Job vacancy: Deputy Director of Nursing Research for Academic Leadership & Strategy, NHS England, London or Leeds (2024)

Job overview

As Deputy Director of Nursing Research the post holder will use their nursing registration, knowledge, and skills to develop and implement a national strategy and aligned programme of work to embed the importance of nursing research capacity and capability within health and social care, and demonstrate the professions’ key contribution to transformational change by increasing the visibility and impact of nursing and midwifery research.

Note that the base for this role is London – Wellington House, 133 – 155 Waterloo Road, SE1 8UG or Leeds – 7 & 8 Wellington Place, Leeds, LS1 4AP

Main duties of the job

· Encourage nursing and midwifery staff to undertake relevant research which will inform and support the sustainability and transformation of services to improve the health and wellbeing of individuals and the population;

· Build on and further develop the nursing research portfolio as a resource to articulate the research agenda in nursing and midwifery, to strengthen the narrative so research becomes inherent in nursing;

· Support and champion the right settings and support for nurses to undertake research within the new pathways of healthcare delivery;

· Work with key partners and stakeholders in establishing research as a core skill in nursing that occurs in both pre and post graduate training to increase the confidence to pursue a research career thereafter;

· Increase the understanding of the importance of higher educational institutes for nursing research;

· Promote and support the impact of collaboration and the use of evidence as evaluation;

· Work with key stakeholders to encourage wider representation of research needs and application across the system;

· Ensure that robust analysis has a focus on issues such as safety, outcomes and sustainability;

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Main duties of the job continued.

· Identify and disseminate case study examples of nursing research where the evidence underpins what it is that the profession does, what works and the impact nursing has globally as well as the economic impact;

· Identify relevant models and organisations of dissemination as credible facilitators to increase visibility of nursing research to relevant policy makers;

· Develop and build the #teamCNO nursing research ‘brand’.

You can find further details about the job, in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.

We are committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent and free from discrimination. We support the values and pledges of the NHS Constitution.

We are committed to being a diverse and an inclusive employer and will build a culture where all employees are valued, respected and acknowledged. We strive to ensure that no individual receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of their gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief, colour, race, ethnicity, national origin, age, pregnancy and maternity, marital or civil partnership status, transgender status, HIV status, social background, trade union membership or non-membership and is placed at a disadvantage by requirements or conditions that cannot be shown to be justifiable.

We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants and employees are treated fairly and consistently.

Please note that the closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. You are advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

Candidates are reminded that, if you are applying on a secondment basis, you must have agreement with your current manager that if successful you will be released for the period of the secondment.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

• Job Description (PDF, 448.6KB)
• Occupational Functional requirement form (PDF, 69.8KB)
• Employee Rewards and Benefits (PDF, 306.3KB)

Name

Loreen Ash

Job title

Senior Policy Advisor

Email address

[emailprotected]

Telephone number

07714773621