Healthcare Science Clinical Lead for Education & Training
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join HEIW on a secondment basis to support the development of Workforce and Education within Healthcare Science in NHS Wales.
The post is a 0.5 Whole-time equivalent roles offered on a part time, flexible basis to be agreed. The post is open to professionals across Healthcare Science in clinical or education roles currently. Experience of Healthcare Science Education at all levels is desirable.
The postholder will work alongside the Programme Manager for Healthcare Science and Associate Director for Workforce Transformation, as well as with established HEIW functions including Education Commissioning. Working as part of a small team and leading task and finish groups of the National Healthcare Science Network, the postholder will support developments towards workforce transformation of staff working within Healthcare Science Professions.The postholder will be responsible for supporting the ambitions of A Healthier Wales and the Healthcare Science in NHS Wales: Looking Forward Framework.
Main duties of the job
This is a key role within the HEIW Nursing and Health Professions Transformation and Quality Directorate and the HEIW-managed national Healthcare Science Programme. The role encompasses leadership, strategic planning, and management of key aspects of Workforce transformation.As such the postholder will be required to work in a matrix style management arrangement supporting the Associate Director of Healthcare Science Workforce Transformation as well as working alongside colleagues from Health Boards and Trusts of NHS Wales and other professional leads.
This post is fixed term / secondment until 31/03/2027 inline with workplan.
If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) is the strategic workforce body for NHS Wales with statutory functions that include education and training, workforce planning, workforce development and transformation, leadership and succession planning, and careers.Our purpose is to develop a workforce that delivers excellent care to patients/service users and excellent population health. We are a Special Health Authority working closely with our partners; Social Care Wales, education providers, professional and regulatory bodies and Welsh Government.
HEIW’s is committed to developing an internal culture of choice. Our Values reflect our thoughts, feelings and beliefs in how we will, and will not, behave and treat others:- Respect for All in every contact we have with others,
- Ideas that Improve: Harnessing creativity and continuously innovating, evaluating and improving,
- Together as a Team: Working with colleagues across NHS Wales and with partner organisations.
HEIW received the HPMA Award for Employee Engagement in 2019.
What you can expect:- a corporate induction and 90 day Welcome itinerary,
- compassionate leadership,
- a meaningful values based performance appraisal process,
- the opportunity to impact upon health and social care services and the lives and wellbeing of the people of Wales.
Many of our colleagues and stakeholders have commented on the buzz and atmosphere we create by working together as “One HEIW Team”. Do you want to join that team?
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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.
Person specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential criteria- Educated to Master’s degree level in relevant subject, or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
- Professional Registration with the HCPC or other relevant registration body, where applicable.
- Specialist, in-depth knowledge of education and training - including work-based learning, and pre-registration and postgraduate education in healthcare science.
- Knowledge of the strategic direction for NHS Wales.
- Post graduate educational qualification.
- Project management qualification e.g. PRINCE2
Other
Essential criteria- Ability to travel across Wales if required.
- Welsh Speaker
Experience
Essential criteria- Experience of developing education and training programmes within healthcare science settings
- Experience as an educational supervisor within a healthcare science setting.
- Delivery of objectives in a cross-organisational environment and through multi-stakeholder negotiations.
- Extensive experience of working in a healthcare science setting.
- Experience of networking effectively and building relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential criteria- Demonstrate strategic thinking.
- Ability to problem solve and respond to sudden unexpected demands.
- Able to identify and resolve risks in highly complex scenarios.
- Highly skilled communicator able to influence, provide and receive, convey, and present complex and potentially contentious information to large groups, responding to questions to ensure full understanding and engagement.
- Ability to analyse and understand a broad range of information quickly and make decisions where opinions differ or there is no obvious solution
- Ability to interpret national policy and offer subject matter expertise to influence direction and implementation, with the confidence to debate this on a national stage.
- Able to concentrate for prolonged periods under pressure and adapt to unpredictable demands.
- Advanced keyboard and informatics skills.
- Proven ability to implement, monitor and report on quality and outcomes of education and training.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed
It is essential that your application demonstrates how you meet the job description / person specification for this post.
We are committed to promoting inclusion at HEIW and we welcome applications from everybody recognising the value that diversity brings to our workforce. To work in the UK, candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (ROI) nationals require sponsorship via a Skilled Worker Visa, unless they have permission to work via another route.Please note that HEIW does not currently hold a licence to appoint skilled workers from overseas by sponsoring them to work in the UK. If successful, candidates from outside of the UK or ROI would be responsible for obtaining their own sponsorship or visa to enable them to work for HEIW - Work in the UK.