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Clinical Nurse Advisor – Southeast

Function: Care Pathway

Location: Field Based

Contract type: Fixed Term for 7 months.

Job Ref: 1084

Salary: £38,728 potential to rise to £45,562 over 3 years

Closing Date: Thursday 8th January 2025

NHS Supply Chain are recruiting for a Clinical Nurse Advisor for the Southeast area.

The Care Pathway team is a newly formed team, and we’re passionate about improving patient outcomes by focussing on driving quality. As a team of dedicated clinicians, our Clinical Nurse Advisors aim to do this by developing partnership working with clinical and non-clinical colleagues in NHS organisations across integrated care systems, supporting the adoption of Value Based Procurement, Innovation including the MedTech Funding Mandate and developing case studies that can be shared to promote best practice.

Working within Integrated Care Systems (ICS), you will be leading development of Care Pathways, which include Value Based Procurement, Innovation and delivering value for money.

Using latest guidance, best practice and nationally approved recommendations (GIRFT, MedTech Directorate, AHSNs, NICE, MHRA, Royal Colleges, NHSE), and collaborating with NHS Supply Chain stakeholders (Hospital and Out of Hospital Care teams) you will support organisations to adopt clinical best practice, transforming care pathway outcomes for patients.

Every day you will … 

Driving the adoption of innovative products, devices and services including those on the NHS England MedTech Funding Mandate policy within identified ICS care pathways.

Driving the adoption of clinical practice, from published Value Based Procurement (VBP) case studies within identified ICS care pathways.

Developing partner led VBP case studies, that address ICS care pathways clinical pain points.

Engage with clinical and non-clinical stakeholders to explore, influence, and deliver Value Based Procurement and Innovation.

Working collaboratively with stakeholders and NHSSC colleagues, to gain greater insight to the purchasing drivers and needs of the NHS.

Bring customer insights back into NHSSC to support other functions to drive their service delivery plans.

Be able to explore and identify end to end patient pathways with customers to support the delivery of improved patient outcomes.

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:

Car Allowance

Hybrid working opportunities, giving you the flexibility to work collaboratively in the office and remotely.  

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?

You will have to have experience of working as a clinical nurse (or equivalent clinical professional with an active professional registration) and collaborating with a variety of clinical and non-clinical stakeholders.

Experience of working in multi-supplier service environments gained within NHS industry.

Experience of relationship building with multiple stakeholders.

Strong understanding of NHS programmes to support the delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan with established customer relationships.

Track record of change management and influencing the clinical need for change.

Have project management experience, including project risk identification, stakeholder mapping, benefits realisation and decision making cycle.

Understanding of Care Pathways and Value Based Procurement.

Strong communication skills including listening carefully to customer needs and probing beneath the surface to gain richer insight on views.

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  

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.

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