer services as a result of the pandemic and industrial action.

The post holder will provide performance oversight and will provide focused support to this programme to ensure that we deliver the best support to systems to achieve national performance standards.

This is a role with a broad and challenging remit and the post holder should be comfortable working across multiple organisations, using their own initiative and drive to progress difficult work across a large regional footprint.

Using experience of working in cancer services, develop the reporting and assurance function in relation to the Cancer Alliances.



Lead the reporting function of the regional cancer programme board, responding to risks and issues.



Utilising presentation skills to convey complex concepts, develop and submit regional highlight reports to national team.



Respond to significant performance issues in line with regional arrangements and in conjunction with the national team.



Engage with Cancer Alliances and help them in making ready for the implementation of their cancer transformation delivery plans, including assessing their relative readiness to progress.



Forming a link between the national team and the regional team; this will include supporting dissemination of learning, information and policy, including feedback to national team.



Act as a subject matter expert on cancer with senior management experience, provide input into planning, delivery and improvement of cancer services across the South West.



Support the allocation and management of Cancer Transformation Funds across the region.



Support the coordination of the optimal pathways work, including providing direct support to organisations as required.



Ensure that the regional cancer transformation programme delivery plan and activities are aligned to the regional elective care recovery and diagnostic programmes.





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 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.
You can find further details about the job, in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.

This advert closes on Sunday 11 Aug 2024

As a Programme Lead, the post holder will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering an effective service supporting managers and staff across the South West of England to deliver a cancer transformation programme. In addition they will be responsible for leading and coordinating the regional work required to deliver the cancer transformation programme. In particular, working with Cancer Alliances and partners to coordinate and assure activities.



The post is responsible for providing professional expertise and building on existing work, the post holder will need to maintain a focus upon achieving the programme deliverables as set out in the NHS Long Term Plan as well as the recovery of cancer services as a result of the pandemic and industrial action.



The post holder will provide performance oversight and will provide focused support to this programme to ensure that we deliver the best support to systems to achieve national performance standards.

This is a role with a broad and challenging remit and the post holder should be comfortable working across multiple organisations, using their own initiative and drive to progress difficult work across a large regional footprint.

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 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.
You can find further details about the job, in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.

This advert closes on Sunday 11 Aug 2024

The South East Region is recruiting a Digital Change Manager to support the delivery of large digitally enabled change programmes to the frontline NHS, including oversight of electronic patient records deployments across multiple providers, digital diagnostics, FDP to name a few

Suitable applicants will demonstrate a track record in delivering change in complexmulti-million poundand sometimes contentious change and transformation at significant scale in the NHS coupled with the ability to go beyond implementation to achieve successful and sustained adoption and benefits realisation.

You will work as part of a dynamic regional team with strong influencing and negotiating skills in order to broker best value for the six Integrated Care Systems (ICS’s) and the diagnostic networks in partnership with national colleagues and the supplier community.

If you can demonstrate these essential skills and experience and are educated toMaster’s level with qualifications Information Technology and change management we are keen to receive your application.

Main duties are:
1. Develop a digital change methodology, that includes authoring test strategies, test cases and plans that can be shared and implemented across the Southeast.
2. Taking responsibility for designing, planning, coordinating, and delivering change and transformational activities, ensuring they are fit for purpose throughout the Digital Transformation portfolio of programmes and projects, to ensure these are robust and tested with relevant teams and stakeholders, delivered on time and to necessary quality, meet governance arrangements and realise benefits.
3. Support the digital transformation programmes across the Southeast to maximise the digital investment received.
4. Work with the national Digital Transformation programmes to capture lessons learnt from providers to share across the Southeast.
5. Work with providers to ensure that lessons learnt are implemented to minimise risks, optimise outcomes, and ensure business continuity during major digital change programmes and deployments.
6. Work with transformation leaders to foster new ideas to support change programmes across the Southeast
7. Support the development of Diagnostic networks and their understanding and engagement with digital change including review of imaging and pathology business cases and plans to ensure that they are considering the appropriate digital change methods.
8. Work across the Digital regional team to support change initiatives.
9. Work with the wider Strategy and Transformation team to support change across the Southeast.

