Head of Clinical Professional Standards

Head of Clinical Professional Standards

Function: Clinical

Location: Field Based                     

Contract type: Permanent.

Job Ref: 960

Salary: £73,814 potential to rise to £86,840 over 3 years (equivalent to NHS Agenda for Change Band 8c)

Closing Date: 30^th September 2024

We have an exciting opportunity within NHS Supply Chain for a Head of Clinical Professional Standards to join our team. 

Every day you will … 

Work closely with the clinical executive director and the director of clinical operations and delivery as a member of the clinical directorate senior leadership team.

Work collaboratively with the senior leaders across NHS Supply Chain and importantly be a clinical leader within the growing clinical professional’s community, currently around 80 health care professionals and industry clinical experts.

Lead the development of the clinical education academy and coordinate planning and implementation of the clinical learning and education across the organisation.  Working in collaboration with our talent development department and the commercial centre of excellence undertake a learning needs analysis and skills analysis for the clinical community.

You will have responsibility for the development of the health care professionals (HCP) professional registration and revalidation policy, and you will play a leading role in maintaining the professionals register and ensure that we have the tools in place to support the members of the clinical community to revalidate and maintain their HCP registration safely.

They will develop our clinical fellow programmes and lead delivery and ensure that this new programme becomes embedded into the organisation.

The role has responsibility to develop the essential patient safety and quality training package for the organisation's workforce, based on the NHS England Patient Safety Syllabus.

What can we offer you?

We want to reward you for your passion, enthusiasm, and hard work so we offer much more than a competitive salary:

• Hybrid working opportunities, giving you the flexibility to work collaboratively in the office and remotely.  
• Car Allowance
• We recognise our employees' hard work and contributions with annual bonus schemes, long service, and VIP colleagues awards. 
• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase an additional 5 days.
• We are dedicated to your development, through in-house training, support, and access to external qualifications to maximise your potential.
• A focus on your well-being offering 1 day of paid well-being leave and free access to the 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
• Generous pension scheme (with us contributing 12% when you contribute 6%)
• Access to our Flexible Benefits Scheme, where you can choose from a variety of benefits such as Life Insurance, Critical Illness Cover, Income Protection, Health Cash Plan, Dental Insurance, and additional pension contributions that suit you.
• 2 days of paid volunteering leave allowing you to give back to your community. 
• Access to many discounts from the Blue Light Card to NHS Discounts.

NHS Supply Chain, who are we?

Our role is to support the NHS to save lives and improve health. We are a part of the NHS family, and our role is to source, deliver and supply healthcare products, services and food for NHS trusts and healthcare organisations across England and Wales.

We serve every NHS Trust and operate a national network of distribution centres, managing relationships with more than a thousand suppliers and delivering more than 8,000,000 orders each year to more than 17,000 locations. Doing all of this on behalf of the NHS gives NHS staff more time to focus on their main priority of providing excellent patient care.

What skills will help you thrive in this role?

Operate as a recognised expert to plan, organise, prioritise and oversee activities to efficiently meet objectives. 

Wide and deep experience providing expert competence within a clinical health care setting as a registered health care professional.

Wide and deep experience providing expert competence within a clinical health care setting as a registered health care professional. Must be registered with a UK professional body/register.

Want to develop your career with the NHS Supply Chain? Then apply below or reach out for an informal discussion about the role in confidence by emailing us at Careers@supplychain.nhs.uk 

Our Inclusive Commitment

At NHS Supply Chain, we are committed to building an inclusive environment where difference is not only valued, but celebrated, giving everyone the opportunity to thrive in their career. Developing our people is key to our success, so if this role sounds like the right next step in your career but your experience doesn’t match perfectly with the job advert, we encourage you to still apply.

Struggling to complete our application form, and require additional support? Reach out to our Talent Acquisition team at careers@supplychain.nhs.uk who will be happy to help you with alternative ways to apply.