Deputy Director - Sustainability and Innovation

Job summary

We are looking for healthcare sustainability experienced candidates to drive the team on strategic and operational development of the Sustainability and Innovation agenda that support both the CNO ambitions and the wider NHS plans regarding the delivery of a net carbon zero health system.

The postholder will have a proven track record in population and public health, demonstrating their ability to drive professional, systemic, and practice transformations that deliver tangible benefits for individuals, families, communities, and the profession. This will also include evidence of designing safe, effective, and efficient systems of care that have improved practice and productivity. Additionally, the postholder will be a compassionate and inclusive leader, collaborating with clinical leaders to formulate a robust strategy and networks aimed at engaging the nursing and midwifery workforce in sustainability and innovation initiatives.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the job:

• Provision of national nursing and midwifery leadership in the design and formulation of strategic actions and models to achieve the NHS's net zero ambitions.
• Develop, design, and implement nursing and midwifery-specific enabling models of practice and climate-smart pathways.
• Lead the design, and implementation of the National Nursing and Midwifery Net Zero Clinical Transformation Exemplar Programme.
• Oversee the development of the Nursing and Midwifery Sustainability Hub/Networks and establish a Nursing and Midwifery Repository of Best Practices
• Build sustainability capacity, capability, and expertise in the application of quality improvement and sustainability sciences across nursing and midwifery programmes of care, including the development of specialist practice roles.
• Develop highly functioning partnerships with the Greener NHS, within the wider NHS England organisation, social care, and as appropriate, other health care systems across the UK.
• Take a lead in developing an integrated approach to nursing and midwifery innovation and clinical entrepreneurship.

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.

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 the Government website.

Employer details

Employer name

NHS England

Address

Any NHS England Office

Nationally

SE1 8UG

Employer's website

https://www.england.nhs.uk/about/working-for/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

NHS England

Address

Any NHS England Office

Nationally

SE1 8UG

Employer's website

https://www.england.nhs.uk/about/working-for/ (Opens in a new tab)

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