Job summary
- Main area
- Medical Director
- Grade
- ESP
- Contract
- 3 months (Fixed Term / Secondment)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 050-IEMD-0724
- Employer
- Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- A North Wales base to be agreed, with travel across the Health Board
- Town
- St Asaph
- Closing
- 28/07/2024 08:00
Employer heading
Interim Executive Medical Director
ESP
If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and ‘Proud to Lead’ competence framework.
Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the “Disability Confident Employer” scheme. We also offer a number of family-friendly benefits, including work-life balance policies.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed
Job overview
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) is one of Wales’s largest NHS Health Board with a turnover of £2.1bn and has an exciting opportunity for an experienced medical leader with a track record in consistently delivering clinical effectiveness and patient safety to join our Medical leadership team as an Executive Medical Director. The post will be offered as an interim fixed term or a secondment for an initial (3) months, with a further review at the end of the three months.
The ideal applicant for the role of Executive Medical Director is not just a leader but a leader whose values align with our own. As a critical member of our team, you will report directly to the Chief Executive Officer and work in close collaboration with our (2) current Deputy Executive Medical Directors and the Executive Director of Nursing and Midwifery.
This will be a unique opportunity for any clinical leader who is considering the next step in their career and joining a Health Board with a workforce of over 21,000 staff. BCUHB is committed to a positive work life balance for our employees, therefore any employee would be entitled to work flexible work patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all such requests.
Main duties of the job
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Health Board in North Wales where dedicated staff provide high quality care, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
Key responsibilities include;
· Act as the principal source of medical advice to the Board and act as a professional lead for all doctors, dentists and clinical networks
· Jointly lead on the clinical governance agenda, in conjunction with the Nurse Director and Director of Therapies and Health Science Work closely with primary care providers and local authorities to develop patient focussed integrated care pathways
· Undertake the role of Caldicott Guardian
· Support the development of, and governance arrangements for, undergraduate and postgraduate education
· Support excellence in research and development, and champion best practice in care
· Ensure that the Health Board makes a significant contribution to health improvement and the reduction of health inequalities
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Candidates are encouraged to refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information.
If you think this is the right time for you to consider working for one of the largest Health Board in North Wales, then we would welcome an opportunity for an informal call prior to commencing the formal application process.
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Qualified Medical professional.
- Unblemished registration with GMC.
- Evidence of continued professional development.
- Post graduate medical qualifications.
- Further evidence of management training and a commitment to ongoing professional development
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Must be or have been a practising GP or worked at Medical Consultant level and ideally have prior experience at Medical Director or Executive level.
- Clinical Governance.
- Medical Management
- Significant organisational change experience / managing difficult and complex change.
- A track record of achievement in: - Effective performance management; - Introducing robust systems and processes; and - Facilitation of groups.
- Undertaking sensitive negotiations.
- Successful initiation and facilitation of strategic partnership working and alliances.
- A good understanding of the health and social care management environment in Wales and of roles and responsibilities within it.
- A good understanding of national targets.
- A good understanding of performance management methodology.
- Developing an organisational culture that promotes clinical engagement in decision making and leading continuous change and improvement in services, encouraging the use of new clinical and service technologies.
- The safety and standards agenda.
- An understanding of the principles of Public Health Medicine that are relevant to, and underpin the work of the LHB.
Abilities and Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Strong clinical credibility
- Innovative, with strong service focussed approach, exceptional communication, interpersonal, negotiating and influencing skills.
- Ability to think and act strategically and to articulate a clear sense of direction and vision to a wide audience.
- Ability to build effective relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders. Visible and committed to spending time in each of the facilities Strong accountability for personal delivery and to the delivery of team objectives
- Demonstrable leadership and ambassadorial skills with an ability to demonstrate a flexible leadership style.
- Commitment and passion for citizen focused service with the ability to embed such an ethos at all levels of the organisation.
- High level of; - Negotiating skills; - Interpersonal skills; and - Communication skills.
- Ability to contribute to policy development.
- Decisive leader, capable and committed to translating policy and analysis into practical actions
- Strong prioritisation skills with the ability to manage competing demands.
- High degree of analytic skills.
- High degree of report writing skills.
- Team player with experience of managing teams
- Ability to deal with the media.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jason Brannan
- Job title
- Deputy Director of People
- Email address
- [email protected]
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