Senior Policy Manager

This is a permanent role in the CNO Policy and Strategy Unit in the Nursing Directorate, NHS England. As Senior Policy Manager the post holder will support the team in responding to existing, new and emerging policy work to drive forward national policy, strategy and professional priorities relevant to nursing and midwifery, the delivery of health and care, and the objectives of the Chief Nursing Officer for England. The role is designed to combine subject matter expertise and policy and briefing skills to support delivery of team objectives. Key aspects of this role will be to: -

• Support the CNO's work with ministers, government officials, professional regulators, royal colleges and professional bodies to help
shape policy and decision making.
• Support development of advice to ensure the CNO provides robust professional relevant information and advice to the Department of
Health and Social Care.
• Understand and engage with the work of royal colleges, regulators and other key stakeholders to ensure CNO is effectively engaged and consulted on external policy impacting on the profession.
• Manage, nurture and actively maintain and promote relationships with key stakeholders.
• Maintain a good knowledge of emerging policies from government departments to assist in the thinking and definition of strategy
discussions and help support stakeholders., As described in the job description, this role is embedded in the CNO Policy & Strategy Unit (PSU). The PSU focuses on:
• Supporting the CNO in setting out their strategic vision and priorities and working in partnership across the wider professional landscape to
deliver these.
• Providing policy advice and guidance to the CNO on a range of professional and system areas.
• Supporting the development and implementation of new policy and strategy.
• Ensure strategic professional policy input into NHSE priority programmes.
• Working collaboratively across the Nursing Directorate to ensure that policy development and transformation techniques are embedded in
our ways of working.
• Leading on professional and regulatory issues for the profession., Key skills we are looking for from the post holder include experience of supporting the development and implementation of new policy and
strategy, with a solid understanding and appreciation of current the healthcare policy landscape. The postholder will need to have experience of identifying and interpreting national policy.
• Shortlisting and interviews will be conducted in January 2025.
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