This job description is neither exclusive nor exhaustive and the duties and responsibilities may vary from time to time in the light of changing circumstances and in consultation with the job holder.

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 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.

You can find further details about the job, in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.


This advert closes on Thursday 8 Aug 2024

Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response (EPRR) is a core function of the NHS and is a statutory requirement of the Civil Contingencies Act (CCA) 2004. Responding to emergencies is a key requirement within the NHS Act (2006). The role of NHS England in EPRR relates to potentially disruptive threats outlined in the National Security Risk Assessment and leading the NHS response, as required, during emergency situations. These are wide ranging and may be anything from extreme weather conditions to infectious disease outbreaks, a major transport accident or a terrorist incident.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an NHS Resilience Officer in the NHS Resilience Team. The post holder will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering key elements of the work programme.

Responsibilities include:

· Support the Resilience team in delivering the operational implementation of national EPRR policies.

· Support matrix working across the NHS Resilience team.

· Participate in appropriate on call rotas in and out of hours

· The postholder is required to undergo security vetting to an appropriate level.

The NHS Resilience team supports NHS England and the NHS in England to plan and respond to a wide range of incidents and emergencies that could affect health or patient care. The Response function within the team ensures that the organisation and NHS funded organisations within England meet the statutory requirement to appropriately and efficiently respond to and recover from all business continuity, critical, major incidents and significant operational challenges and events, thus ensuring the continued delivery of healthcare at all times remains focused on the wellbeing of the patient and the population. The Planning function within the team includes wider System Resilience, leads on the planning for national events and hosts the National Operations Centre and Business Support functions.



Our aim is to help NHS England, Integrated Care Systems and partners build resilience into all our people, systems, and capabilities as we recover from the pandemic. Joint working across all parts of the NHS resilience team nationally and with regional colleagues is key so that there is a shared understanding of issues, common methodology and a combined enhanced incident management infrastructure and approach.

You can find further details about the job, in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.


This advert closes on Thursday 8 Aug 2024

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.



We are looking for a Senior Scientific Advisor who will work as part of a dynamic team delivering an effective service supporting managers and staff across the OCSO and Medical Directorate, and support the delivery of NHS England’s objectives by providing expertise and professional leadership both to and from the scientific and diagnostic community.

As a senior leader, your role will work closely with the Chief Scientific Officer and Deputy CSO ,offering scientific advice, expertise and leading high profile scientific initiatives across England.

The post holder(s) will be part of a broad leadership team, provide evidence-based advice and guidance to the NHS and wider healthcare and social system inclusive of science in health and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The individual will provide Healthcare science advice into the CSO office particularly as we finalise the HCS strategy and supporting the Chief Scientific Officer’s programme team and the whole programme of work. The post holder will lead and advise on work relating to scientific, clinical leadership, diagnostics, accreditation and professional regulation, as well as other work areas as required. Working in collaboration, the post holder will adopt an integrated approach with colleagues across the system, influencing and advising the system to improve quality and outcomes for patients and contribute to the embedding of innovation in healthcare.

As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you

Working for our organisation

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.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

The post holder will develop effective strategy for promoting innovation across the NHS. Working closely with colleagues, ensuring coherent strategy and will:
• Drive the strategy for, supporting and ensuring alignment across the system
• Drive reform and support organisational change and uptake of initiatives that support excellence
• Develop and communicate the vision for Healthcare Science, science in health, the CSO team and strategy and operational policies to support this vision
• Engage with key strategic regional and national policy makers to inform development of strategy and policies
• Identify examples of national and international best practice and to ensure that NHS England benefits from relevant innovations in healthcare
• Support development by developing the innovation infrastructure and capacity in organisations
• Develop and champion new initiatives or projects as necessary
• Working with providers and clinical experts to design new training productProvide expertise of best practice methodologies regulatory requirements, policy imperatives, innovation and technological developments and stakeholders knowledge.

