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Welcome to Public Health Wales, the national public health organisation for Wales. We exist to protect and improve health and wellbeing and reduce health inequalities for people in Wales.

To find out more visit Public Health Wales and watch this about our Strategic Plan

Working together, with trust and respect, to make a difference

Our purpose is ‘working together for a healthier Wales'. We exist to help all people in Wales live longer, healthier lives. With our partners, we aim to increase healthy life expectancy, improve health and well-being, and reduce inequalities for everyone in Wales, now and for future generations.

Together, our teams work to prevent disease, protect health, and provide leadership, specialist services and public health expertise. We are the main source of public health information, research and innovation in Wales.

Executive Summary - Public Health Wales (nhs.wales)

Contact

Address: No.2 Capital Quarter; Tyndall Street; Cardiff; CF10 4BZ
Contact Number: 02921 500200

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Ref: 028-AC249-0723 Vacancy ID: 5503897

NHS EXECUTIVE - NATIONAL CLINICAL FRAMEWORK DIRECTOR

Closed for applications on: 21-Aug-2023 00:00

Vacancy status: Closed

Closed for applications on: 21-Aug-2023 00:00

Location

Site: River House/Capital Quarter 2/South Wales
Town: Cardiff
Postcode: CF15 9SS
Major / Minor Region: Cardiff

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Salary

Salary: £101,390 - £116,673 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 9)

Specialty

Main area: Medical Consultant or Agenda for Change Band 9

Welcome to Public Health Wales, the national public health organisation for Wales

Our vision is Working to achieve a healthier future for Wales

To find out more visit Public Health Wales and watch this video about our Strategic Plan

Working together, with trust and respect, to make a difference

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The model of delivery for clinical services is one of the most important facets of health service delivery and by bringing clinical communities together, it has been shown that it is possible to develop national consensus on the transformation of specific services. By working in this way, important challenges are identified, the best solutions are developed and the whole system - local and national - pulls in the same direction and shares in the benefits. This approach results in large scale, strategic changes rather than isolated reforms that fail to spread and lead to ever greater unwarranted variation in care.

The National Clinical Framework programme therefore sets out to address some of the strategic clinical challenges facing the NHS including the need to:

Build its capacity and capability to prevent ill health in order to reduce the demand for healthcare in itself.
Cope with healthcare need by focusing the finite resources it has on delivering the highest value interventions.
Shift its emphasis from delivering specialist care in hospitals to delivering primary and community-based services.
Develop its workforce to meet the future burden of disease and make the most of everyone’s skills.
Embrace service reconfiguration at scale and pace to achieve a better balance of highly specialised, specialised and generalised care across its estate.

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.

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

Public Health Wales, 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 [email protected]

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR APPLICANTS: Applications for our roles are carefully reviewed and shortlisted based on specific criteria, which varies from job to job.

Using a generic application or automated AI application services, such as Lazy Apply or AI Apply, does not usually provide enough personal evidence of your skills and experience relevant to the role. This can make it difficult for us to assess your suitability and will reduce your chances of being shortlisted.

To ensure your application is given full consideration, we recommend submitting a tailored application that directly addresses the criteria listed in the Person Specification section of the advert, providing clear evidence and examples to demonstrate how you meet each requirement.

Visa Sponsorship Eligibility

If you require sponsorship under the Skilled Worker or Health and Care Visa routes, please ensure you self‑assess your eligibility for sponsorship for this role before applying.
Check the Skilled Worker visa guidance or Health and Care visa guidance for details on job eligibility, salary, English language, and sponsorship requirements.

If you are successful and short listed 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 and will not tolerate discrimination on grounds of age, disability, gender identity, religion or belief, race or nationality, marriage or civil partnership status, sex, sexual orientation, working pattern, caring responsibilities, trade union activity or political beliefs – or on any other grounds. We welcome applications from individuals seeking flexible working arrangements.

To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK. If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.

The salary scale shown is for a full-time member of staff, with the amount being adjusted pro rata for those working less than 37.5 hours per week.

The salary scale above has been agreed as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2025/2026 and will be implemented in August 2025 with arrears backdated to 1st April 2025 where applicable.

In general, anyone joining our Trust who has not previously worked in the NHS will, by default, start on the first point of the advertised pay band. Pay progression will then be determined by annual Performance and Development Reviews in accordance with the NHS Wales Pay Progression Policy. An application for Incremental Credit may be considered, but can only be awarded based on evidenced, reckonable service and/or equivalent, relevant experience.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Welsh language skills are desirable

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Educated to degree level in a relevant medical/scientific/nursing/Allied Health professional discipline

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria

Senior clinical leadership experience in an NHS organisation ideally Divisional/ Service Group/Associate Director level
Experienced clinician with credibility and the ability to command the respect of all clinical and non-clinical professionals
Good understanding of health system dynamics and the reform programme
Experience and knowledge of evidence based policy making and NHS governance
Good understanding of how to use data and financial incentives to improve quality and productivity
Understanding of delivery around major change programmes to transform clinical services.
Experience of operating in complex, highly political environments
Experience of developing, applying and reviewing an evidence-based approach to decision making
Extensive experience of delivering presentations to large groups of stakeholders in often pressured and politically sensitive environments
Member of a relevant professional body

Skills capabilities and attributes

Essential criteria

Use of resourcefulness and judgment to navigate and negotiate across the NHS and the wider health, social care and political landscape
Demonstrable leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills
Ability to build excellent collaborative networks
Ability to deal with ambiguity and complexity
Ability to navigate and negotiate the NHS and the wider health, social care and political landscape.
Excellent leadership skills and the ability to build and motivate high performing teams
Highly developed interpersonal skills, negotiation, conflict management, feedback, partnership working, and coaching skills
Ability to assimilate complex and lengthy information and make decisions in an ambiguous and fast moving environment
Ability to communicate with stakeholders and the media, and convey complex messages to different recipient groups.
Demonstrable ability to act upon incomplete information, using experience gained to make inferences and decision making
Ability to develop effective and mutually supportive relationships with key partners within and without organisations
Strong intellectual, strategic, and systemic thinking skills, with the ability to think creatively and laterally to achieve outcomes

Values and behaviours

Essential criteria

Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values of the NHS Executive
Commitment to and focus on quality, promotes high standards to consistently improve patient outcomes
Demonstrably involves patients and the public in their work and consistently puts patients at the heart of decision making
Consistently looks to improve what they do, looks for successful tried and tested ways of working and seeks out innovation
Values diversity and difference, operates with integrity and openness
Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
Actively develops themselves and others
Demonstrable commitment to focusing on both the mental and physical health of staff and service users
Demonstrable commitment to partnership working with a range of external organisations
Considers the most effective way to promote equality of opportunity and good working relationships in employment and service delivery and has the ability to take actions which support and promote this agenda
Self-awareness in terms of emotional intelligence, biases and personal triggers with cultural sensitivity and awareness
Demonstrate collective and compassionate leadership
Commitment to work/life balance

Equality, diversity and inclusion

Essential criteria

Commitment to equality of opportunity, focussed on removing barriers to full participation
Fosters good working relationships and values difference
Understands the importance of diversity and inclusion in delivering our role in the health and care system
Complies with the Data Protection Act 2018/General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requirements
Upholds the Equality Act 2010 and the Public Sector Equality Duty
Promotes high standards for improving diversity and equality, as per the Workforce Race Equality Standard and Workforce Disability Equality Standard
Promotes gender equality and closing our Gender Pay Gap