Job Overview
The Clinical Director for Planned Care and Cancer Services Clinical Service Group is a pivotal clinical and managerial leadership role, essential to the effective functioning of the Health Board's acute hospital services.
The post holder will lead these services as a single, integrated function across four acute hospital sites, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, safe, and value-driven care.
As a highly visible, proactive, and accessible clinical leader, the Clinical Director will act as a role model and clinical resource, supporting clinicians, patients, and the public.
Working collaboratively with the Planned Care and Specialist Services Clinical Care Group Leadership Team, the post holder will develop and implement a localised clinical strategy aligned with the Health Board's wider strategic vision.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will :
* Ensure the quality, safety, and value of services delivered across the Planned Care and Cancer Services Clinical Service Group.
* Provide operational leadership and management of clinical services, maintaining high standards of patient care.
* Oversee financial management, service performance, clinical governance, and risk across the four acute centres.
* Foster a culture of integrated and patient-centred care, managing clinical interdependencies between services.
* Contribute senior clinical input to the modernisation of the specialty area at board/executive level, both locally and nationally.
* To represent Health Board Cancer Services and drive service improvement and quality in cancer care.
The successful applicant ?
* A seasoned and credible leader with a proven track record in clinical leadership.
* Extensive experience in managing clinical services in an acute healthcare setting.
* Strong ability to drive service improvement and innovation.
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the capability to influence at all levels.
* Knowledge of governance, safety, and quality assurance frameworks.
* Commitment to the principles of Value Based Health Care, equity, and inclusion.
Working for our organisation
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 11,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 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, through:
Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;
Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;
48 general practices (four of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres;
Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services;
Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.
Hywel Dda University Health Board operates a bilingual policy. All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
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