Job summary
The Clinical Sustainability Nurse Specialist is a key member of the Chief Nursing Officer's Sustainability Innovation and Entrepreneurship Team, working within Quality Safety, Sustainability Innovation, and the Women's Health Directorate. The Clinical Sustainability Nurse Specialist will have a pivotal role in providing subject matter expertise in the development of the directorate's net zero clinical transformation programme and will have a significant role in contributing to the development of climate-smart care pathways within nursing and midwifery services.
Main duties of the job
The role of the clinical sustainability nurse specialist encompasses supporting the formulation of policies, strategies, and practices that contribute to the enhancement of healthcare sustainability. This includes staying abreast of current research and evidence-based practices, integrating these practices into patient care, educating and mentoring healthcare professionals, and collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to influence policy and practice development. It is within this context that they will support the directorate to:
1. Maximise the influence of nursing and midwifery leadership at every level in the delivery of the NHS net zero objective, integrating sustainability into clinical practice, throughout the system, and within all nursing and midwifery programmes of care.2. Expand the scope of nursing and midwifery's net-zero influence across networks, championing the integration of global sustainable development goals into our practice frameworks.3. Grow, nurture, and develop the capacity, skills, proficiency, and knowledge of nursing and midwifery in the application of sustainable quality improvement methodologies while fostering and adopting circular health innovations.
4. Amplify the contribution of nursing and midwifery to realising net zero by devising and implementing decarbonisation strategies and developing climate-smart care pathways within nursing and midwifery care models.
About us
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 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.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide clinical subject matter expertise across all NHSE nursing divisions to integrate sustainability into nursing and midwifery policies, strategies, and practice frameworks.
- Lead the Nursing and Midwifery Net Zero Clinical Transformation Exemplar Programme within the Sustainability Team (2-4 Climate Smart Care Pathways Annually).
- Direct the development and national roll-out of the hybrid clinical nurse roles in sustainability and chair the sustainability hybrid community of practice forum.
- Guide the advancement of the clinical circular economy and collaborate with the NHS supply chain and its clinical innovation teams in developing resource-efficient and climate-smart care products and care pathways.
- Represent the directorate by providing nursing expertise as part of the Clinical Procurement Network and the New Hospital Build/Build Environment Nurse Specialist Programmes.
- Oversee the Nursing and Midwifery Sustainability Network and its content development.
- Advocate for and lead the establishment of a bespoke planetary health literacy programme for nursing and midwifery, which includes the creation of a specialised sustainability attributes framework.
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide clinical subject matter expertise across all NHSE nursing divisions to integrate sustainability into nursing and midwifery policies, strategies, and practice frameworks.
- Lead the Nursing and Midwifery Net Zero Clinical Transformation Exemplar Programme within the Sustainability Team (2-4 Climate Smart Care Pathways Annually).
- Direct the development and national roll-out of the hybrid clinical nurse roles in sustainability and chair the sustainability hybrid community of practice forum.
- Guide the advancement of the clinical circular economy and collaborate with the NHS supply chain and its clinical innovation teams in developing resource-efficient and climate-smart care products and care pathways.
- Represent the directorate by providing nursing expertise as part of the Clinical Procurement Network and the New Hospital Build/Build Environment Nurse Specialist Programmes.
- Oversee the Nursing and Midwifery Sustainability Network and its content development.
- Advocate for and lead the establishment of a bespoke planetary health literacy programme for nursing and midwifery, which includes the creation of a specialised sustainability attributes framework.
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.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered 1st Level Nurse and on the Live NMC Register.
- Educated to master's level or equivalent level/ completed master's level modules or have equivalent experience working at senior nursing level in specialist area of practice or clinical leadership.
- Demonstrate evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development in quality improvement and in sustainability.
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Have at least 3 years' experience working at a senior clinical nursing level either as specialist practitioner or ward manager/deputy ward manager.
- Have at least one years' experience in a sustainability role or leading sustainability projects or programmes in clinical setting.
- Demonstrable experience in clinical management and/or experience in delivering education, and/or delivering quality improvement within or across care pathways.
Skills Capabilities & Attributes
Essential
- Demonstrate significant clinical leadership skills and experience and/or hold a formal management qualification.
- Demonstrate a clear understand and application of Quality Improvement and/or Sustainability Methodologies including data analysis and report writing.
- Demonstrate skill in partnership working and project/programme management.
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- Demonstrate person centred values - promoting health equity and in advocating for planetary health approaches.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered 1st Level Nurse and on the Live NMC Register.
- Educated to master's level or equivalent level/ completed master's level modules or have equivalent experience working at senior nursing level in specialist area of practice or clinical leadership.
- Demonstrate evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development in quality improvement and in sustainability.
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Have at least 3 years' experience working at a senior clinical nursing level either as specialist practitioner or ward manager/deputy ward manager.
- Have at least one years' experience in a sustainability role or leading sustainability projects or programmes in clinical setting.
- Demonstrable experience in clinical management and/or experience in delivering education, and/or delivering quality improvement within or across care pathways.
Skills Capabilities & Attributes
Essential
- Demonstrate significant clinical leadership skills and experience and/or hold a formal management qualification.
- Demonstrate a clear understand and application of Quality Improvement and/or Sustainability Methodologies including data analysis and report writing.
- Demonstrate skill in partnership working and project/programme management.
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- Demonstrate person centred values - promoting health equity and in advocating for planetary health approaches.
Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
