Job vacancy: Clinical Lead for Research and Innovation workstream, Public Health Wales NHS Trust, Gwaelod- y- Garth, Cardiff

Job summary

Main area

National Strategic Clinical Network for Cancer

Grade

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Contract

8 months (Secondment opportunity/ Fixed term until 31st March 2025)

Hours

Part time
Other

1 session per week (1 session per week)

Job ref

028-MD028-0824

Employer: Public Health Wales NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: 1st Floor River House
Town: Gwaelod- y- Garth, Cardiff
Salary: £99,532 - £131,964 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 09/09/2024 23:59

Clinical Lead for Research and Innovation workstream

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 Executive.

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

· Within the new NHS Wales Executive (the Executive), newly configured National Strategic Clinical Networks are a key component of the National Clinical Framework (NCF) model. National Strategic Clinical Networks perform the central role of the ‘knowledge-to-practice’ element in the Learning Health and Care System laid out in the National Clinical Framework. Their position within the Executive enables them to play a role in fulfilling the expectations set out in the Executive’s Mandate and Remit Letter.

· National Strategic Clinical Networks replace both the former national clinical networks and major conditions implementation groups that transitioned into the Executive. They also cover some areas that have never benefited from networks or implementation groups.

· This model of delivery for clinical services is one of the most important facets of health service delivery and by bringing clinical communities together, it has been shown that it is possible to develop national consensus on the transformation of specific services. By working in this way, important challenges are identified, the best solutions are developed and the whole system, local and national, pulls in the same direction and shares in the benefits. This approach results in large scale, strategic changes rather than isolated reforms that fail to spread and lead to ever greater unwarranted variation in care.

· Research and Innovation drive continuous service improvement and increasingly UK and Welsh strategies recognise this and set out the issues, recommendations and actions required to improve outcomes for patients through clinical trials and innovation approaches. This requires clinical leadership to realise the opportunities for cancer and to embed across the NHS in Wales.

· The Research and Innovation Clinical Lead for the Cancer Network will need to be credible, supporting the National Clinical lead for cancer in the research and innovation aspects of a complex range of issues across professions and sectors. They will need to demonstrate they have experience of leading system and organisational/service change and knowledge of the complex landscape of NHS research or innovation. Working in close partnership with a managerial lead they will need to communicate clearly and effectively with a diverse range of stakeholders ranging from very senior government officials, NHS Wales leadership community, NHS staff and wider stakeholders including third sector organisations, industry and academia.

Person specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

Essential criteria

Full appropriate professional registration.
An in-depth knowledge and understanding of appropriate national guidance and best practice.
Good understanding of the principles of clinical governance.
High level of understanding of Value Based Health/Prudent Healthcare principles.
Comprehensive understanding of research, the NHS and the wider health and care system including associated responsibilities to the public and patients.

Desirable criteria

Post graduate research qualification.

Experience

Essential criteria

Currently working as a senior clinician in a discipline relevant to the scope of the network.
Demonstrable experience of leading a service and effecting change.
Ability to chair high level, multi-professional, multi-sector meetings.
Clinical Research experience.

Desirable criteria

Leading and delivering significant clinical changes across organisations or sectors.
Working with key stakeholders e.g., NHS Wales, Welsh and other UK Governments, 3rd sector, industry, academia.
Comprehensive understanding of the UK research pathway and funding.
Experience of co-creating and implementing strategies to build capacity and capability for the delivery of health and care research.
Experience in the design and leadership of health or care research in the UK.
Presenting at national and international conferences.
Experience as a clinical tutor or lecturer at post-graduate level.
Supervisory experience of clinical research in the NHS.

Skills and Attributes

Essential criteria

Sound judgment and decision making.
Proven ability to manage complex work and prioritise effectively.
Evidence of strong influencing, facilitation and negotiation skills.
Ability to influence and shape thinking, particularly where there is uncertainty or a lack of clarity.
Ability to develop effective working relationships on an individual and multi-professional basis.
Proven ability to listen, empower, lead by example and lead through change, working as part of a multi-professional team.
Excellent communication and organisational skills.
Proven leadership abilities.
Self-reflective, self-aware and able to accept feedback.
Able to question constructively and problem solve.
Able to work under pressure and to remain professional and expected behaviour standards despite challenging circumstances.
Respect confidentiality.
Flexible approach to meet the needs of the service.

Desirable criteria

Ability to deal with the media.

Other

Essential criteria

Willingness to travel between sites or to meeting/events across Wales and UK where appropriate.
Up to date and fit to practice safely and aware of own training needs.

Desirable criteria

Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards.

NHS Wales Executive, 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]

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.