For further information, please see the attached job description.


This advert closes on Thursday 8 Aug 2024

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.

We are looking for a Senior Science Strategy Lead 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 with a strong background in strategy development and a track record of translating scientific vision into measurable outcomes. With experience of using scientific data and insights to guide strategic decision making, e.g., opportunities for improvements in scientific and /or diagnostic pathways. With experience of collaborating across the NHS and government, 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.

Our Organisation

The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.

As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.

As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you

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.

You can find further details about the job, in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.


This advert closes on Wednesday 7 Aug 2024

The postholder will directly oversee the management ofthe commissioning and contracting functionsincluding GP, Community Pharmacy, Trusts, Independent Providers and ICBsfor all routine vaccinations including seasonal vaccine programmesand the project management and logistical arrangements for all seasonal vaccination programmes.The postholder will be an integral part of the West Midlands Vaccination Team and its required commissioning functions.

The Vaccination Commissioning team is responsible for ensuring high quality vaccination services are commissioned to meet the health needs of the population. The post holder will work primarily in the West of the Midlands Region, which covers six Integrated Care Board footprints.

We deliver a wide-ranging portfolio of work, including supporting vaccination programmes across NHS, private and community providers. In addition, we work in partnership with our Integrated Care Systems (ICS) and other national bodies such as the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID).

As a Senior Commissioning Manager the post holder will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering effective vaccine service provision and supporting managers and staff across the ICB footprints, in readiness for delegation of the national vaccine commissioning mandate and the transfer of these services.

Specifically, the post holder will support the commissioning of the routine vaccination programmes of work to achieve the objectives in the four functional areas to include without limitation:

Directly line manage the Public Health Contract Manager(s) who will undertake the contractual requirements for all routine vaccination programmes including seasonal programmes



The development and delivery of transformation programmes including project managing seasonal vaccination programmes and their specified requirements i.e. logistics.



Effective programmemanagement includingreportingtomonitorandmeasurethelocalities

progress and feedback accordingly to relevant vaccination governance boards and forums.



Providingexpertiseofbestpracticemethodologiesregulatoryrequirements,policyimperatives,innovation andtechnological developmentsandstakeholdersknowledge.



Ensure effective vaccination commissioning across the population age groups in accordance with local & national strategies &priorities, management of all associated contracts whether directly held or through associate relationships.

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 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.

The West Midlands Vaccination Team aims

To build and maintain effective relationships with Vaccination stakeholders in the Midlands region.

To reduce health inequalities/improve equity of access within Midlands Vaccination programmes.

To ensure effective individual and staff management of the Midlands Vaccination team

To continually improve the quality and safety of Midlands Vaccination programmes including those vaccination programmes which are seasonal e.g. Influenza and Covid-19

You can find further details about the job, in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.


This advert closes on Tuesday 6 Aug 2024

This is an exciting opportunity for someone to join the Midlands Mental Health Team as AD for the West Midlands. You will work with a group of
committed mental health experts to support the development and delivery of the very best mental health services across our region

- The Assistant Director will lead the Mental Health
Team in the West Midlands, including being the
relationship manager for a number of West Midlands
health systems. You will need to build strong and
constructive working relationships across a range of
organisations in order to deliver our objectives.
- You will oversee the delivery of a wide range of
performance metrics; including the core metrics
mandated through planning and the wider metrics in
play across the programme. You will need to
understand the strategic context in which we operate
and also have a good grasp of frequently changing
detail!
- You will need to become a Subject Matter Expert in
a specific area of the mental health programme, and
to manage a team of subject matter experts
delivering support to systems.
- You will work closely with the national team on
policy development and implementation.
- The successful candidate must be able to network
across the wider regional team in order to advocate
on behalf of mental health and be an ambassador
for the sector.

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 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.

