Job overview

An exciting opportunity has become available within the Dental Postgraduate Section in HEIW for a Dental Educator (Quality Improvement).

Hours: 2 sessions per week (7.5 hours)

Please note that the application will be appointed on either the GP Educator Scale GP01 (Trac ID: 7183756) or Agenda for Change Band 7 (Trac ID: 7186491). Applicants are only required to submit one application depending on contract type.

Working within the quality assurance framework, the role holder will be required to commission, develop and deliver a variety of quality improvement educational initiatives and resources, to support the whole of the dental workforce in Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. 

Please see the job description for further detailed information regarding this post.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Main duties of the job

·       Responsible for the planning, delivery and assessment of the Quality Improvement (QI) initiatives to the dental workforce within Cardiff and Vale University Health Board.

·       Provide relevant educational support and advice to dental teams and when requested, Health Boards, and any other relevant stakeholders within Cardiff and Vale University Health Board..

·       Work independently and autonomously and demonstrate contemporary knowledge and understanding of both local and national policy, regulations, and guidance in relation to professional development and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for the dental workforce.

·       Work with other QI Dental Educators to design and deliver new QI initiatives as required to support the dental profession across Wales

Working for our organisation

Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) is the strategic workforce body for NHS Wales with statutory functions that include education and training, workforce planning, workforce development and transformation, leadership and succession planning, and careers.  Our purpose is to develop a workforce that delivers excellent care to patients/service users and excellent population health. We are a Special Health Authority working closely with our partners; Social Care Wales, education providers, professional and regulatory bodies and Welsh Government.

HEIW’s is committed to developing an internal culture of choice. Our Values reflect our thoughts, feelings and beliefs in how we will, and will not, behave and treat others:

- Respect for All in every contact we have with others,

- Ideas that Improve: Harnessing creativity and continuously innovating, evaluating and improving,

- Together as a Team: Working with colleagues across NHS Wales and with partner organisations.

HEIW received the HPMA Award for Employee Engagement in 2019.

What you can expect:

- a corporate induction and 90 day Welcome itinerary,

- compassionate leadership,

- a meaningful values based performance appraisal process,

- the opportunity to impact upon health and social care services and the lives and wellbeing of the people of Wales.

Many of our colleagues and stakeholders have commented on the buzz and atmosphere we create by working together as “One HEIW Team”. Do you want to join that team?