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Senior Nurse - Professional Development | NHS England

Job details
Posting date: 14 November 2024
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £62,215 - £72,293 per annum (exclusive of London Weighting)
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 14 December 2024
Location: Nationaly, SE1 8UG
Company: NHS England
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 6766456/990-WTE-6766456-E

Summary


The National Nursing and Midwifery Team are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated individual for the role of Senior Nurse - Professional Development. This role provides leadership, clinical knowledge and expertise to inform the development of the nursing and care workforce and in doing so enable high quality patient care and experience. The ideal candidate will have an in depth understanding, knowledge and experience of education and training, provide credible senior leadership experience and demonstrate a passion for continuous improvement and transformation.

The national Nursing and Midwifery team are part of the Workforce, Training and Education directorate in NHS England and play a pivotal role in the pre and post registration education, training and development of Nurses and Midwives:    

The team:
• Provides clinical & professional leadership to education and training policy, regulations, standards, reform and delivery.   
• Assures the quality and improvement of education and training.    
• Focus on addressing the gaps in the workforce across all roles, professions, healthcare pathways and geographies through education and training.    
• Commission high quality coordinated education and training programmes.   
• Maximise and promote the use of digital, technology and innovation in the delivery of education and training.
• Are accountable for the professional education agenda

Using professional knowledge and experience of education, training and workforce development, the post holder will directly influence the professional agenda ensuring work programmes are developed appropriately in line with service need and with governing strategies.

The post holder will assist in shaping and implementing the short, medium and long-term objectives for nursing and midwifery education and training in partnership with our regional offices, external stakeholders and the wider workforce and will also play a vital role in ensuring national policies and initiatives are collaboratively developed and implemented effectively across the country.

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 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.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you’ll usually need to be paid the ‘standard’ salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the ‘going rate’ for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on theGovernment website.

Engaging People/Key Working relationships
• Works with others to make sure there is a clear direction for values, strategies and policies and leads the way when interests are in conflict, supporting collaborative working across the organisation and with wider stakeholders.
• Develop, nurture and maintain key relationships and networks at a national and regional level both internally and externally, with a wide range of different stakeholders with complex and conflicting requirements.
• Presenting complex concepts in formal settings where challenge is likely.
• Use negotiation and persuasion skills to ensure senior colleagues are engaged in the work programmes and can act as champions with stakeholders.

Management and leadership
• Actively role models ethical behaviours and establishes a culture of teamwork and cooperation. Is a mindful and decisive thinker who makes insightful and effective decisions based on known information and good business awareness
• Management of third parties relevant to the delivery of education and training policy development and implementation to ensure deliverables are met in a time and cost-efficient manner.
• Meets and exceeds the requirements of the NHS Leadership Academy healthcare leadership model.

Setting Direction and Service Improvement
• Lead on the initiation, development and implementation of guidance, frameworks and policies in support of education and training policy development and implementation across the service actively promoting continuous service improvement.
• Communicates a clear vision for change and presents a positive role model in times of service improvement and organisational change.
• Identifies and evaluates potential improvements to the organisation. Takes a lead role within working parties and steering groups to agree a prioritised plan of implementation to take forward agreed improvements.

Delivering Results/Functional Responsibilities
• Lead the strategic formulation and planning, allocation and delivery of a broad range of projects over medium to long term, ensuring risks, issues and dependencies are identified and proactively managed to achieve high quality outcomes.
• Ensure projects maintain business focus, have clear authority and that they are actively managed in alignment with the strategic priorities of NHSE, within agreed resources and evidence effective use of resources
• Actively promote quality in all areas of work, continually monitoring quality and taking effective action to address quality issues
• Analyse, collate and interpret highly complex and sensitive information and data and set out options that enable sound judgements and identifies potential risks.
• Be an expert source of advice and support across NHSE in delivering programmes of work.


This advert closes on Thursday 28 Nov 2024