[ref. l30011202] Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Champion- Women's Health Network

Job overview

The Strategic Clinical Network for Women's Health is seeking an enthusiastic health professional, to help support the Clinical Lead, to ensure the needs of the diverse women of Wales have a voice in the development of the Women's Health Plan for Wales and the Women's Health Network.

There are 1.6 million women and girls living in Wales, making up 50.7% of the population. Although women on average live longer than men, evidence has shown that those extra years are more likely to be lived in poor health. This inequality is increased when we consider deprivation, with women from ethnically diverse backgrounds more likely to live in an area of deprivation.

Additionally, it aims to reduce variation and improve population health. The Clinical Networks will achieve these goals through strong leadership, enabling, supporting, and directing NHS Wales to transform clinical services by national priorities and care standards.

Main duties of the job

Work with colleagues, both clinical and managerial, to build an inclusive National Strategic Clinical Network

Provide clinical guidance supporting the Clinical within the network for a visible data to knowledge quality outcomes framework to drive planning and improvement

Provide inclusive leadership and work with colleagues to drive improvement in clinical outcomes within services in the scope of the network

Together with the Network Manager, and Clinical Lead, ensure a focus on equitable and inclusive clinical quality, providing clinical oversight to ensure they support quality management systems consistent with the NCF

Influence the planning of inclusive services in line with the expectations set out in the NCF

Challenge unwarranted clinical and organisational variation at national, regional, health board and clinical team level together with the Clinical Lead

Contribute strategically to improving the quality and value of healthcare services for women of diverse backgrounds and inclusive of all communities

Lead, support and promote the dissemination and implementation of EDI best practice and standards across Wales

Support health service bodies to develop robust EDI collaborations to plan fragile services on a sustainable basis

Working for our organisation

Open to medical or Agenda for Change applicants. We’d expect the successful appointed candidate to agree secondment with current employer and will be paid on their current Terms and Conditions and grade of their substantive post.

The NHS Executive works in partnership for and on behalf of Welsh Government, in and with the NHS in Wales and is hosted by Public Health Wales.

Our key purpose is to drive improvements in the quality and safety of care - resulting in better and more equitable outcomes, access and patient experience, reduced variation, and improvements in population health.

We do this by providing strong leadership and strategic direction – enabling, supporting, and directing NHS Wales to transform clinical services in line with national priorities and standards.

To find out more about working for us and the benefits we offer please visit https://phw.nhs.wales/careers/

For guidance on the application process, please visit https://phw.nhs.wales/working-for-us/applicant-information-and-guidance/

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

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Their position within the Executive enables them to play a role in fulfilling the expectations set out in the Executive’s Mandate and Remit Letter.

National Strategic Clinical Networks replace both the former national clinical networks and major conditions implementation groups that transitioned into the Executive. They also cover some areas that have never benefited from networks or implementation groups.

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.

Working in close partnership with the Clinical Lead they will need to communicate clearly and effectively with a diverse range of stakeholders ranging from very senior government officials, NHS Wales leadership community, NHS staff and wider stakeholders including third sector organisations.

(Ethnically diverse women are noticeably underrepresented in executive and senior leadership roles in the NHS).

The Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Champion will work as part of the Strategic Clinical Network for Women's Health, alongside Dr Helen Munro - Clinical Lead, and liaise with colleagues in NHS Wales and Public Health Wales to listen to the voices of women and improve gender health across the NHS.

The successful candidate will work for 0.2 FTE pw, over the next year, integrated into the Women's Health Network to improve the equitable and inclusive health services for women in Wales. It is important that the successful candidate already works within women's health in Wales, has connections to organisations and groups to champion EDI discussions and is available to start immediately.

Person specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

• Full appropriate professional registration.
• An in-depth knowledge and understanding of appropriate national guidance and best practice.
• Good understanding of the principles of clinical governance.
• High level of understanding of Value Based Health/Prudent Healthcare principles.

• Post graduate qualification in medical/clinical education.

Experience

• Currently working as a senior clinician in a discipline relevant to the scope of the network – women’s health.
• Demonstrable experience of leading a service and effecting change.
• Ability to chair high level, multi-professional meetings.

• Leading and delivering significant clinical changes.
• Working with key stakeholders e.g., NHS Wales, Welsh Government.
• Presenting at national and international conferences.
• Research experience.
• Experience as a clinical tutor or lecturer at post-graduate level.

Skills and Attributes

• Sound judgment and decision making.
• Proven ability to manage complex work and prioritise effectively.
• Evidence of strong influencing, facilitation and negotiation skills.
• Ability to influence and shape thinking, particularly where there is uncertainty or a lack of clarity.
• Ability to develop effective working relationships on an individual and multi-professional basis.
• Proven ability to listen, empower, lead by example and lead through change, working as part of a multi-professional team.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Proven leadership abilities.
• Self-reflective, self-aware and able to accept feedback.
• Able to question constructively and problem solve.
• Able to work under pressure and to remain professional and expected behaviour standards despite challenging circumstances.
• Respect confidentiality.
• Flexible approach to meet the needs of the service.

• Ability to deal with the media.

Other

• Willingness to travel between sites or to meeting/events across Wales.
• Up to date and fit to practice safely and aware of own training needs.

• Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards.