JOB SUMMARY

As population health needs continue to shift due to factors such as aging demographics, rising prevalence of chronic conditions, mental health challenges, and health inequalities, it is critical to ensure that Wales’s nursing workforce is well-positioned to respond to these changes. The postholder will be instrumental in ensuring that nursing services are sustainable, future-focused, and person-centred to meet the diverse needs of individuals and communities.

JOB DESCRIPTION

• The Nursing Officer – Strategic Nursing Workforce and Education will provide expert professional leadership and advice across Welsh Government on nursing workforce matters, including planning, education, workforce development, and workforce models across all fields of nursing practice. The postholder will support the delivery of sustainable, future-focused, and person-centred nursing services across Wales.
• This includes responsibility for shaping and influencing national nursing strategic workforce policy, supporting the nurse staffing programme with lead responsibility for the Nurse Staffing Wales Act (2016), and supporting the development and commissioning of high-quality pre- and post-registration nursing education. Working in partnership with key stakeholders, the role will ensure that nursing workforce supply and development are aligned to population health needs, emerging service models, and wider system reform.
• The post holder will work closely with stakeholders across health, social care and the third sector ensuring the nursing voice in service design and new service models is supported by the strategic nursing workforce policy development to deliver a dynamic and adaptable nursing workforce capable of delivering high-quality care today and in the future in a rapidly changing health and social care environment.

QUALIFICATIONS

Is the person educated to masters’ level with evidence of continuous professional development?

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)
• 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

Further information on nationality requirements

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