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About
NHS England’s purpose is to create the conditions for an ambitious and high quality NHS. We empower our people and partners to solve problems, provide outstanding care for every patient and improve the nation's health.
Our 7 regional teams work directly with systems and NHS providers across the country. Each region acts as the interface between national strategy and local delivery, overseeing performance, supporting improvement and enabling transformation at scale.
Contact
- Address
- Wellington House
- 133-155 Waterloo Road
- London
- SE1 8UG
- Contact Number
- 0300 330 1369
Senior Advisor - Adult Social Care Nursing
Accepting applications until: 28-Jul-2026 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 28-Jul-2026 23:59
Key details
Location
- Gwefan
- Any NHS England Office
- Tref
- Nationally
- Cod post
- SE1 8UG
- Major / Minor Region
- West Yorkshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Fixed term: 8 months (Until 31 March 2027 - Secondment only for current NHS employees)
- Oriau
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
Salary
- Cyflog
- £112,782 - £129,783 pro rata (exclusive of London Weighting)
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yearly
- Gradd
- (NHS AfC: Band 9)
Specialty
- Prif leoliad
- Adult Social Care
Our Organisation
We share the core values set out in the NHS Constitution, which all colleagues are expected to demonstrate.
We support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you and your colleagues. 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.
Trosolwg o'r swydd
- The Office of the Chief Nursing Officer for England provides national professional leadership for nursing and midwifery across health and care.
- The Nursing Directorate works across NHS England, integrated care systems, providers, local government, adult social care, professional bodies, regulators, education partners and the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector.
- The team supports delivery of national nursing and midwifery priorities, including quality, safety, professional leadership, workforce, education, research, improvement, digital transformation and reducing inequalities.
- Adult social care nursing is central to the Government’s three shifts, particularly hospital to community, sickness to prevention, neighbourhood health, continuity of care and supporting people to live well with complexity, frailty, disability, dementia and long-term conditions.
- The post will strengthen the connection between NHS England’s national nursing leadership and adult social care nursing leaders, networks and partners.
- The role will provide specialist professional advice while recognising the statutory, policy and delivery responsibilities of DHSC, Skills for Care, regulators, providers, local authorities and integrated care systems.
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- Develop a stakeholder map and engagement plan for adult social care nursing relationships across NHS England, DHSC, Skills for Care, professional bodies, regulators, providers, academic partners and Social Care Nursing Advisory Councils.
- Develop a short briefing for the Chief Nursing Officer for England on the key opportunities, risks and priorities for adult social care nursing in relation to NHS England’s professional strategy and the 10 Year Health Plan.
- Develop a programme of structured engagement with adult social care nursing leaders and networks, including agreed feedback routes into NHS England nursing leadership.
- Make practical recommendations to support adult social care nursing contribution to neighbourhood health, prevention, hospital-to-community care and integrated working.
- Provide advice on adult social care nursing workforce, education, practice learning and career development opportunities, including links with social care placement strategy implementation.
- Produce a final report setting out achievements, learning, remaining gaps and recommendations for sustaining the adult social care nursing voice in national nursing leadership.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
NHS England has a wide range of statutory functions, responsibilities and regulatory powers. These are focused on supporting the wider NHS to deliver high quality care, as well as doing those things that are best done once for the whole NHS.
Our staff bring expertise across clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial specialisms — enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.
In March 2025, the Government announced that NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care will increasingly merge functions, ultimately leading to NHS England being fully integrated into the department.
If you currently work within the NHS and if successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the process.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in our offices.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
We cannot offer visa sponsorship for any vacancies.
Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
- The post holder will provide national specialist nursing advice on adult social care to support the Chief Nursing Officer for England’s professional leadership of nursing across health and care.
- The post holder will ensure adult social care nursing is visible, valued and connected within national professional strategy, neighbourhood health policy, workforce development, education and placement reform, quality improvement, digital transformation and integrated care delivery.
- The post holder will work across organisational and sector boundaries, providing strategic insight from adult social care nursing and translating national policy priorities into meaningful engagement with the sector.
- The post holder will act as a senior conduit between NHS England and adult social care nursing leaders and networks, surfacing intelligence, opportunities and risks and translating these into practical action where relevant.
- The post holder will advise on the contribution of adult social care nursing to neighbourhood health, prevention, hospital-to-community transformation, discharge, admission avoidance, delegation, digital care and care closer to home.
- The post holder will produce evidence-informed advice and recommendations to support sustainable engagement of adult social care nursing within national nursing professional leadership arrangements
- The post holder will provide credible, effective and visible professional and clinical leadership at National level and will make a corporate contribution in achieving and delivering high quality adult social care services.
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.
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. 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 ensure all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process. This includes considering 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 how you meet the requirements of the role. While we appreciate you may have had some support with your application (for example, using AI technology or guidance from a trusted individual), it’s important all the information you provide in it reflects your own knowledge, skills and experience and we trust that you apply on that basis.
If you’re applying for this role on a secondment basis, please get agreement from your current line manager before you apply.
We don’t accept applications via recruitment agencies, and we cannot offer visa sponsorship for any vacancies.
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.
NHS Business Services Authority is responsible for processing your application; our privacy can be accessed directly on the application page when you select to apply.
If you are appointed to a post, your information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
If you have a query about your application, please contact the recruitment team: [email protected] or 0300 330 1369.
NHS England
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Educated to master’s level or able to demonstrate equivalent senior professional experience.
Meini prawf dymunol
- Postgraduate qualification in leadership, education, quality improvement, advanced practice, public health, social care, health policy or related field.
Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Substantial senior nursing leadership experience in adult social care or across health and social care systems.
- Strong understanding of adult social care nursing, including care homes, home care, supported living, integrated working, clinical governance, workforce challenges, quality and safety.
- Experience of operating at senior strategic level in a complex, politically sensitive and multi-stakeholder environment,
- National-level experience in adult social care nursing policy, networks, education, workforce or professional leadership
Skills
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Highly developed communication, influencing, negotiation and relationship-building skills.
- Ability to provide clear, balanced and credible professional advice to senior leaders.
- Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities and deliver at pace in a part-time fixed-term role.
- Strong written skills, including the ability to produce concise briefings, reports, recommendations and presentations for senior audiences.
Values
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Demonstrable commitment to person-centred, compassionate, inclusive and evidence-informed care
- Demonstrates resilience, political awareness and sound judgement
Other
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of equality of opportunity and diversity considering and being aware of how individual actions contribute to and make a difference to the equality agenda
Documents
Further details / informal visits contact
- Enw
- Michelle Bateman
- Teitl y swydd
- DCNO - Quality
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Gwybodaeth i gefnogi eich cais
Please contact Michelle Bateman via her PA Lorraine Horner
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