Job vacancy: National Clinical Lead x 2, Public Health Wales NHS Trust, Bridgend

Job summary

Main area: Urgent Care and Frailty
Grade: NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract: Secondment: 24 months (Due to funding)
Hours: Part time - 5 sessions per week (Between 4 - 6 sessions a week available per post depending on agreement with successful candidate)
Job ref: 028-MD009-0625

Employer: Public Health Wales NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Red Dragon Court, Bridgend
Town: Bridgend
Salary: Dependant on experience
Closing: 30/06/2025 23:59

National Clinical Lead x 2

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Welcome to the NHS Wales Executive, a new national support function, operational from 1 April 2023

Our key purpose is to…

Drive improvements in the quality and safety of care - resulting in better and more equitable outcomes, access and patient experience, reduced variation, and improvements in population health.

To find out more visit NHS Wales Performance and Improvement.

Our values

Working together, with trust and respect, to make a difference

Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English. To support our all Wales service, we particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A detailed job description and main responsibilities, including a person specification is attached.

Person specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

Essential criteria

Full GMC registration
Entrant on the GMC Specialist Register in an appropriate speciality AND holds /has held a substantive consultant post
Good understanding of the principles of clinical governance and patient safety
Knowledge of Clinical and safety standards for the urgent and emergency care system
Ability to develop effective working relationships on an individual and multi- disciplinary basis
Enhanced knowledge of urgent and emergency care services within Wales based on geography and how this may impact upon patient care

Desirable criteria

Post graduate qualification in medical education or clinical leadership/management

Experience

Essential criteria

Qualified healthcare professional with an unblemished General Medical Council registration with appropriate regulatory body
Senior Clinical leader with credibility and the ability to command the respect of other clinical and non-clinical professionals
Leading clinical change within a hospital environment.
Proven ability to think and articulate a clear sense of direction and vision.
Ability to work in partnership with colleagues both within the Team and across the NHS Executive /NHS Wales
Knowledge of evidence-based policy making and NHS governance
Experience of operating in complex, highly political environments
Proven influencing and negotiating skills
Evidence of significant organisational change / managing difficult and complex change
Understanding of whole system nature of local health and social care challenges
Understanding of clinical governance, quality and safety improvement
Experience of the deployment of data to enhance the delivery of care at service and programme level

Skills and Attributes

Essential criteria

Professional and personal credibility, with the ability to build and maintain effective relationships.
Excellent written and verbal presentation and communications skills.
Excellent interpersonal skills with emphasis on influence, tact, diplomacy, negotiation and persuasion
Excellent analytical and organizational skills
High level change management skills.
Ability to deal with ambiguity and complexity
Ability to identify and manage critical issues and priorities
Substantial understanding and knowledge of healthcare within Wales
Proven ability to manage complex work and prioritise effectively
Able to navigate and negotiate the NHS and the wider health, social care and political landscape
Proficient in the use of standard Microsoft software, such as Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
Able to develop and maintain effective working relationships with professional groups and senior managers within the organisation and in other agencies.
Excellent interpersonal skills with emphasis on influence, tact, diplomacy, negotiation and persuasion

Desirable criteria

Welsh Speaker or willingness to work towards

NHS Wales Performance and Improvement, reserves the right to close this vacancy early. We therefore encourage early applications.

Priority is given to staff awaiting redeployment. We therefore reserve the right to withdraw this advert at any stage.

If you have a disability and have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application process, please contact [email protected]

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR APPLICANTS: Applications for our roles are carefully reviewed and shortlisted based on specific criteria, which varies from job to job. Using a generic application to apply for multiple roles or relying on automated AI application services, such as Lazy Apply or AI Apply, may not provide the necessary information, leading to your application being overlooked. To ensure your application is given full consideration, we recommend submitting a tailored application that directly addresses the criteria listed in the Person Specification section of the advert.

If you are successful and short listed for interview you will be contacted by email using the address with which you registered. Please ensure you check your email account regularly.

We are committed to fair, transparent recruitment and believe in equality of opportunity in our workplace and will not tolerate discrimination on grounds of age, disability, gender identity, religion or belief, race or nationality, marriage or civil partnership status, sex, sexual orientation, working pattern, caring responsibilities, trade union activity or political beliefs – or on any other grounds. We welcome applications from individuals who may wish to work part time or apply on a job share basis.

To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK. If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.

The salary scale shown is for a full-time member of staff, with the amount being adjusted pro rata for those working less than 37.5 hours per week.

In general, anyone joining our organisation who has not previously worked in the NHS will, by default, start on the first point of the advertised pay band. Pay progression will then be determined by annual Performance and Development Reviews in accordance with the NHS Wales Pay Progression Policy. An application for Incremental Credit may be considered, but can only be awarded based on evidenced, reckonable service and/or equivalent, relevant experience.