Job overview

Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) are seeking a Consultant Obstetrician Clinical Lead to help in the implementation of the Strategic Perinatal Workforce Plan (the Plan), influencing transformative change and improvement to the multidisciplinary workforce who deliver perinatal services across NHS Wales.

This position is required to ensure that the team have the appropriate clinical expertise to effectively and successfully implement the actions within the plan in collaboration with colleagues and partners. This will be achieved via sessional commitment of one session per week until 31st March 2026 to successfully deliver HEIWs IMTP 25/26 requirements.

The successful individual will work as part of the Nursing and Midwifery Workforce Transformation Team and will liaise closely with the Medical Directorate.

This post is being offered as a secondment opportunity only. If you wish to apply, you must have your line manager’s approval before making an application. This post is for a fixed secondment period but may be extended or made permanent at the end of the secondment period depending on available funding and business requirement.

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

Main duties of the job

Act as the medical workforce subject matter expert for the implementation of the plan as required 

Autonomous management and successful delivery of actions as delegated by the Associate Director of Nursing and Midwifery, including maintaining project controls and associated functions, and risk management

Develop and maintain effective working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders

This post is a secondment until 31 March 2026 due to funding.   If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.  

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?