Job summary
The Chief Nursing Officer will be accountable for providing clinical and professional leadership for all Nurses and Midwivesand 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 andthose 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 toprovide advice to Ministers and officials in the Department of Health and Social Care on relevant issues.
Main duties of the job
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 agendaincluding 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.
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You can find further details about the job, in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You can find further details about the job, in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
Person Specification
Leadership
Essential
- First in class leadership skills from a breadth of disciplines, a visionary and strategic thinker
- Highly developed negotiation and political skills and awareness and significant experience of operating at Board level in a politically sensitive environment or organisation
- Natural communicator and leader of change, comfortable in the media spotlight
- Proven experience at a senior leadership level in delivering strategic transformational change
- Ability to demonstrate, at a senior level, a range of leadership styles, influencing skills, sound judgement and flexibility to secure results
- A role model, demonstrating a high level of integrity and the ability to motivate and inspire others
- Values diversity and difference, operates with integrity and openness and as an inclusive leader
- Clear integrity and a commitment to maintaining the highest personal and professional standards, appropriate to the responsibilities attached to holding a senior position within a public body
- Excellent stakeholder relationship management at Board/Executive Director level
Professional registrations
Essential
- Registered nurse/midwifery qualification
- Current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council
- Unblemished registration with NMC: educated to degree level or equivalent
Role specific qualifications skills and experience
Essential
- Educated to degree level
- Educated to masters level or equivalent experience
- Significant experience of operating at board level and a substantial track record of delivering results in very complex high-profile environments
- Experience in senior leadership across local health and care systems, including managing relationships with patient groups
Person Specification
Leadership
Essential
- First in class leadership skills from a breadth of disciplines, a visionary and strategic thinker
- Highly developed negotiation and political skills and awareness and significant experience of operating at Board level in a politically sensitive environment or organisation
- Natural communicator and leader of change, comfortable in the media spotlight
- Proven experience at a senior leadership level in delivering strategic transformational change
- Ability to demonstrate, at a senior level, a range of leadership styles, influencing skills, sound judgement and flexibility to secure results
- A role model, demonstrating a high level of integrity and the ability to motivate and inspire others
- Values diversity and difference, operates with integrity and openness and as an inclusive leader
- Clear integrity and a commitment to maintaining the highest personal and professional standards, appropriate to the responsibilities attached to holding a senior position within a public body
- Excellent stakeholder relationship management at Board/Executive Director level
Professional registrations
Essential
- Registered nurse/midwifery qualification
- Current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council
- Unblemished registration with NMC: educated to degree level or equivalent
Role specific qualifications skills and experience
Essential
- Educated to degree level
- Educated to masters level or equivalent experience
- Significant experience of operating at board level and a substantial track record of delivering results in very complex high-profile environments
- Experience in senior leadership across local health and care systems, including managing relationships with patient groups
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
