Chief Nursing Officer for Scotland

Scottish Government

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Details

Reference number

369750

Salary

£108,393

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Job grade

SCS Pay Band 2

Contract type

Fixed term
Secondment

Length of employment

5 year secondment or 2 year fixed term appointment

Type of role

Health Professionals

Working pattern

Full-time

Location

Edinburgh

About the job

Job summary

Applications are invited from suitably qualified nursing professionals, fully registered in the UK with the Nursing and Midwifery Council for this secondment opportunity or fixed term appointment as Chief Nursing Officer for the Scottish Government. This is a Director (SCS 2) level role based in Edinburgh with some travel required.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the senior leadership team within Health and Social Care as the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO). The successful candidate will be responsible at a national level for all matters that relate to the professional leadership of nurses and midwives across Scotland. They will provide leadership of the Nursing & Midwifery professions across the Health and Social Care System in Scotland, and within Scottish Government.

As a member of the Health and Social Care Management Board, the CNO will participate fully in the corporate management of the Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates (DGH&SC), working with colleagues to provide advice to Ministers and to support the implementation of Ministerial policy.

The postholder will be highly visible at a senior level within Scottish Government, and externally working with leaders across NHS Boards, The National Care Service, Scottish Universities and Colleges, the Council of Deans, Trade Unions, Professional Organisations, Integrated Joint Boards, care providers, UK government directorates, UK wide professional organisations, the Nursing Midwifery Council and other UK wide regulators, as well as other partners to support the achievement of Scottish Government priorities, and the best health and care outcomes for people.

The CNO will work with the Chief Medical Officer and other clinical advisors to provide cohesive clinical advice to support officials and Ministers. The CNO will also provide support to a range of Chief Professional Officers including the Chief Allied Health Professions Officer (CAHPO), Chief Midwifery Officer (CMidO) and Chief Healthcare Science Officer (CHCSO).

Job description

Provide high profile and visible leadership of the professions across Scotland, focussing on our recovery and reform agenda for health and care services, and contributing to wider Scottish Government objectives in relation to child poverty, the economy and climate change, and public services.

Work in partnership with other Chief Professional Officers, and other Health and Social Care Directors to ensure the safe delivery of services and the reduction of health inequalities.

Engage with and be influential on solutions to safe, sustainable, staffing; key workforce policies; delayed discharges; community packages of care; and overall service pressures. Bringing creative and workable solutions to protect services in social, community and acute care and the wellbeing of the workforce.

Work closely with the Director of Workforce to identify synergies and improved ways of working across the teams.

Please see the Candidate Pack for further details on the role and person specification. The terms and conditions of appointment are explained in the separate Candidate Further Information.

Person specification

Professional qualifications and experience

You must be a nurse or midwife, fully registered in the UK with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
Professional experience of leading and developing a Nursing and Midwifery professional workforce, in particular to find creative and imaginative ways to develop sustainable services.

Leading collectively

Taking an effective whole system approach to complex, dynamic issues; actively developing wide networks, breaking down and collaborating across barriers to deliver outcomes, with a demonstrable ability to win and maintain the confidence of senior internal and external stakeholders or Ministers with your leadership, judgement and commitment to delivery.
Being a visible corporate leader, influencing and supporting corporate activities and goals as a member of a senior team, representing your organisation with credibility and operating with sensitivity and political astuteness.

Developing others

Embedding an inclusive, learning culture in your teams, where change is seen as an opportunity, trusting and empowering others and enabling high performance and innovation.
Ability to actively manage wellbeing and create an environment where diversity of thinking and perspective is both valued and nurtured and ability to lead, motivate and inspire staff and a wide range of partners and stakeholders at a time of change and challenge.

Leading others

Setting clear strategic direction and making high quality decisions which balance risk and stakeholder interests to deliver outcomes.
Strong communication skills and the ability to build visibility and awareness with partners and stakeholders.

Understanding and developing self

You will demonstrate a strong understanding of yourself as a leader as well as a passion for your work and your own continuous personal development. This includes acting as a role model for inclusive leadership by clearly articulating, with courage and humility, how your personal life experiences and background impact on your thinking and behaviour.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £108,393, Scottish Government contributes £31,401 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Learning and development tailored to your role
An environment with flexible working options
A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Things you need to know

Selection process details

Applications should be submitted by no later than Friday 4th October 2024 at 23:55.

To apply for this post, you will need to provide the information requested below via the Scottish Government online application system. You may wish to consult the Further Information Pack when preparing your application.

Application System
You must have an account on our Applicant Tracking System (ATS). Click ‘apply for this job online’ – if you have an account already, enter your log in details. If you don’t have an account, enter your email and you will then be asked to add profile details including a CV.

Your CV should include:

Contact details
Relevant & Recent Employment history
Qualifications that are relevant to your application
Skills and interests - can be used to describe any additional training or abilities relevant to your application. For example, if you do voluntary work that relates to the role or have additional IT skills.

Supporting documents

A CV (please see above)
A Supporting Statement (no longer than 1500 words) explaining why you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience suitable for this role, with particular reference to the essential criteria.

When relating your experience to the role, please tailor your CV and written responses to reflect the essential criteria as described in the Candidate Pack. We require both a CV and a written response to be submitted on the system for your application to be considered. If there are any technical issues please contact SCSResourcing@gov.scot

The system will acknowledge your application.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

This role has a minimum assignment duration of 5 years. An assignment duration is the period of time a Senior Civil Servant is expected to remain in the same post to enable them to deliver on the agreed key business outcomes. The assignment duration also supports your career through building your depth of expertise.

As part of accepting this role you will be agreeing to the expected assignment duration set out above. This will not result in a contractual change to your terms and conditions. Please note this is an expectation only, it is not something which is written into your terms and conditions or indeed which the employing organisation or you are bound by. It will depend on your personal circumstances at a particular time and business needs, for example, would not preclude any absence like family friendly leave. It is nonetheless an important expectation, which is why we ask you to confirm you agree to the assignment duration set out above.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

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Medical

Successful candidates will be expected to have a medical.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Working for the Civil Service

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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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