You can find further details about the job, in the attached
Job Description and other supporting documents.
For further details / informal visits contact: Giles Tinsley


This advert closes on Wednesday 24 Jul 2024

This role sits within the Public Accountability, Communications and Engagement function in the Strategy directorate. The function works to deliver NHS England’s obligations under the NHS Constitution that all NHS bodies must “engage in a full and transparent debate with the public, patients and staff”. We support NHS England - and the wider NHS – to be accountable in line with the Constitution’s requirements of transparency by performing vital functions such as FOI, parliamentary engagement and patient engagement.

The post holder will work as part of a dynamic team delivering an effective service supporting managers and staff across their assigned role. They will deliver high quality, insight-led communications and engagement for their assigned area(s) that is measurable, impactful and helps policy, products and services to succeed. The role will implement communications and engagement strategies and develop activity plans for their assigned area(s).

Develop compelling, integrated, content to best achieve the aims and objectives in their assigned area(s) contributing to forward planning and gridding processes

Deliver communications and engagement activity for assigned area(s), developing an excellent understanding of how they align to the communications objectives for NHSE and the overall strategy and business plan

Build effective working relationships with other directorates, regional teams and the national comms team to ensure a one-team coherent approach

The post holder will be expected to support the business needs of the Transformation Directorate. You can be reassigned to different directorates as the business priorities for NHS England change and develop.
• Develop compelling, integrated, content to best achieve the aims and objectives in their assigned area(s) contributing to forward planning and gridding processes
• Deliver communications and engagement activity for assigned area(s), developing an excellent understanding of how they align to the communications objectives for NHSE and the overall strategy and business plan
• Build effective working relationships with other directorates, regional teams and the national comms team to ensure a one-team coherent approach
• Provide communications and engagement advice across, for example, written, social media, events, media and marketing disciplines and support to directorate staff to support their work.
• Produce a broad range of written communications to the highest standard; using expertise and experience to identify the right channels and styles for specific audiences Spot communications opportunities and risks and work with national communications team to manage as appropriate

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 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.
• Develop credibility as a communications adviser, providing advice and support whilst building strong relationships within their assigned area(s)
• Ensures involvement and consultation where necessary and takes action when required
• Ensure adherence to NHSE approval processes and gain sign-off at the appropriate level
• Deputise for line manager
• Develop close working relationships with policy and delivery teams
• Ensure value for money and compliance with communications spend control processes
• Identify potential issues that could impact NHSE
• Contribute to business planning and budgeting for their assigned area(s)
• Contribute to the team’s administration, planning, evaluation and reporting processes
• When required, provide guidance and support to commissioners working in areas affected by service reviews around their legal duties to engage and consult. Ensure each service review complies with statutory guidance, NHS England’s legal responsibilities and processes around managing consultations.
• When required, advise on, design and deliver national consultation activity across a range of services in directorate portfolios

The post holder will support the Head of Department and their team to ensure that their work stream of programmes are planned and managed effectively and take the lead in assisting in their successful delivery:
• Manage the team’s business support function, including developing and managing the team’s business plan, progress and reporting risk and issue management.
• Liaise with appropriate functions within the regions, organisation and the Sector.
• Manage all corporate business returns, including planning and workforce returns.
• Develop and implement a content management system to ensure information is properly managed and best practice is shared across the team, Directorate and the wider NHS organisation.
• Take a lead in the coordination of training & development and recruitment activity across the team.
• Oversight and management of all aspects of the team/ project budgets.

The postholder requires the ability to work to the requirements of the job and workload with an unpredictable work pattern that may include a fast, professional response ‘out of hours’ such as overnight or at weekends to meet the demands of both the organisation and others to meet deadlines (outside of on-call arrangements).


This advert closes on Thursday 18 Jul 2024

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Project Support Officer to join the dynamic Digital Transformation Team in NHS England South West. The post holder will lead the development and implementation of a consistent approach to project and programme tracking and reporting across the digital transformation portfolio of initiatives. Together with the Project Support Officer, the post holder will support, facilitate and monitor programme and project progress, while systematically capturing and logging knowledge and lessons learned.



