National Specialty Advisor for Stroke

NHS England

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Job summary

NHS England has worked with stakeholders from across the system to develop the NHS Long Term Plan. The Plan ensures that the NHS has a bright future ahead of it. Its ambitions range from providing high quality lifesaving treatment and care for patients and their families, to reducing pressure on hard working NHS staff and investing in exciting new technologies.

In order to realise the potential of the Long Term Plan, the new NHS England needs strong specialist clinical leadership and advice.

The Medical Directorate has been created to support regional colleagues and local health systems in collectively delivering our responsibilities and the ambitions as set out in several publications including the NHS Long Term Plan, UEC Elective Recovery Plan, Workforce Plan and the Operational Planning Guidance. We provide leadership to improve outcomes and promote quality. We also provide professional and clinical leadership across the system as well as designing, developing and advising on clinical policy.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be expected to work closely with the Prevention and Long Term Conditions (PLTC) programme to ensure this work aligns with NHS England's priorities.

The PLTC programme within the Medical Directorate oversees development of NHS England's corporate position nationally on the relevant clinical issues relating to the programme to improve outcomes and reduce health inequalities for the people of England. There is a close working relationship between the PLTC team and the National Clinical Directors (NCDs), National Specialty Advisors and Medical Directors nationally and regionally.

The PLTC programme is responsible for the delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan relating to prevention and long term conditions including diseases such as cardiovascular disease (CVD prevention, cardiac, diabetes and stroke) and respiratory disease.

The functions of the PLTC programme include:

Developing clinical policy to address national strategic health challenges to improve health, care and use of resources.
Responding to urgent clinical issues and policy requirements
Accessing and building clinical evidence and insight
Wide stakeholder engagement and relationship management

The PLTC programme works with all other parts of NHS England, patients, clinicians and the wider system to maximise improvement opportunities and make best use of the tools and levers available

About us

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 agreat 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.

Date posted

28 February 2024

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Specialty Doctor

Salary

Depending on experience To be funded by education contract

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

3 years

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

990-COR-L-3-22516

Job locations

Wellington Place, Leeds or Wellington House, London

London / Leeds

LS1 4AP

Job description

Job responsibilities

The role of the National Specialty Advisor (NSA) is to support senior leaders including Senior Responsible Owners (SROs), National Clinical Directors and Medical Directors to provide clinical advice in four respects:

Clinical advice to drive transformation of services;
Clinical advice to support identification and delivery of our corporate clinical priorities (at national and regional level);
Clinical advice to support the commissioning of services; and
Clinical advice on ad hoc issues to support parliamentary accountability.
The post holders 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 (e.g. GIRFT clinical leads, WTE leads and NHS Impact programmes) in their speciality area to ensure that all work programmes are aligned with national policy and strategy.
- Being a valuable source of knowledge on the latest scientific advances and provide clinical expertise on cross cutting themes including digital healthcare, innovation and tackling health inequalities within the field.
- Support policy and strategy teams with horizon scanning and in the successful design and delivery of intervention and resources to support system, professional and care pathway changes at a national and local level.
- Collaborative working with other stakeholders in developing and delivering the programmes ambitions, improving the quality and value of healthcare services and ensuring programmes are clinically focused and credible
- Providing advice and insight to support and promote integrated care which is based on the needs of particular population groups

The appointment is offered on a part time basis as outlined above. Please be aware that the number of sessions may be adjusted above baseline depending upon business needs.

SecondmentsApplicants 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

Clinical advice to drive transformation of services;
Clinical advice to support identification and delivery of our corporate clinical priorities (at national and regional level);
Clinical advice to support the commissioning of services; and
Clinical advice on ad hoc issues to support parliamentary accountability.
The post holders 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 (e.g. GIRFT clinical leads, WTE leads and NHS Impact programmes) in their speciality area to ensure that all work programmes are aligned with national policy and strategy.
- Being a valuable source of knowledge on the latest scientific advances and provide clinical expertise on cross cutting themes including digital healthcare, innovation and tackling health inequalities within the field.
- Support policy and strategy teams with horizon scanning and in the successful design and delivery of intervention and resources to support system, professional and care pathway changes at a national and local level.
- Collaborative working with other stakeholders in developing and delivering the programmes ambitions, improving the quality and value of healthcare services and ensuring programmes are clinically focused and credible
- Providing advice and insight to support and promote integrated care which is based on the needs of particular population groups

The appointment is offered on a part time basis as outlined above. Please be aware that the number of sessions may be adjusted above baseline depending upon business needs.

SecondmentsApplicants 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 a relevant medical/ scientific/nursing and midwifery/ allied health/pharmacy/dental discipline

Knowledge

Essential

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

Skills

Essential

oExcellent leadership skills and the ability to build and motivate high performing teams
oUse resourcefulness and judgment to navigate and negotiate across the NHS and wider health, social care and political landscape
oThe ability to deal with ambiguity and complexity

Values

Essential

oConsistently puts patients at the heart of decision making
oDemonstrable commitment to and focus on quality promoting high standards to consistently improve patient outcomes
oDemonstrable commitment to focusing on both the mental and physical health of the service users

Equality, Diversion and Inclusion

Essential

oValues diversity and difference, operates with integrity and openness
oExperience of leading improvements in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion with good working relationships in employment
oActively promotes Equality, Diversity and Inclusion with experience in anti-racist leadership

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to degree level in a relevant medical/ scientific/nursing and midwifery/ allied health/pharmacy/dental discipline

Knowledge

Essential

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

Skills

Essential

oExcellent leadership skills and the ability to build and motivate high performing teams
oUse resourcefulness and judgment to navigate and negotiate across the NHS and wider health, social care and political landscape
oThe ability to deal with ambiguity and complexity

Values

Essential

oConsistently puts patients at the heart of decision making
oDemonstrable commitment to and focus on quality promoting high standards to consistently improve patient outcomes
oDemonstrable commitment to focusing on both the mental and physical health of the service users

Equality, Diversion and Inclusion

Essential

oValues diversity and difference, operates with integrity and openness
oExperience of leading improvements in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion with good working relationships in employment
oActively promotes Equality, Diversity and Inclusion with experience in anti-racist leadership