Job summary
Employer heading
Clinical Fellow SME Mental Health and Neurodiversity - NHP
NHS AfC: Band 8c
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
The post holder will be an active participant in the New Hospitals Programme, Clinical work stream team, in developing robust evidence for standardising clinical design.
Clinical registration is required for this position.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will contribute specialist expertise to the robust clinical review and clinical authority sign off processes for new hospitals which will include (not exhaustive list)
- Reviewing evidence and formulating reports
- Clinical output specifications including detailed activity and task lists
- Assurance of Clinical Business cases
- Review of clinical strategies
- Clinical benefits review framework
- Ongoing evaluation of physical / clinical / operational / equipment strengths and weaknesses of designs
- Workforce modelling
Search for robust evidence and identify gaps in knowledge to inform clinical design and / or operational standards.
Provide expertise in the following areas as a Subject Matter Expert:
- Mental Health
- Neurodiversity
Contribute to the learning culture in the team to enable iterative plan development to enhance the patient environment in the New Hospital Programme
Contribute to a clinical best practice network of recent new builds and hospitals that are on the program to share, learn and improve.
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
For further details on job description and responsibilities please see attached job description.
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Please note you must have clinical registration to apply for this role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to master's level and equivalent experience working clinically or operationally in relevant specialist area
- Relevant clinical professional registration (i.e., NMC/GMC/HCPC
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in mental health/neurodiversity
- Experience of large programmes and projects
- Experience of design, build and/or moving a hospital
Skills and Attributes
Essential criteria
- Strong external communication skills in a politically sensitive environment
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nicola Wharton
- Job title
- Business Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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