Clinical Lead – Primary Care Workforce Plan

Job summary

The Clinical Lead will play a key role in overseeing the implementation of the Strategic Workforce Plan for Primary Care bringing their clinical expertise in taking forward the actions agreed. Working with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, the post holder will provide clinical leadership to the delivery of HEIW actions, driving forward an ambitious programme of work

This post is fixed term/secondment for 24 months due to meet the needs of the service.

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.

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Main duties of the job

o The postholder will be responsible providing clinical oversight and expert advice in support of the implementation of the Strategic Workforce Plan for

Primary Care working alongside the Assistant Director for National Programmes who will be accountable

o The postholder will be responsible for leading key actions within the plan on behalf of HEIW relating to workforce development and transformation,

and will work closely with the Director of GP Postgraduate Education and the Director of Multi-professional Education and Training in Primary Care

to ensure that delivery plans are aligned, particularly in respect of areas relating to education and training the multi-professional workforce across

primary care

o The postholder will be responsible for building relationships with colleagues across NHS Wales including Health Board Associate Medical Directors;

clinical leads for urgent primary care; the Strategic Programme for Primary Care, professional bodies and WG clinical and policy leads

o The postholder will maintain a strategic focus on primary care, horizon scanning and understanding best practice in order to influence workforce

development within HEIW.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) is the strategic workforce body for NHS Wales with statutory functions that include education and training, workforce planning, workforce development and transformation, leadership and succession planning, and careers. Our purpose is to develop a workforce that delivers excellent care to patients/service users and excellent population health. We are a Special Health Authority working closely with our partners; Social Care Wales, education providers, professional and regulatory bodies and Welsh Government.

HEIW's is committed to developing an internal culture of choice. Our Values reflect our thoughts, feelings and beliefs in how we will, and will not, behave and treat others:

- Respect for All in every contact we have with others,

- Ideas that Improve: Harnessing creativity and continuously innovating, evaluating and improving,

- Together as a Team: Working with colleagues across NHS Wales and with partner organisations.

HEIW received the HPMA Award for Employee Engagement in 2019.

What you can expect:

- a corporate induction and 90 day Welcome itinerary,

- compassionate leadership,

- a meaningful values based performance appraisal process,

- the opportunity to impact upon health and social care services and the lives and wellbeing of the people of Wales.

Many of our colleagues and stakeholders have commented on the buzz and atmosphere we create by working together as "One HEIW Team". Do you want to join that team?