Job summary
- Main area
- Director
- Grade
- Executives / VSM: Executives / VSM
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Job ref
- 040-MedDir-0525-A
- Employer
- Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Headquarters, St Cadoc's Hospital
- Town
- Caerleon
- Salary
- £205,368 - £216,484 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Executive Medical Director
Executives / VSM: Executives / VSM
We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.
Please let us know if you have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application and selection process. We will be pleased to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed. Please either contact the recruiting manager named in the job advert or alternatively contact the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board recruitment team on 01497 745805 option 3.
If you are successful at interview for this post, you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed.
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process.
Job overview
An exciting Opportunity for a High-Impact Medical Director at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is looking for a motivated and visionary Medical Director to lead our journey towards delivering outstanding, safe, and high-quality healthcare services. As one of the largest and most progressive Health Boards in Wales, we offer a unique opportunity to shape the future of healthcare while making a tangible difference to the health and well-being of our communities.
We are a values-driven organisation committed to excellence, innovation, and patient-centred care. This is your chance to make a significant contribution to improving health services, driving positive change, and leading a dynamic, multidisciplinary team to achieve exceptional outcomes.
As Medical Director you will be at the heart of our transformation. Reporting directly to the Chief Executive, you (and other Executive Board Members) will hold corporate responsibility for the delivery of the strategic objectives, bringing a wealth of experience, insight, and strategic vision to a role that is both challenging and rewarding. You will have a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities of delivering world-class healthcare, with a passion for quality improvement, clinical excellence, and patient safety.
Provisional interview date: 16 June 2025
Main duties of the job
We seek a high calibre individual with a proven track record of strong leadership at a senior level. The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate outstanding communication and influencing skills, with the ability to build effective relationships and motivate others to achieve service excellence.
Accountable to the Chief Executive, you will work autonomously but collaboratively with clinical and managerial colleagues to shape and innovate our array of services. You will need to be skilled at working across broad and diverse stakeholder groups and be committed to the delivery of public health principles.
Further information can be found in the job description and person specification in the Recruitment Pack.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Well-being Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information of the responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Qualified Medical Professional
- Unblemished registration with GMC
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Post graduate medical qualifications
Experience & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Must be or have been practising GP or Medical Consultant level
- Clinical Governance and Medical Management experience
- Significant experience in driving and delivering difficult and complex organisational change
- Track record of effective performance management, introducing systems and processes and facilitation groups
- A good understanding of the health and social care management environment in decision making and leading continuous change and improvement in services
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nicola Prygodzicz
- Job title
- Chief Executive Officer
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01633 435958
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