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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has become available within the Dental Postgraduate Section in HEIW for a Dental Clinical Skills Co-ordinator and Training Administrator, based at Wrexham Medical Institute, to support:

• The hands-on clinical skills training delivered through HEIW in Wrexham Medical Education Centre.
• The planning and delivery of the North Wales Dental Foundation Training (DFT) Programme and the Wrexham and Rural Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programmes for the dental profession.

Hours: 22.5 hours per week (3 days)

Working closely with the Training Programme Directors and Dental Educators, the post holder will be instrumental in providing effective and efficient clinical skills and administrative and organisational support to the dental team.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will co-ordinate the dental clinical skills requirements and provide comprehensive, efficient, and timely support for all hands-on clinical skills training delivered through HEIW in Wrexham Medical Education Centre.
• To be responsible for identifying and sourcing all consumables/resources required and ensure all materials are current, appropriate, and available while complying with local and national standards and guidelines.
• Organise the planning and delivery of the North Wales Dental Foundation Training (DFT) Programme and the Wrexham and Rural Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programmes for the dental profession.
• The post holder will have full autonomy in establishing, maintaining and managing systems and processes for co-ordinating and providing clinical skills support. They will be expected to make suggestions and implement improvements to processes and systems that would improve the provision of hands-on training.
• The post holder will develop effective working relationships with stakeholders and will be expected to work to strict deadlines. They will need to be able to work unsupervised, whilst working to agreed policies and procedures

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?