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Chief Nursing Officer | NHS England
| Posting date: | 07 June 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Salary to be discussed |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 July 2024 |
| Location: | London, SE1 8UG |
| Company: | Health Education England |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6378158/990-COR-1-22802 |
Summary
The Chief Nursing Officer will be accountable for providing clinical and professional leadership for all Nurses and Midwives and Nursing Associates across health and social care in England including the 373,000 nurses and midwives who work for the NHS and who make up the largest group of the total NHS workforce as well as the nurses working in public health and
those in the independent sector.
The post holder will also be accountable for providing expert clinical and workforce advice to the NHS and the Board of NHS England. As Chief Nursing Officer for England, the post holder will be required to
provide advice to Ministers and officials in the Department of Health and Social Care on relevant issues.
Accountable for ensuring that the views and insights of nurses and midwives are front and centre in leading and shaping the strategic direction of the NHS and the wider health and care sector as it moves towards delivering care through integrated care systems.
Accountable for professional leadership of nursing and midwifery in England.
Accountable for continuously driving improvements in professional standards across nursing and midwifery.
Work with the Chief Medical Officer for England and the National Medical Director to deliver the national quality agenda
including patient safety, patient experience and improved outcomes.
Accountable for providing relevant and timely nursing and midwifery advice to the Government and senior officials and Ministers at the Department of Health and Social Care.
Accountable for providing relevant and timely professional and clinical workforce advice to the NHS England Board as well as the wider NHS and systems, on nursing and midwifery related issues and opportunities.
Accountable, alongside the National Medical Director, for leading clinical engagement activities across all national functions, ensuring that clinical input is at the heart of all improvement and transformation 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 Thursday 4 Jul 2024