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Job overview

An exciting opportunity for someone to join the Healthcare Inequalities Improvement Team as Deputy Director – Policy and Sector Insights. 

As a Deputy Director, you will help lead and work as part of a dynamic team at the heart of decision-making at NHS England; leading the development of national programmes, working closely with local health systems; and solving crosscutting system issues which are not limited to a specific clinical area or policy. 

The policy function is responsible for providing policy advice, guidance, influence, through leadership and expertise to ensure that healthcare inequalities are hardwired across all national policy and programmes, and embedded in delivery across the health system. The post holder will provide leader and direction to the policy function, in collaboration across the wider team and with key stakeholders to deliver core policy functions in line with our five priority actions and the Core20PLUS5 approach. 

The role of the Healthcare Inequalities Improvement Team is principally threefold;

·       setting direction in relation to tackling healthcare inequalities across NHS England (NHSE) and the wider NHS;

·       creating a positive improvement culture which champions data as a means of gaining actionable insight to drive interventions leading to reductions in health inequalities; and

·       working with national teams and partners to deliver commitments to tackling health inequalities set out in the NHS Long-Term Plan. 

Main duties of the job

• Influence the Data architecture of NHS E, the wider NHS, the Civil Service and ONS. Thus requiring vast data & analytics expertise, especially in the evaluation of complex systems and with evidence of working at a senior level in the health inequalities space, oversee & ensure a robust data underpinning to the work of the healthcare inequalities improvement programme in collaboration with Chief Data Analytical Officer’s team in NHS England and via strong networks into the data & analytics ecosystem of the Civil Service and ONS especially in relation to health inequalities
• Provide Strategic Leadership with ability to be hands on in supporting the wider team, working flexibly across the team’s portfolio and within tight timescales.

• Represent the Healthcare Inequalities Improvement Team at a range of internal and external forums and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders and delivery partners.

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 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 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.