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An exciting development opportunity has become available for a highly motivated and experienced nurse to work with the Workforce, Training and Education Department NHS England Midlands Region for 12 months secondment as a Clinical Leadership Fellow. The Fellowship will be hosted by the Centre for Nursing, Midwifery and AHP Research and Education Excellence (CeNREE) at UHNM.

External funding has been secured for this 12 months secondment to allow for the Clinical Leadership Fellow to support and develop innovative projects focused on the nursing workforce. The projects will be focused on the NHS England strategic priorities, working across the Midlands region and the Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care System (SSoT ICS). Candidates must be a registered nurse working within the SSoT ICS to be eligible to apply, from one of the following organisations:

• University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
• Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
• North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
• Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent ICB

The Clinical Leadership Fellow role provides a unique opportunity for a highly motivated nurse to develop new professional leadership and project management skills, working across the Midlands region with direct mentorship from NHS England Midlands. The fellowship will create the chance for increasing knowledge of strategic thinking and innovation and will enable the fellow to gain a broader understanding of the NHS and Arm’s Length Bodies.

Fellows will be part of a network of inter-professional leadership fellows and be able to present their work at educational and other healthcare forums.

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Delivering sustainable, long-term growth in the nursing workforce is vital to ensuring that the health and social care system has the right workforce in the right numbers to support high-quality and safe care. As part of its manifesto pledges, the government committed to growing the nursing workforce by 50,000 by March 2024 and beyond.

The Clinical Leadership Fellow will be a senior clinician and registrant who will provide leadership across the development of this work, working collaboratively with NHSE (post transition) and the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC). The fellow will also work with the Regional and National Leads, as well as Service Providers in developing strategies around transforming and developing the workforce in order to support the delivery of longer-term planning post the 50,000 nurses’ commitment.