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Job overview

Reporting to the Health Community Director and being a senior leader in the University Health Board the Integrated Health Community Medical Director, based in Llandudno General Hospital, is responsible for supporting the Health Community Director with the development and management of medical staff, including working closely with the Executive Medical Director to implement and monitor professional standards and regulations. They will have an active role in the development of the Health Board and Health Community’s strategy and responsibility for collaborating with colleagues in other Health Communities, Pan North Wales Services, Service Support Functions and partners organisations to provide high quality well-being and care services across the whole North Wales population.

They will be responsible for the leadership of medical staff and medical governance to ensure the safe, high quality and efficient management of all medically led services, the active involvement of medical staff and fostering a multi-disciplinary working approach.

In particular, the post holder will have accountability to support the Health Community Director in ensuring there is a positive patient and community centred culture, continually collaborating with partner organisations, staff and patients to improve population wellness and clinical care outcomes.

Main duties of the job

Key accountabilities and responsibilities include leading the following on behalf of the Health Community Director:-

Improve the work environment and services by developing ways of working to maintaining a positive and open culture which enables listening and learning.

Continually improve the services provided to the community through proactive review and the involvement of patients, external partners and staff.

Support the Health Community Director to provide high quality population health wellness and care delivery services, within budget and in alignment with national and local targets through excellent management systems and processes. Manage specific areas of budget on behalf of the Director who is ultimately accountable.

The Health Community Medical Director will provide the leadership of local emergency responses including meeting obligations of Civil Contingencies Act and ensuring business continuity

Continually drive up quality by developing and managing systems for robust Health Community clinical group governance (quality, staff engagement, activity, financial and complaints) which links closely to Health Board wide governance ensuring there is strong and supporting oversight of all aspects of Health Community business.

Promote workforce planning and redesign maximising multi-disciplinary skill mixing for the ongoing sustainability of services.

Working for our organisation

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) is the largest health organisation in Wales, with a budget of £1.87 billion and a workforce of over 19,000 staff. The Health Board provides primary, community, mental health and acute hospital services for the population of North Wales. 

BCUHB provides a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and specialist hospital services across 3 acute hospitals, 22 community hospitals and a network of over 90 health centres, clinics, community health team bases and mental health units. BCUHB also coordinates or provides the work of 96 GP practices and the NHS services provided by 78 dental and orthodontic practices, 70 optometry practices and opticians and 145 pharmacies in North Wales.

The Health Board is an integrated health system which strives to deliver excellent compassionate care in partnership with the public and other statutory and third sector organisations. BCUHB has a developed relationship with the universities in North Wales and with the University of Bangor is seeking medical school status and operates in a research-rich learning culture.