Main area National Strategic Clinical Network for Women’s Health
Grade Pay will be commensurate with substantive post
Contract 12 months (Fixed term)
Hours Part time - 7.5 hours per week
Job ref 028-MD002-0125
Employer Public Health Wales NHS Trust
Employer type NHS
Site 1st Floor River House Town Gwaelod- y- Garth, Cardiff
Salary Salary is dependant on experience
Closing 09/02/2025 23:59
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Champion- Women's Health Network
Welcome to the NHS Wales Executive, a new national support function, operational from 1 April 2023
Our key purpose is to…
Drive improvements in the quality and safety of care - resulting in better and more equitable outcomes, access and patient experience, reduced variation, and improvements in population health.
Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English. To support our all Wales service, we particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
Job overview
The Strategic Clinical Network for Women's Health is seeking an enthusiastic health professional, to help support the Clinical Lead, to ensure the needs of the diverse women of Wales have a voice in the development of the Women's Health Plan for Wales and the Women's Health Network.
There are 1.6 million women and girls living in Wales, making up 50.7% of the population. Although women on average live longer than men, evidence has shown that those extra years are more likely to be lived in poor health. This inequality is increased when we consider deprivation, with women from ethnically diverse backgrounds more likely to live in an area of deprivation.
The Strategic Clinical Network for Women's Health is 1 of 11 Networks within the NHS Executive for Wales. The main purpose of the Clinical Networks is to enhance the quality and safety of care, leading to improved and more equitable outcomes, better access, and enhanced patient experience. Additionally, it aims to reduce variation and improve population health.
Main duties of the job
1. Work with colleagues, both clinical and managerial, to build an inclusive National Strategic Clinical Network.
2. Provide clinical guidance supporting the Clinical within the network for a visible data to knowledge quality outcomes framework to drive planning and improvement.
3. Provide inclusive leadership and work with colleagues to drive improvement in clinical outcomes within services in the scope of the network.
4. Together with the Network Manager, and Clinical Lead, ensure a focus on equitable and inclusive clinical quality.
5. Influence the planning of inclusive services in line with the expectations set out in the NCF.
6. Challenge unwarranted clinical and organisational variation at national, regional, health board and clinical team level.
7. Contribute strategically to improving the quality and value of healthcare services for women of diverse backgrounds.
8. Lead, support and promote the dissemination and implementation of EDI best practice and standards across Wales.
9. Support health service bodies to develop robust EDI collaborations to plan fragile services on a sustainable basis.
Working for our organisation
Open to medical or Agenda for Change applicants. We’d expect the successful appointed candidate to agree secondment with current employer and will be paid on their current Terms and Conditions and grade of their substantive post.
The NHS Executive works in partnership for and on behalf of Welsh Government, in and with the NHS in Wales and is hosted by Public Health Wales.
Our key purpose is to drive improvements in the quality and safety of care.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Within the new NHS Wales Executive (the Executive), newly configured National Strategic Clinical Networks are a key component of the National Clinical Framework (NCF) model. National Strategic Clinical Networks perform the central role of the ‘knowledge-to-practice’ element in the Learning Health and Care System.
The Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Champion will need to be credible, leading a complex range of issues across professions. They do not need to be subject matter experts but will need to demonstrate they have experience of leading system and organisational/service change.
The successful candidate will work for 0.2 FTE pw, over the next year, integrated into the Women's Health Network to improve the equitable and inclusive health services for women in Wales. It is important that the successful candidate already works within women's health in Wales.
Person specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
* Full appropriate professional registration.
* An in-depth knowledge and understanding of appropriate national guidance and best practice.
* Good understanding of the principles of clinical governance.
* High level of understanding of Value Based Health/Prudent Healthcare principles.
* Post graduate qualification in medical/clinical education.
Experience
* Currently working as a senior clinician in a discipline relevant to the scope of the network – women’s health.
* Demonstrable experience of leading a service and effecting change.
* Ability to chair high level, multi-professional meetings.
* Leading and delivering significant clinical changes.
* Working with key stakeholders e.g., NHS Wales, Welsh Government.
* Presenting at national and international conferences.
* Research experience.
* Experience as a clinical tutor or lecturer at post-graduate level.
Skills and Attributes
* Sound judgment and decision making.
* Proven ability to manage complex work and prioritise effectively.
* Evidence of strong influencing, facilitation and negotiation skills.
* Ability to influence and shape thinking, particularly where there is uncertainty or a lack of clarity.
* Ability to develop effective working relationships on an individual and multi-professional basis.
* Proven ability to listen, empower, lead by example and lead through change.
* Excellent communication and organisational skills.
* Self-reflective, self-aware and able to accept feedback.
* Able to question constructively and problem solve.
* Able to work under pressure and to remain professional despite challenging circumstances.
* Respect confidentiality.
* Flexible approach to meet the needs of the service.
* Ability to deal with the media.
Other
* Willingness to travel between sites or to meeting/events across Wales.
* Up to date and fit to practice safely and aware of own training needs.
* Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards.
NHS Wales Executive reserves the right to close this vacancy early. We therefore encourage early applications.
Priority is given to staff awaiting redeployment. We therefore reserve the right to withdraw this advert at any stage.
If you have a disability and have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application process, please contact [emailprotected]
If you are successful and shortlisted for interview you will be contacted by email using the address with which you registered. Please ensure you check your email account regularly.
We are committed to fair, transparent recruitment and believe in equality of opportunity in our workplace.
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