Swydd wag: Senior Clinical Lead, NHS England, Leeds/London/ Exeter

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Clinical

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NHS AfC: Band 8d

Contract

Cyfnod Penodol: 12 mis (Until 31st October 2026 - Secondment only for current NHS employees)

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37.5 awr yr wythnos (There will be full time and part time positions available)

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990-TD-CTDCI-17694-E

Cyflogwr: NHS England
Math o gyflogwr: NHS
Gwefan: Wellington Place/Wellington House/ Hexagon House
Tref: Leeds/London/ Exeter
Cyflog: £91,342 - £105,337 per annum (exclusive of London weighting)
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Yn cau: 16/10/2025 23:59

Senior Clinical Lead

NHS AfC: Band 8d

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.

We are an accredited Living Wage Employer which means that every colleague working for our organisation and third-party contractors will earn a real Living Wage. We are one of over 15,000 organisations, who voluntarily chose to pay the real Living Wage.

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In the Senior Clinical lead role, you will join a varied pool of clinicians from different professions, working on products and services across NHS England's Transformation Directorate.

You will play a key role in shaping the safe delivery of national programmes to provide clear benefits for citizens and patients, and support clinicians to provide better care.

Our Senior Clinical lead provide the framework and direction for our Clinical Informaticians working across programmes and involved in large scale change, as well as providing a key clinical voice to programme teams within Transformation Directorate.

You can find further details about the role, including key responsibilities and accountabilities, alongside the organisational structure and person specification in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.

Secondments

Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.

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Qualifications

Meini prawf hanfodol

Registered and regulated health or care professional with high level specialist knowledge in a key area of practice, holding current professional clinical registration with an appropriate professional body.
Educated to Masters level or equivalent level or equivalent experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
Substantial post-registration NHS/Social care experience demonstrated over a number of years

Meini prawf dymunol

A trained and accredited clinical safety officer with current application in practice. If not, post holders will be expected to undertake training within 6 months of appointment

Knowledge and Experience

Meini prawf hanfodol

Experience of working with NHS quality improvement frameworks, NHS regulatory and compliance frameworks and their requirements.
Understands the sources and quality of evidence relating to clinical assessment and their application to practice
Experience of leading complex organisational assessment processes with an understanding of clinical IT systems

Skills Capabilities & Attributes

Meini prawf hanfodol

Able to lead and monitor the ongoing research and development of evidence-based clinical guidelines that reflect national guidelines and ensure safe systems of working across NHS England.
Lead the clinical governance framework through strategic accountability for clinical risk and clinical safety
Takes accountability for the safe, level and ethical use of information across systems, services and in clinical practice

Our commitments to you

We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better patient outcomes. We strive to ensure our people feel trusted, valued and empowered. We’re passionate about nurturing and developing people. When you join us, we want you to grow and excel, and we offer many opportunities for you to do that. We welcome your talent and enthusiasm irrespective of age, disability, neuro-divergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. We have policies and procedures to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability and/or who are neuro-divergent.

We welcome applications from disabled candidates. If you meet all the essential criteria, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Your application is your opportunity to demonstrate to us how you meet the requirements of the role. Whilst we appreciate that you may have had support with your application (e.g., using AI technology or guidance from a trusted individual), it’s important that the information contained within your application reflects your own knowledge, skill, and experience and we trust that you apply on that basis.

If applying for this role on a secondment basis, please make sure you have obtained prior agreement from your current line manager to apply for this position.

Please note that we currently do not accept applications via recruitment agencies.

To comply with the HM Government Functional Standard GovS 007, and specifically the Personnel Security Standards 2024, individuals employed or contracted by NHS England may be required to undergo a Baseline Personnel Security Standards check, dependent on the role.

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