Job summary
- Main area
- Service Design
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 990-TD-P&P-6756222-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- NHS England Office in Leeds/London/Southport/Exeter
- Town
- Leeds/London/Southport/Exeter
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 per annum pro rata (exclusive of London Weighting)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Service Designer
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Our Organisation
The NHS is building a culture that is positive, compassionate and inclusive – and we all have our part to play.
As employers we are committed to protecting and promoting the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our colleagues. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution and supports us to be an Employer of Choice, while helping our colleagues to deliver high quality services for our patients and communities.
As a flexible employer, we want to support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
Do you believe in improving lives through data and technology? Do you enjoy uncovering user needs to understand complex problems, and designing services which will help literally millions of people look after their health?
We have exciting opportunities for experienced service design professionals to join us and work across several portfolios including Digital Primary Care and Platforms. See the assignment brief for descriptions of what these areas do.
Service Designers are a key part of our user-centred design (UCD) family of roles, alongside interaction designers, user researchers and content designers.
The work we do has a direct impact on millions of patients’ lives, helping them access the essential services they need and supports them to get appropriate care as quickly as possible.
We also have a direct impact on health professionals across the NHS by providing them with essential tools and services to reduce the burden and enabling them to spend more time treating people.
Our products and services are used by all communities across England, covering diverse and contrasting needs based on age, cultural and socio-economic background, ability, gender, and sexuality. It is important to us that we represent all communities in our working teams, therefore we greatly encourage people with experience of different backgrounds to apply.
Main duties of the job
Some of the key skills and experience you’ll bring:
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Demonstrable knowledge of service design and user centred design practices for both public facing and internal services and applications
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Experience in a range of service design methods and sub-disciplines, for example, but not limited to user journey mapping, service blueprinting, service mapping, workshop facilitation, etc.
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Experience of ensuring products and services adhere to, and are designed according to, the relevant user-centred design and accessibility standards, e.g.GOV.UK or NHS Service Standard, Public Sector Bodies Accessibility Regulations 2018, Equality Act 2010, WCAG 2.1 AA etc.
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Experience in working effectively with cross-disciplinary teams and ensuring that the process for making design decisions is based on evidenced user research and understanding of user journeys
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Proven experience with prototyping and iterative design
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Evidence of continuous professional development
Working for our organisation
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 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.
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As a Service Designer you will be responsible for:
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Contributing to the development of design concepts, collaborating with product management to define a direction for services, and share it in a way others can understand
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Looking at the whole journey a user takes when using a service and making sure every part of that journey is designed to work smoothly
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Collaborating with user researchers to ensure the needs of users, and organisational objectives are met
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Using research evidence, design knowledge and negotiation with stakeholders to improve health outcomes for the public and healthcare professionals
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Working with multi-disciplinary teams so they understand the role and purpose of service design, user-centred design, and how these help to meet the organisational goals
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Ensuring our products and services are inclusive, accessible, and equitable
You will be working as a key member of a multidisciplinary team in your portfolio, as well as becoming part of an active and supportive design community of practice, collaborating across the organisation, to ensure new and existing services are user-centred, provide outstanding experiences and work for the whole population. You will have the opportunity to analyse and rethink the delivery of health and care services and improve delivery at national scale.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Experience in working effectively with cross-disciplinary teams, and ensuring that the process for making design decisions is based on evidenced user research and understanding of user journeys
- Proven experience with prototyping and iterative design
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable knowledge of service design and user centred design practices for both public facing and internal services and applications
- Experience in a range of service design methods and sub-disciplines, for example, but not limited to user journey mapping, service blueprinting, service mapping, workshop facilitation, etc.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of ensuring products and services adhere to, and are designed according to, the relevant user-centred design and accessibility standards, e.g.GOV.UK or NHS Service Standard, Public Sector Bodies Accessibility Regulations 2018, Equality Act 2010, WCAG 2.1 AA etc.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Digital Primary Care recruitment team
- Job title
- Digital Primary Care recruitment team
- Email address
- [email protected]
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