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THIS POST IS FIXED TERM/SECONDMENT UNTIL 04.07.25 DUE TO MATERNITY COVER.

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. 

The health board is committed to taking positive steps to promote, lead, connect and support a coordinated approach to various digital inclusion work across Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire as part of the Digital Inclusion Programme.  The Digital Inclusion Programme works towards equipping the workforce and the wider population with the motivation, access, skills, and confidence to engage with an increasingly digital world, based on their needs.  This activity directly correlates to opportunities for HDUHB to maximise the use of digital technology to help deliver care and improve the well-being of its population. 

An exciting opportunity has arisen for someone to join our motivated, passionate and inspiring team to provide maternity cover to continue to develop on the excellent work and support of the Digital Inclusion Programme across the health board.

Main duties of the job

The role of the Digital Inclusion Advisor is to assist the Digital Inclusion Manager with the delivery of our ambitious digital inclusion programme to address digital inequality.  This will cut across all digital activity both in and out of the health board setting.  There are eight pillars to this programme which will include the need to embed the following themes in digital activity:

·    Recognise digital access and skills as a social determinant of health 
·    Co-design digital health services 
·    Improve digital health literacy in the population 
·    Develop ‘digital health hubs’ to improve inclusion 
·    Build trust and relationships with poorly-served groups 
·    Harness the benefits of digital for health and wellbeing 
·    Improve digital skills in the health and care workforce 
·    Embed digital inclusion in health and care and wellbeing strategies

The Digital Inclusion Adviser role involves implementing and delivering digital inclusion support and activities across the workforce internally and to provide a joined-up approach tackling digital exclusion through working closely with external stakeholders and key partners to support the development and growth of sustainable digital inclusion activities. 

Working for our organisation

Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 11,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:

Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;

Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;

48 general practices (four of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres;

Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services;

Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.