Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Head of School for Ophthalmology to join HEIW's Specialty Training Team within the Medicine Directorate.
The Specialty Training team is responsible for supporting with the planning, delivery, and management of 58 postgraduate medical training programmes across the 11 Specialty Schools in Wales.
Main duties of the job
The Head of School for Ophthalmology will work closely with the other nine Heads of Schools along with the administrative and Senior Management team in HEIW to ensure the delivery of high quality training across Wales by sharing best practice, providing strategic leadership, leading initiatives and advising on a range of issues relevant to Ophthalmology.
To achieve this the post holder will be required to liaise with and maintain good working relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders across Wales and the UK.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this role; 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?
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.
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.
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- Medical degree, GMC licence to practice and hold current, substantive contract as an NHS Consultant practicing in the specialty in Wales
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working within the health sectors with academic and professional credibility and an outstanding record of achievement.
- Demonstrable leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning skills
- Experience of developing and implementing strategic plans.
- Experience of making challenging decisions and managing change and strategy in a politically sensitive and complex environment.
- Ability to communicate complex, sensitive and/or contentious information to large multiprofessional teams and groups, responding appropriately to questions to ensure full understanding and engagement.
- Ability to establish and maintain high quality working relationships with relevant internal and external stakeholders at all levels demonstrating the sensitivities required to balance and resolve tensions in working with a wide range of contacts both internally and externally at a senior level.
- Understanding of the range of skills (clinical and non-clinical) that doctors need to enable delivery of excellent and safe care in a changing health care environment, and the links between education and training and service delivery.
- Demonstrable track record of encouraging innovation or driving through quality improvement in healthcare or education.
- Awareness and understanding of current national policy developments in postgraduate medical education and training and the NHS in Wales and the impact this will have upon current training programmes.
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- Medical degree, GMC licence to practice and hold current, substantive contract as an NHS Consultant practicing in the specialty in Wales
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working within the health sectors with academic and professional credibility and an outstanding record of achievement.
- Demonstrable leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning skills
- Experience of developing and implementing strategic plans.
- Experience of making challenging decisions and managing change and strategy in a politically sensitive and complex environment.
- Ability to communicate complex, sensitive and/or contentious information to large multiprofessional teams and groups, responding appropriately to questions to ensure full understanding and engagement.
- Ability to establish and maintain high quality working relationships with relevant internal and external stakeholders at all levels demonstrating the sensitivities required to balance and resolve tensions in working with a wide range of contacts both internally and externally at a senior level.
- Understanding of the range of skills (clinical and non-clinical) that doctors need to enable delivery of excellent and safe care in a changing health care environment, and the links between education and training and service delivery.
- Demonstrable track record of encouraging innovation or driving through quality improvement in healthcare or education.
- Awareness and understanding of current national policy developments in postgraduate medical education and training and the NHS in Wales and the impact this will have upon current training programmes.
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).
