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The Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) provides clinical and professional advice and leadership in healthcare science across the health and care system. The CSO is the head of profession for a workforce of over 56,000 healthcare scientists in the NHS, encompassing more than 54 distinct scientific specialisms. The Office of the CSO promotes the better use of science to tackle our most significant health challenges and drive technological advances, ensuring people lead happier and healthier lives. NHS healthcare scientists employ their scientific and technical skills to prevent, diagnose, and treat diseases, uniquely positioned within an integrated health system renowned for transformational science such as genomics.

The team also focuses on developing the professional, clinical, and system leadership capacity and capability of healthcare scientists. These scientists are well-placed to offer frontline scientific leadership and science-based intelligence for innovation, service planning, and delivery. By pushing the NHS to operate at the forefront of science, the Office of the CSO can enhance service integration, create new care delivery methods, empower patients in their care, and improve the NHS's research and innovation capabilities, as well as the adoption of cutting-edge health technologies.

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We are seeking a Senior Science Lead to join our dynamic team of scientists, working alongside project managers and policymakers across NHS England. The role supports the Office of the Chief Scientific Officer in delivering NHS England’s objectives by offering expertise and professional leadership within the scientific and diagnostic community. The post holder will collaborate with colleagues across the system, providing influence and advice to improve patient quality and outcomes and integrate innovation into healthcare.

We are looking for a healthcare scientist who can influence and engage all levels of the system, offering healthcare science expertise across clinical pathways. The ideal candidate will identify opportunities for improvement in scientific and diagnostic pathways, lead the implementation of innovation and improvement plans across all clinical pathways, provide strategic direction to OCSO priority programs, and support Regional Healthcare Science Leads in coordinating and implementing deliverables at regional and local levels.

If you are currently in an operational role and seek to transition into a more strategic position, this opportunity may be perfect for you.

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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

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.