National Speciality Advisor (Phys Science)
NHS England
Any NHS England office, LS1 4AP
Salary
£105,000
Contract
Fixed-Term
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
13 September 2026
13 days left
Job description
The Diagnostics Recovery & Transformation Programme is the largest single investment programme in the NHS in terms of capital and revenue combined (se...
The National Specialty Adviser is responsible for providing clinical advice to the Diagnostics Programme in the area of Physiological Science, with expertise in one or more of the following disciplines: Neurophysiology, Ophthalmic Science, Vascular Science, GI Physiology and Urodynamics.
The role of the National Specialty Advisor (NSA) is to support senior leaders including Senior Responsible Owners (SROs), National Clinical Directors and Medical Directors to provide clinical advice in four respects:
- Clinical advice to drive transformation of services
- Clinical advice to support identification and delivery of our corporate clinical priorities (at national and regional level)
- Clinical advice to support the commissioning of services
- Clinical advice on ad hoc issues to support parliamentary accountability.
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.
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level in a relevant scientific or medical discipline
- Holds a relevant masters or a higher level qualification in a relevant speciality (i.e. those with a physiology background will require a masters level qualification and for medically qualified graduates membership of a relevant royal college).
Knowledge and expereince
Essential
- Experience in clinical leadership of a physiological science service
- Experienced clinical practitioner with credibility and the ability to command the respect of all clinical and non-clinical professionals across primary, secondary and community care
Desirable
- Significant experience of working at a national or sub-national level as a clinical leader in a relevant specialty
Skills and capabilities
Essential
- The ability to build excellent collaborative networks and develop effective and mutually supportive relationships with key partners within and throughout organisations.
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
19 August 2026
Last checked
21 August 2026
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