15 Oct
NICE - National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
London
Location
London, London (region), E20 1JQ : Manchester, North West England, M1 4BT
About The Job
Job summary
The Clinical Advisor – Nursing, reporting to the Deputy Chief Medical Officer for NICE, is a senior nurse in clinical practice probably as a nurse consultant, nurse practitioner or nurse prescriber and with a strong background in evidence-based medicine. The role faces both externally and internally. The postholder will deliver both engagement with key nursing stakeholders and provide end to end support for guidance development bringing a nursing perspective to ensure that NICE’s guidance ‘speaks’ to the nursing profession and crucially, supports decision making by the nursing profession.
The person appointed will be seen as a credible voice for NICE on all nursing matters both by those working in other organisations and within NICE.
This is a senior strategic leadership role working with considerable autonomy and will contribute to the Clinical Directorate’s core tasks, particularly that of guidance prioritisation
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) exists to help improve the quality, sustainability and productivity of health and social care in England. We have an international reputation for our approach to producing guidance and information on effective practice that supports better decisions and helps the health and care system to prioritise its investment. We are one of the world leaders in the work that we do!
Job Description
The post holder will be responsible for a wide range of duties covering areas such as leadership and advice, nursing and midwifery networks, guidance development, communication, planning and organisation and research and development.
Example of what will be expected of the role:
- Be the visible nursing leader for NICE setting out our strategic plan, in line with NICE’s corporate objectives, for how we support and engage with the nursing profession over the lifetime of the NICE strategy.
- Contribute to the review of principles of engagement, partnership agreements or similar with key national stakeholders for nursing and midwifery.
- Provide routine operational nursing advice to NICE teams on individual topics, themes, pathways and suite of guidance within own area(s) of expertise, as required.
- Contribute a nursing perspective to NICE methodologies for developing guidance, surveillance and updates.
- Assist the Chief Medical Officer and Executive Team with strategy development.
- Gather and collate qualitative (and support quantitative) insights from the nursing profession to inform NICE’s direction in developing guidance, support and advice for nurses.
Person specification
To be considered for this role, you should be able to particularly demonstrate the person specification criteria in the job advert in your application. However, applicants should be able to demonstrate all essential criteria through the entirety of the recruitment process to be considered for the job.
Please see job description attached for full list of responsibilities.
Benefits
We offer a range of benefits including:
- NHS pension scheme which is one of the most generous in the UK
- We promote flexible working to help staff achieve a healthy work life balance including work from home, compressed hours and flexi start/finish times
- Access to a Blue Light Card which includes a wide range of discounts
- Holiday entitlement starting at 27 days plus bank holidays
- Access to Staff Networks including Disability Advocacy and Wellbeing Network, Women In NICE, Race Equality Network, NICE and Proud, Eco-NICE, Change Agent Network. Equality and Diversity is highly valued in the organisation.
Things you need to know
Selection process details
Competency based questioning and a presentation
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Medical
Successful candidates will be expected to have a medical.
Nationality Requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)
Working for the Civil Service
Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract,
retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window) .
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : Judith Richardson
- Email : [email protected]
Recruitment team
- Email : [email protected]
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▶️ Clinical Advisor - Nursing
🖊️ NICE - National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
📍 London