Job summary
Join Our Team at NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee
Position: Deputy Medical Director (JCC)
Following the establishment of the NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee (NWJCC) on 1st April 2024 and a recent organisational restructure, we are seeking a Deputy Medical Director, Joint Commissioning Committee (JCC) to support our journey as a newly formed organisation.
The NWJCC is a joint committee of the seven health boards in Wales, with a Chair and Lay Members. We support collaborative commissioning across Wales, with around 120 staff based in Mold and Nantgarw/Treforest.
Our mission to be The Centre of Excellence for Collaborative Commissioning, improving health and care outcomes across Wales. We commission around 220 services, from NHS 111 and ambulance services to specialised rare disease services, and mental health, operating a £1.14bn budget.
In this role, you will join a supportive, inclusive team, working with NHS Wales, Welsh Government, and UK provider organisations. We are seeking individuals who reflect our values of respect, trust, collaboration, and excellence--those who put patients and quality at the centre of everything they do.
If you're passionate about improving lives and want to be part of a forward-thinking, ambitious team, we'd love to hear from you.
English and/or Welsh speakers both equally welcome to apply.
The Post may close early if sufficient applications are received.
Main duties of the job
The Deputy Medical Director will be responsible for supporting the Medical Director in providing leadership, to drive forward the provision of commissioned services for Wales.
This is a post for a Consultant or General Practitioner at a national level within the NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee (NWJCC). The Deputy Medical Director will support the Medical Director in building, motivating and developing clinical leadership to drive forward improvement in the commissioning of specialised mental health and learning disability services, ambulance and 111 services, and specialised services for Wales.
The post holder will be required to seek, assimilate and provide complex medical evidence and clinical expertise to inform decision making. They will deputise as necessary for the Medical Director on the Joint Commissioning Committee and related sub committees including Quality, Safety and Outcomes Committee (QSOC), the Collaborative Commissioning leadership Group (CCLG) and the NWJCC Senior Leadership Team (SLT).
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.
Welsh Speaker (Level 1 courtesy Welsh) or willingness to work towards achieving this level.
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.
Welsh Speaker (Level 1 courtesy Welsh) or willingness to work towards achieving this level.
Person Specification
Qualification and Training
Essential
- 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
Desirable
- Additional postgraduate Qualifications
Experience
Essential
- Must be or have been a practising GP or worked at Medical Consultant level
- Clinical Governance
- Medical Management
- Significant organisational change experience / managing difficult and complex change
- A track record of achievement in: oEffective performance management; oIntroducing robust systems and processes; and oFacilitation 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.
Desirable
- Experience in developing policy /strategy
- Experience of relevant national/regional roles outside of the UHB
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Analytical mind able to reach conclusion based on potentially conflicting sources, and carry decisions forward
- Excellent communication
- Up to date knowledge of national and local agendas, standards, targets and priorities related to medical education and healthcare
- Excellent Leadership skills
Desirable
- Evidence of leading teams in service change
Personal Qualities
Essential
- 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.
- 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; oNegotiating skills; oPersuasion and Influential skills; oInterpersonal skills; and oCommunication 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
Desirable
- Evidence of a significant commitment to continuing professional development
Other Job Requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel to meet the requirements of the post.
Person Specification
Qualification and Training
Essential
- 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
Desirable
- Additional postgraduate Qualifications
Experience
Essential
- Must be or have been a practising GP or worked at Medical Consultant level
- Clinical Governance
- Medical Management
- Significant organisational change experience / managing difficult and complex change
- A track record of achievement in: oEffective performance management; oIntroducing robust systems and processes; and oFacilitation 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.
Desirable
- Experience in developing policy /strategy
- Experience of relevant national/regional roles outside of the UHB
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Analytical mind able to reach conclusion based on potentially conflicting sources, and carry decisions forward
- Excellent communication
- Up to date knowledge of national and local agendas, standards, targets and priorities related to medical education and healthcare
- Excellent Leadership skills
Desirable
- Evidence of leading teams in service change
Personal Qualities
Essential
- 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.
- 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; oNegotiating skills; oPersuasion and Influential skills; oInterpersonal skills; and oCommunication 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
Desirable
- Evidence of a significant commitment to continuing professional development
Other Job Requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel to meet the requirements of the post.
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).
