Job vacancy: Associate Clinical Lead (Diabetes), Public Health Wales NHS Trust, Cardiff / Llandudno Junction

Job summary

Main area

Diabetes

Grade

Salaried GP

Contract

24 months (Fixed term for 24 months to meet needs of the service)

Hours

Job share
Other

4 sessions per week (Job share considered)

Job ref

028-MD012-0625

Employer: Public Health Wales NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Cardiff / Llandudno Junction
Town: Cardiff / Llandudno Junction
Salary: per annum pro rata
Closing: 14/07/2025 23:59

Associate Clinical Lead (Diabetes)

Salaried GP

Welcome to Public Health Wales, the national public health organisation for Wales

Our vision is Working to achieve a healthier future for Wales

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Working together, with trust and respect, to make a difference

Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English. To support our all Wales service, we particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical Leadership

· Use experience and clinical expertise to provide leadership and advice to ensure that clinical leadership is central to the delivery of all network and NHS Wales activities.

· Identifying and working with the relevant individuals in the clinical leadership of the assigned area of work.

· To foster and promote a culture of clinical engagement and influence ensuring the network is truly clinically led.

· To support the Network team in the development of priorities to inform the work programme, demonstrating sound judgement and decision making.

· To act as a clinical champion/identified lead for specific thematic programmes of work.

· To promote the systematic application of quality framework tools such as NICE Quality Standards and methodologies to support understanding variation and drive system change. Strategic Planning

· Provide specialist clinical advice and leadership in developing strategy documents, standards of care and service specifications.

· Advise on assurance processes, seeking the views of colleagues across the service. Improvement and Monitoring

· To foster a culture of multi-professional engagement in the improvement of care across the work streams of the Network.

· To maintain credibility with all key players within the network community, fostering a culture of collaboration for the delivery of equitable, high-quality care across all sectors.

· Ensuring that progress reports are produced on a routine basis that provide the wider network and key stakeholders with an overview of progress which includes highlighting successes and risks to the delivery of objectives.

· To work closely with the Network Manager and team to develop plans to ensure that service improvement is coordinated through the agreed work programme. Communications

· To engage, develop and sustain professional relationships with key stakeholders, both within NHS Wales and across the UK. Facilitating a two-way dialogue to enhance the meaningful involvement of clinicians across Wales.

· To represent the Network on clinical forums, providing a source of expertise and advice.

· To work with partners in support of aligning innovation, education, informatics, and quality improvement.

· To maintain effective and visible network communication arrangements with the clinical communities across Wales, that can be evidenced by strengthened and improved relationships, collaborative behaviours and joint working across and between teams, organisations and sectors. Digital and Information

· Actively promote standardised digital solutions across perinatal services.

· Utilise robust data and information to ascertain health intelligence and drive improvement.

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 on Trac.

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

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Fully qualified in a professional clinical discipline
Evidence of relevant Continuing Professional Development.
Knowledge of WG and NHS Wales policy context
Understand the strategic context and have in-depth knowledge of Diabetes Network work plan

Desirable criteria

Demonstrate involvement in and enthusiasm for developing capability for improvement and system leadership.
Knowledge and clear insight into current challenges facing NHS Wales

Skills and Attributes

Essential criteria

Aptitude or potential ability to function at a senior leadership level.
Proven track record of team working and delivering on key pieces of work
Knowledge and ability to negotiate, influence, direct, and if necessary, challenge senior peers or managers within the perinatal community and partners in the health economy in order to deliver change
Ability to lead others, think strategically and communicate vision effectively
Able to significantly influence others across organisational boundaries, without any direct authority

Desirable criteria

Additional specialist knowledge and expertise e.g. advanced presentation and facilitation skills

Public Health Wales, reserves the right to close this vacancy early. We therefore encourage early applications.

Priority is given to staff awaiting redeployment. We therefore reserve the right to withdraw this advert at any stage.

If you have a disability and have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application process, please contact [email protected]

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR APPLICANTS: Applications for our roles are carefully reviewed and shortlisted based on specific criteria, which varies from job to job. Using a generic application to apply for multiple roles or relying on automated AI application services, such as Lazy Apply or AI Apply, may not provide the necessary information, leading to your application being overlooked. To ensure your application is given full consideration, we recommend submitting a tailored application that directly addresses the criteria listed in the Person Specification section of the advert.

If you are successful and short listed for interview you will be contacted by email using the address with which you registered. Please ensure you check your email account regularly.

We are committed to fair, transparent recruitment and believe in equality of opportunity in our workplace and will not tolerate discrimination on grounds of age, disability, gender identity, religion or belief, race or nationality, marriage or civil partnership status, sex, sexual orientation, working pattern, caring responsibilities, trade union activity or political beliefs – or on any other grounds. We welcome applications from individuals seeking flexible working arrangements.

To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK. If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.

The salary scale shown is for a full-time member of staff, with the amount being adjusted pro rata for those working less than 37.5 hours per week.

In general, anyone joining our Trust who has not previously worked in the NHS will, by default, start on the first point of the advertised pay band. Pay progression will then be determined by annual Performance and Development Reviews in accordance with the NHS Wales Pay Progression Policy. An application for Incremental Credit may be considered, but can only be awarded based on evidenced, reckonable service and/or equivalent, relevant experience.