National Speciality Advisor - Obstetrics (Public Health)

NHS England

This job is now closed

Job summary

NHS England is now recruiting for a National Speciality Advisor - Obstetrics / Public Health to join our existing cohort.

In March 2023, NHS England published the Three-Year Delivery Plan for Maternity and Neonatal Services. This aims to improve the safety of maternity and neonatal care, make it more personalised and more equitable. It incorporates actions to implement the reports by Donna Ockenden on Shrewsbury and Telford, and Bill Kirkup on East Kent. The national safety ambition is to halve the 2010 rates of stillbirths, neonatal and maternal deaths and brain injuries in babies occurring during or soon after birth by 2025. The ambition also includes reducing the rate of pre-term births from 8% to 6%.

Main duties of the job

Our NSAs are experienced obstetricians who, in addition to their clinical practice in the NHS, have a general responsibility for supporting the National Clinical Director for Maternity with discharging their role and responsibilities 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 programme's 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.

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

08 April 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience To be funded by the Education Contract

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

990-NAT-S-3b-22639

Job locations

National

LS2 7UE

Job description

Job responsibilities

You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.

The appointment is offered on a part time secondment or fixed term contract basis for a period of one-year. Please be aware that the number of sessions may be adjusted 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.

If you like what you have read and think you have the skills and experience, we need then don't delay, apply today! We get lots of applications for our roles and so we sometimes have to close our posts early. Don't miss out!

Job description

Job responsibilities

You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.

The appointment is offered on a part time secondment or fixed term contract basis for a period of one-year. Please be aware that the number of sessions may be adjusted 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

Holds a relevant postgraduate qualification in the speciality.

Knowledge and experience

Essential

Current NHS experience.
Experience of working at a national or sub-national level as a clinical leader in the speciality.

Skills and capabilities

Essential

Source of expert clinical knowledge on the latest scientific advances and innovations in science, technology, data, digital and therapeutics in the field.
Demonstrable commitment to and focus on quality promoting high standards to consistently improve patient outcomes.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Holds a relevant postgraduate qualification in the speciality.

Knowledge and experience

Essential

Current NHS experience.
Experience of working at a national or sub-national level as a clinical leader in the speciality.

Skills and capabilities

Essential

Source of expert clinical knowledge on the latest scientific advances and innovations in science, technology, data, digital and therapeutics in the field.
Demonstrable commitment to and focus on quality promoting high standards to consistently improve patient outcomes.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information