Following a review of the Health Board's Operational Structure, we have an exciting new role for an Assistant Director of Quality, Safety and Patient Experience within our new Allied Health and Health Science Clinical Care Group.
This is a key senior leadership post in the new structure providing clinical leadership as part of the new Clinical Care Group, working collaboratively across the health and social care system to support the delivery of high quality, sustainable and kind person centred care.
The post holder will report to the Clinical Care Group Service Director and will be operationally accountable to the Chief Operating Officer and professionally accountable to the Executive Director of Allied Health Professions and Health Science. The successful candidate will have a proven track record of improving quality, safety and patient experience, experience in health and care. The post holder will have extensive experience of people leadership, operational management and performance whilst ensuring value for money. You will be a skilled communicator, able to build relationships to lead and deliver change in line with the Health Board's strategic plan.
Main duties of the job
As Assistant Director for Quality, Safety and Patient Experience, you will be responsible for ensuring safe, high quality and clinically effective patient centred care is delivered to patients by competent professionals within the resources available.
You will be responsible for a range of areas including quality, patient safety, policy implementation and service development to deliver on the Health Board agenda for continuous improvement within the new Clinical Care Group.
About us
Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 12,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services to almost 400,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.
Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.
If successfully shortlisted you will be asked to complete psychometric assessments. Information regarding these and the stakeholder panels/interview will be sent to you following completion of shortlisting.
Stakeholder panels will be held on 19/12/2024.
Interviews will be held on 20/12/2024.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
* Gweithiwr Proffesiynol Perthynol i Iechyd gyda Chofrestriad HCPC neu Wyddonydd Iechyd gyda Chofrestriad HCPC/ AHCS/ RCT
* Master's degree in healthcare or management or demonstrable ability to work at this level and/or equivalent senior management experience.
* Evidence of continuous professional development to further postgraduate level.
* Extensive knowledge over a range of disciplines e.g. Clinical, research, HR, Finance, Governance, underpinned by specialist courses or equivalent experience.
* Extensive knowledge of relative legislation and associated codes of practice.
* In depth professional specialist knowledge of a number of disciplines acquired through training and experience over a significant period.
Other
Desirable
* Welsh Speaker (Level 1)
Experience
Essential
* Extensive post registration experience working in a multi-professional environment, a significant period of which must have been at a senior level managing staff and high-quality patient centred services.
* Evidence of implementing relevant health and/ care/ quality/ safety/ patient experience strategy.
* Knowledge of recent government initiatives relating to NHS.
* Ability to engage and fully involve senior staff in the redesign of patient pathways.
* Ability to lead the redesign of services to ensure they are delivered to the highest standard and are cost effective.
* Ability to be flexible and to look beyond existing structures, ways of working, boundaries and organisations to produce more effective and innovative service delivery and partnerships.
* Extensive experience of delivering demonstrably high-quality services and leading successful change in patient centred care delivery.
* Experience of delivery against challenging performance targets, and managing others to do so.
* Experience of delivering high levels of productivity and efficiency.
Employer details
Employer name
Hywel Dda University Health Board
Address
To be confirmed
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SA31 3BB
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