National Speciality Advisor (Phys Science)
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This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2212 (70% match) is an eligible occupation, and NHS England is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
This could also be SOC 1171 (Health services and public health managers and directors, Advisory role supporting senior leaders could be managerial) or SOC 2259 (Other health professionals not elsewhere classified., Other health professionals if not a medical). We read the code off the advert, so it is our best guess, not the employer's.
About the role
It Is Delivering Twin Priorities
- A significant transformation in the NHS diagnostic model
- Recovery of diagnostic services as a key element of overall elective recovery and cancer performance.
- Imaging
- Pathology
- GI Endoscopy
- Physiological Sciences
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.
Main duties of the job
Responsibilities
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);
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.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Nathan Hall Job title: Deputy Director, Diagnostics Physiological Science Email address: nathanhall@nhs.net Telephone number: 07921688851
Amy Taylor Gonzalez
Senior Implementation Manager
Physiological Science Transformation Programme
amy.taylor-gonzalez@nhs.net
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Where this offer sits in the market
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