Deputy Director of Nursing Research for System Transformation

2 weeks ago


Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom NHS England Full time

Job summary

As Deputy Director of Nursing Research the post holder will use their nursing registration, knowledge, and skills to develop and implement a national strategy and aligned programme of work to embed the importance of nursing research capacity and capability within health and social care, and demonstrate the professions' key contribution to transformational change by increasing the visibility and impact of nursing and midwifery research.

Note that the base for this role isLondon - Wellington House, Waterloo Road,SE1 8UG or Leeds - 7 & 8 Wellington Place, Leeds, LS1 4AP

Main duties of the job

Encourage nursing and midwifery staff to undertake relevant research which will inform and support the sustainability and transformation of services to improve the health and wellbeing of individuals and the population;

Build on and further develop the nursing research portfolio as a resource to articulate the research agenda in nursing and midwifery, to strengthen the narrative so research becomes inherent in nursing;

Support and champion the right settings and support for nurses to undertake research within the new pathways of healthcare delivery;

Work with key partners and stakeholders in establishing research as a core skill in nursing that occurs in both pre and post graduate training to increase the confidence to pursue a research career thereafter;

Increase the understanding of the importance of higher educational institutes for nursing research;

Promote and support the impact of collaboration and the use of evidence as evaluation;

Work with key stakeholders to encourage wider representation of research needs and application across the system;

Ensure that robust analysis has a focus on issues such as safety, outcomes and sustainability;

About us

In April 2023, NHS England, NHS Digital, and Health Education England merged to create a new, single organisation to lead the NHS in England. This new NHS England is designed to create a simpler, smaller, high performing, organisation that leads the NHS more effectively and is a better place to work. Speaking with one voice to the service.

The new 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 agreat 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 .

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main duties of the job continued.

Identify and disseminate case study examples of nursing research where the evidence underpins what it is that the profession does, what works and the impact nursing has globally as well as the economic impact;

Identify relevant models and organisations of dissemination as credible facilitators to increase visibility of nursing research to relevant policy makers;

Develop and build the #teamCNO nursing research brand.

You can find further details about the job, in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.

Person Specification

To strengthen the involvement of nursing and midwifery staff

Essential

To highlight and help manage the need for 'real-world' research where students and practitioners can work together ensuring that research becomes 'mainstream' in health and care settings and is not seen as an additional extra. To actively champion and support nurses to undertake research, underpinned by education and practice, to gather clear outcome measures and help deliver the highest standard of care for patients, individuals and populations. To ensure that there is a wider understanding that that the knowledge, experience and collective ambition of nursing and midwifery is crucial to the successful delivery of nursing research at all stages from early development right through to final publication and dissemination. To serve as the principal research advisor to the CNO and their senior team; as the designated CNO lead for nursing and midwifery research to work closely with colleagues and partners across the new integrated regional operating models, other systems and a wide range of stakeholders to ensure that there is a clear understanding and collective nursing and midwifery leadership as to the potential and impact of nursing research.
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