Job overview
This role will have day-to-day responsibility for the management of the Welsh Fertility Institute (WFI). The post holder will provide a highly visible and authoritative presence ensuring the needs of patients are placed at the centre of care. The post holder is accountable for the effective management of all resources needed to deliver a comprehensive WFI service including achieving performance targets and longer term service developments. This postholder will have accountability for ensuring delivery of the service meets the organisational and commissioner requirements as well as all regulatory.
The post holder will have well developed leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams. The post holder will need to be intellectually flexible, with the ability to look beyond existing structures and ways of working to produce a more effective and innovative service delivery. Having sound political judgement and astuteness in understanding and working with complex policy, and diverse interest groups is a necessary quality for the successful applicant.
Main duties of the job
This senior post heads the WFI Service and ensures that the service provides a high quality and innovative practice to all its users and clients. The post holder will be a core member of the WFI management team. The post requires in-depth knowledge and skills within the field of Fertility. All activities are carried out within a quality system framework.
The post holder will provide effective professional leadership for all clinicians within the service, taking account of relevant regulatory, legal, ethical and professional frameworks promoting and maintaining high professional standards.
The post holder will maintain knowledge of the latest developments and techniques within their area of expertise with a view to introducing them into the service where appropriate. The post holder will be required to provide specialist advice and support to the Associate Service Group Director for CYP and Womens for the development and implementation of new procedures and techniques and will, as required, take the lead for research and audit within the section.
Working for our organisation
We believe staff are our best asset and we want you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.
As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.
You might be a nurse or doctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - we have a job for you.
There are also apprenticeships, work placements and volunteering roles available.
We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled.
Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show that our commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.
If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe's most spectacular scenery, with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Service Delivery, Development & Improvement
• Work closely with the WFI Clinical Lead across the Health Board, Senior Nurses and Divisional senior leadership team to develop patient focused services in line with the NHS Long Term Plan other relevant standards, ensuring that relevant standards are met.
• Ensure timely and efficient provision of Fertility Services within the available resources.
• Ensure effective processes and procedures are in place to monitor and track performance within the Service.
Staff Management
• Ensure staff management strategies appropriately reflect the needs of a diverse and changing staff group.
Financial Management
• Have responsibility for the WFI budget, liaising closely with the divisional Finance Manager. Ensure the optimum use of resources by establishing and maintaining an effective management process to ensure financial control.
Professional Leadership
• Develop and maintain a progressive structure of professional development for all multidisciplinary staff groups within the service, including both clinical and non-clinical roles.
Research and Education
• Ensure that a training and education strategy is developed and implemented to meet the needs of the service and its future development.
Risk Management & Clinical Governance
• Implement and monitor clinical governance structures and processes within the division as part of the divisional management team.
• Ensure compliance with the HFEA licence and maintaining the Service to be “inspection ready” at all times.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome
Person specification
Essential Qualifications and knowledge
Essential criteria
1. MSc in relevant clinical speciality
2. Current Professional Registration with relevant professional body e.g. HCPC or NMC.
3. Post graduate study in management or proven management experience.
4. Awareness of developments in WFI practice and awareness of WG policies and professional guidelines in WFI.
Desirable criteria
5. Post graduate qualification in related specialist subject at MSc level or equiva
6. Successfully completed the person responsible entry programme (PREP) for HEFA.
Essential experience
Essential criteria
7. Experience staff Management. Experience of appraising and developing staff.
8. Evidence of leadership and team building Broad clinical and technical experience with evidence of specialist expertise.
9. Experience and understanding of confidentiality and equal opportunities.
Desirable criteria
10. Experience of writing business cases and policies.
11. Experience of negotiation and conflict resolution need to maintain competence to work clinically within the WFI Dept.
Essential Aptitude and abilities
Essential criteria
12. Demonstrable inter-personal and communication skills. Articulate-able to clearly express themselves.
13. Literate-able to write clearly and concisely and use word processing software with experience of report writing.
14. Numerate-able to use software to generate reports, documents to present and analyse data with mathematical accuracy.
15. Evidence of complex problem solving. Intelligent-perceptive, analytical, attention to detail. Evidence of personal and
16. Evidence of personal and professional development, enthusiasm, tenacity and initiative with a desire to lead. Confident, diplomatic, flexible. Commitment to openness, honesty and integrity.
Desirable criteria
17. Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh.
Other essential criteria
Essential criteria
18. Satisfactory Enhanced DBS clearance including an Adults and Childrens Barred List check (as relevant to the Post).
Desirable criteria
19. Ability to travel within geographical area. Able to work hours flexibly.
Swansea Bay University Health Board is committed to supporting its staff and processes to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing service users experience. In our commitment to increase the number of staff able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we would particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
Equality remains at the centre of the Health Boards policy-making, service delivery and employment practices. We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race, religion, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable