Associate Dean for the Medical Associate Professions
Job Description
Job summary
The HEIW Associate Dean for the Medical Associate Professions (MAPs) will have a strategic role in leading HEIW's work to develop, implement, and embed the MAPs workstreams across NHS Wales. The post holder will provide expert advice, support and strategic input to all stakeholders associated with supporting MAPs. As the public face of the HEIW for this work, the post holder will be required to engage, liaise and maintain good working relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.
The role is part time (2 days per week). The working pattern can be agreed with the line manager following successful interview.
Main duties of the job
- Provide expert advice for the Medical Associate Professions across NHS Wales leading the MAPs workstream at a strategic level.
- Lead the ongoing development of the Physician Associate (PA) role across Wales including developing educational infrastructure/guidance and support for faculty and working with others to ensure the profession is ready for GMC regulation in 2024 by considering the implications of regulation and what needs to need to be in place including exploring options for annual appraisal and revalidation.
- Lead the further expansion of the Anaesthesia Associate (AA) role across NHS Wales including embedding the role in other Health Boards, ensuring the role has the correct educational support and evaluating the impact of the role.
- Lead the establishment of the Surgical Care Practitioner (SCP) role across Wales including scoping out the role currently and making recommendations for further expansion of the role.
- Lead the development of educational governance and a once for Wales approach to all terms and conditions for MAPs roles in the NHS.
- Oversee the continuing monitoring/evaluation and audit of MAPs roles across NHS Wales.
- Develop effective working relationships across Wales and the UK with all relevant MAPs stakeholders, including the statutory education bodies, Royal Colleges, GMC and NHS.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
About us
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?
Job 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
- Masters level qualification, or equivalent, in chosen professional field resulting in a physician associate, anaesthesia associate or surgical care practitioner role.
- Evidence of continued professional development.
- Awareness of national priorities and drivers for change.
Desirable
- Formal leadership or education qualification (e.g. MSc, PGDip, PGCert).
- Project or programme management qualification (e.g. Prince 2, Agile).
- Quality improvement qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as a physician associate, anaesthesia associate or surgical care practitioner.
- Experience of successfully delivering projects.
- Experience of situations where effective leadership and management skills have been used.
- Experience of negotiation and influencing at a senior level.
- Experience of working with multiple stakeholders and managing the competing demands of the stakeholders.
- Experience of successfully managing budgets.
- Experience of identifying and interpreting national policy.
Desirable
- Experience of working in a leadership or educational role.
- Experience of successfully delivering change projects in complex and challenging environments
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel around Wales, and possibly further afield on a regular basis, including overnight stays where necessary
Skills & Attributes
Essential
- Able to present complex ideas and concepts to groups of people.
- Able to think strategically
- Tenacious, driven, and enthusiastic to achieve goals and see things through
- Flexible approach to work to meet the needs of the business
- Demonstrates compassionate and collective leadership skills.
- Demonstrates an ability to communicate information to a variety of stakeholders, including those at
- Respectful and inclusive approach to all.
- Ability to use initiative to drive improvement
Desirable
- Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Health Education and Improvement Wales
Address
Ty Dysgu
Nantgarw
Cardiff
CF15 7QQ
