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NHS England leads the NHS in England to deliver high quality care for all. We support NHS organisations to deliver better outcomes for our patients and communities, work to get the best possible value for taxpayers, and drive improvement across the NHS.
Through our seven regional teams, NHS England supports local integrated care systems, made up of public services that provide health and care – NHS organisations, primary care professionals, local councils, social care providers and the community, voluntary and social enterprise sector – to improve the health of the population, improve the quality of care, tackle inequalities and deliver care more efficiently.
Clinical Policy Fellow
Accepting applications until: 01-Oct-2025 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 01-Oct-2025 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Wellington House
- Address
- 133-135 London Road
- Town
- London
- Postcode
- SE1 8UG
- Major / Minor Region
- West Yorkshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Fixed term: 8 months (End date 4 August 2026. Roles align to resident doctors training year.)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £37,068 - £57,570 per annum Salary is in line with substantive role
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Clinical Fellow)
Specialty
- Main area
- Clinical Policy Fellow
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.
Job overview
The post holder will work as part of a dynamic team to support NHS England’s clinical commissioning policy and evaluative commissioning programmes for specialised services. You will be in a role mentored by the National Deputy Medical Director (Specialised Services). Once experience has been gained you will be building, writing, consulting and publishing national clinical policy independently to standards of delivery. The duration of the role is in line with the resident doctors training year and will end on 4 August 2026.
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Key responsibilities include:
• Providing support to policy working groups in line with NHS England’s published methods for the development of clinical commissioning policies
• Supporting clinicians, patients and industry representatives by drafting, testing and refining clinical commissioning policies, and evaluative commissioning proposals that aim to improve outcomes and the cost effectiveness of care for patients and reflect the available clinical evidence and, where possible, clinical consensus
• Supporting the impact assessment process, identifying the likely impact of policy, and evaluative commissioning proposals on patients and existing service provision
• Undertaking stakeholder testing and public consultation to help test, sense check and refine draft products
• Supporting panel members (for example the Specialised Commissioning Clinical Panel) to understand the available evidence of clinical effectiveness and how it has informed policy proposals
• Contributing to the ongoing review and refinement of policy, and evaluative commissioning methodology to support evidence based decision making and prioritisation of available resources
• Providing effective project management leadership and support, to various relevant topics, to ensure the timely delivery of products in line with agreed timescales and commitments to internal and external stakeholders
• Identifying potential new topics for consideration within the forward policy development programme
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
• Providing support to policy working groups in line with NHS England’s published methods for the development of clinical commissioning policies
• Supporting clinicians, patients and industry representatives by drafting, testing and refining clinical commissioning policies, and evaluative commissioning proposals that aim to improve outcomes and the cost effectiveness of care for patients and reflect the available clinical evidence and, where possible, clinical consensus
• Supporting the impact assessment process, identifying the likely impact of policy, and evaluative commissioning proposals on patients and existing service provision
• Undertaking stakeholder testing and public consultation to help test, sense check and refine draft products
• Supporting panel members (for example the Specialised Commissioning Clinical Panel) to understand the available evidence of clinical effectiveness and how it has informed policy proposals
• Contributing to the ongoing review and refinement of policy, and evaluative commissioning methodology to support evidence based decision making and prioritisation of available resources
• Providing effective project management leadership and support to ensure the timely delivery of products in line with agreed timescales and commitments to internal and external stakeholders
• Identifying potential new topics for consideration within the forward policy development programme
• Identifying potential new topics for future research and / or evaluation to support future policy determination
You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information 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.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Working knowledge of clinical research or evaluation approaches, ideally in a healthcare or related setting
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.
- Medical, pharmacy, public health or other clinical qualification directly relevant to specialised healthcare
Desirable criteria
- Working knowledge of specialised commissioning and associated commissioning levers
Skills, Abilities and Attributes
Essential criteria
- Strong written communication skills – for example able to draft accurate, succinct and professional responses to parliamentary questions and summarise the recommendations of clinical working groups
Desirable criteria
- Project management skills including production of relevant project documentation and reporting
Communication Skills
Essential criteria
- Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups.
- Strong verbal communication skills, including presentation to large groups of stakeholders
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
- Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others. Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals.
Documents
- Clinical Policy Fellow Job Description (PDF, 640.5KB)
- Occupational Functional requirements (PDF, 69.8KB)
- NHSE - Verification of ID and RTW Guide (PDF, 306.6KB)
- Guide to Completing Your Application (DOCX, 42.7KB)
- Note for Existing NHS Employees applying for Fixed Term vacancies (DOCX, 26.2KB)
- Redundancy Clawback (PDF, 16.7KB)
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Andy Hughes
- Job title
- Head of Programme Support
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07785185501
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