The Senior Project Support Officer will coordinate activities across complex regional initiatives, ensuring resource is allocated effectively, including managing the workload of the Project Support Officer. Fostering a culture of learning the post holder will seek to continuously improve, develop and upskill themself and others, including testing and learning different approaches to meet the needs of a fast-paced, agile programme and project environment.

We are looking for an exceptional Senior Project Support Officer with:
• A project management qualification and extensive experience in supporting projects and/ or programmes;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including presentation skills;
• A keen interest in the opportunities that digital technologies can offer the health and care system;
• An ability to build positive relationships and to manage stakeholders effectively;
• A high level of attention to detail; and,
• An ability to work at a fast pace, with accuracy, including capturing ‘live’ information.



Some of the key qualities required are as follows:
• Assertive, diplomatic and confident in the informal management of people, including managing ‘upwards’, to ensure a consistent approach to project support across the digital transformation portfolio;
• Appreciation of complexity and proactive in managing interdependencies, issues and risks; and,
• A team player, who is supportive of a continuous learning and improvement culture, with a willingness to foster ‘psychological safety’ enabling individuals and teams to share, and learn from, mistakes.

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 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.
You can find further details about the job, in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.

This advert closes on Wednesday 17 Jul 2024

We are recruiting for a Senior Commercial Officer, working within the business case team in the NHS England Commercial Governance, Policy & Improvement function. This is an exciting role, working within adynamic, multi-disciplined team in a time of change.
The role of the Senior Commercial Officer will be to support lead will be to support the running and development of the business case process used by NHS England. You will be a core part of a team that runs and delivers a business-critical and essential function. You will have the opportunity to help shape the development of NHS England’s business case processes and system through supporting process development.

We are looking for an experienced and capable individual, who ideally has experience of successfully supporting and developing workflow systems in a commercial context and of Commercial policy in the public sector.

You will be working with and supporting colleagues across NHS England to maintain the highest standards whilst driving out inefficiencies and maximising value for money. You will have the chance to build networks across NHS England and deliver excellent value through strong stakeholder and customer support.

The successful candidate will be experienced in delivering a reliable, effective stakeholder and customer service and will be someone that works well in a team and autonomously.

Provide support to colleagues and stakeholders across NHS England on the business case process including advising on process and resolving queries.

Supporting the development of NHS England’s business case policies and procedures and use of Atamis.

Ensuring that the approvals for professional services business cases are managed appropriately and in a timely manner.

Working with colleagues to deliver training across NHS England

Ensuring the successful delivery of business case approvals in a timely manner through pro-active review and stakeholder engagement.

Some of the key skills and experience you'll bring to the role:
• Driven, highly motivated individual with experience in the use of workflow systems, ideally in a commercial context.
• Experience in providing outstanding customer and stakeholder service in a timely and effective manner
• Excellent communication skills, ability to impart complex information effectively to internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to develop and maintain effective relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders whilst ensuring the best commercial results.



People are central to what we do – both in terms of our patient-led care but just as importantly, our brilliant team. We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and compassionate workforce supporting everyone to reach their full potential.

You’ll be joining a supportive and friendly team where you can truly be yourself. You’ll also have access to fantastic benefits such as our pension scheme, great annual leave entitlement and flexible working opportunities to give you the work/life balance that suits your lifestyle and caring responsibilities.

NHS England is undergoing significant change, and this is a really exciting time to join the organisation and be part of the transformation. This role creates an exciting opportunity to deliver high paced change, in a complex and challenging environment.

If you are passionate about commercial and procurement and want to make a tangible difference to people’s lives, join us on this exciting journey.

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see job description and assignment brief for more information

We particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups, especially disabled, female, and Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates.

Please see job description and assignment brief for more information

We particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups, especially disabled, female, and Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates.


This advert closes on Wednesday 17 Jul 2024