Job summary
Are you:
- Passionate about weight management?
- Motivated to improve population health?
- Interested in developing and delivering innovative weight management opportunities?
- An enthusiastic and experienced leader?
Then our new weight management service is the place for you. Cwm Taf Morgannwg Health Board are developing a new level 2 and 3 weight management service, and this is an opportunity to be involved from inception.
We are looking for a Professional Service Manager to lead the design, innovation and implementation of the service and team. You will have the support of a multi-disciplinary team to innovate and develop a service in line with the All Wales Weight Management Strategy.
The Health Board is committed to improving the health of its population and you will play an instrumental role in this by working with strategic partners, patients and staff to ensure that the service is the best it can be for our patients.
You will work closely with key stakeholders to support improvement in all aspects of Healthy Weight Healthy Wales strategy promoting improvement in health and weight for the population of Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.
The Team will be in a unique position to developand align with the values of theorganisation and support each other to be their best, deliver high quality service and improved staff and service user experience.
Main duties of the job
The post holder with have clinical leadership and management responsibility for an integrated Tier 2 and 3 Weight Management Services across Cwm Taf Morgannwg University health board. They will work collaboratively with key stakeholders to ensure that a safe and effective weight management service is coordinated and delivered for the population.
This newly established weight management service includes delivery of tier 2 and tier 3 multidisciplinary services for adults in Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board. The post holder will support the development of future weight management clinical services including weight management services for children and young people.
As a registered clinical professional, you will provide direct professional supervision, leadership, and line management for all staff within the service. The post holder will be responsible to ensure professional staff within weight management services are safe and governance in their practice and delivery of services, liaising with professional leads for support.
You will be accountable for the performance of weight management services including being responsible for monitoring and reporting of local and national key performance targets.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
About us
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
We welcome informal discussions or visits prior to application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
We welcome informal discussions or visits prior to application.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in relevant profession, E.g. dietetics, physiotherapy psychology, nursing
- Masters level qualification (clinical management) or equivalent knowledge, skills and experience
- Management qualification or evidence of management development e.g. leadership coaching mentoring
- Professional registration with associated relevant clinical body
Knowledge
Essential
- Detailed specialist clinical knowledge of weight management practices
- Knowledge of the principles and requirements of clinical governance
- Knowledge and understanding of the impact of local demographic factors on the health of the local population and influencing service design and delivery
- Understanding of financial processes
Desirable
- Knowledge of the principles and requirements of clinical governance
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of experience in a senior clinical or management role within the profession
- Experience of working as a senior member of a clinical team in weight management to deliver patient and organisational objectives
- Experience of working with partners external to healh including professional organisations
- Experience of service planning including orkforce, succession planning and change management
- Experience in dealing with a wide rang of human resource issues
- Experience at managing projects
- Experience at evaluating services and collating reports to update stakeholders
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in relevant profession, E.g. dietetics, physiotherapy psychology, nursing
- Masters level qualification (clinical management) or equivalent knowledge, skills and experience
- Management qualification or evidence of management development e.g. leadership coaching mentoring
- Professional registration with associated relevant clinical body
Knowledge
Essential
- Detailed specialist clinical knowledge of weight management practices
- Knowledge of the principles and requirements of clinical governance
- Knowledge and understanding of the impact of local demographic factors on the health of the local population and influencing service design and delivery
- Understanding of financial processes
Desirable
- Knowledge of the principles and requirements of clinical governance
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of experience in a senior clinical or management role within the profession
- Experience of working as a senior member of a clinical team in weight management to deliver patient and organisational objectives
- Experience of working with partners external to healh including professional organisations
- Experience of service planning including orkforce, succession planning and change management
- Experience in dealing with a wide rang of human resource issues
- Experience at managing projects
- Experience at evaluating services and collating reports to update stakeholders
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
