Executive medical director

Overview

Swansea Bay University Health Board is seeking an exceptional clinical leader to join its Board as Executive Medical Director at a critical point in its journey of recovery, improvement and transformation. As Executive Medical Director, you will be a statutory Executive Officer and full voting member of the Board, sharing collective responsibility for organisational strategy, quality, safety, performance and improvement. You will act as the principal source of medical and clinical advice to the Board and Chief Executive, providing visible, values‑led leadership to the medical workforce and the wider organisation.

You will play a leading role in shaping and delivering the Health Board’s strategic programmes, including service transformation and recovery, ensuring that clinical leadership is central to the organisation’s direction and delivery.

Main duties of the job

• Leading the clinical quality, safety and governance agenda in partnership with Executive colleagues
• Providing professional leadership for doctors and dentists, including Responsible Officer duties
• Driving service transformation, innovation and value‑based healthcare
• Leading clinical engagement and performance improvement across the organisation
• Supporting organisational recovery, access, productivity and workforce sustainability
• Leading clinical research, education, and innovation to improve patient outcomes
• Working across systems and partnerships to deliver integrated, patient‑centred care
• Championing a culture of openness, learning, continuous improvement and patient safety

Key responsibilities

• You will work closely with the Executive Director of Public Health and partners to support improvements in population health and reduce inequalities, ensuring services are aligned to prevention, early intervention and community‑based care.
• We are seeking a visible, credible and compassionate clinical leader who can inspire teams, lead through complexity, and deliver meaningful change at pace.

Experience

• Senior clinical leadership experience at consultant or GP level
• Significant experience of working at Board or equivalent senior level
• Proven track record of leading complex organisational change and improvement
• Experience of clinical governance, performance management and quality improvement
• Experience of leading strategy development and implementation
• Experience of partnership working across health and social care

• Experience of leading research, innovation and education programmes
• Experience of working at regional or national level within NHS Wales

Qualifications

• Qualified medical practitioner with full GMC registration and licence to practise
• Relevant postgraduate medical qualification
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Evidence of management and leadership development

• Qualified medical practitioner with full GMC registration and licence to practise
• Relevant postgraduate medical qualification
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Evidence of management and leadership development

Person Specification

• Outstanding clinical leader with credibility across professional groups
• Strategic thinker with the ability to translate vision into delivery
• Excellent communication, influencing and leadership skills
• Ability to lead cultural change and foster clinical engagement
• Strong commitment to patient safety, quality and continuous improvement
• High level of integrity, professionalism and personal resilience
• Ability to work effectively across organisational and system boundaries
• Commitment to collaboration, partnership working and organisational values

For a confidential discussion, please contact Ebony Smith, Executive Support Manager: ebony.smith@wales.nhs.uk.

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