Job summary
We are seeking the appointment of an exceptional medical leader take on the role of Divisional Medical Director of Velindre Cancer Service (VCS) at this formative stage. As Divisional Medical Director, you will be an integral part of the Divisional Triumvirate, working in partnership with the Divisional Director and Divisional Nurse Director to ensure effective and efficient strategic and operational processes are in place to deliver and transform VCS in line with commissioned activity, budgeted income, and expenditure controls, ensuring improving value for money and continued service development.
You will be a visible, credible and influential medical leader who demonstrates strong, consistent and effective strategic and operational expertise with a proven track record of achievement. Central to this role is the ongoing engagement of the multidisciplinary clinical workforce in this specialist environment to ensure continued delivery of local and national priorities, as well as the service redesign required to transition services to the new Velindre Cancer Centre (nVCC) in Cardiff in 2027. When complete, the new Velindre Cancer Centre will be a world class facility which provides specialist tertiary oncology services to patients across Southeast Wales.
Main duties of the job
Reporting to the Divisional Director, the main duties of the Divisional Medical Director are to be jointly responsible for the effective, efficient, patient-centred and safe running of the Division, including:
Inter-directorate matrix working
Benchmarking and accreditation
Clinical transformation
Regional partnership working, including regional pathway development
Influencing national cancer strategy
Divisional strategy development and implementation
Ensuring service delivery in line with national and legislative standards / best practice guidance
Complying with Duties of Quality & Candour
Learning and improvement
Multi-professional workforce transformation
Achieving financial balance
Performance Delivery
Role-model and ensure all staff are managed in line with Trust values and behaviour framework and creating a psychological safe culture
About us
Here at Velindre University NHS Trust we are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in our cutting-edge Velindre Cancer Centre and ouraward-winning Welsh Blood Service, as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together. We are also fortunate to host the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership and Health Technology Wales and have developed strong partnership working with these expert services.
Formed in 1999, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to apply the key principles of value based healthcare through a wide array of roles. We play a vital role in the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future to continue to improve the services we deliver. We strive to maintain our core values in everything we do by being; accountable, bold, caring and dynamic, and ensuring the best possible care for our patients and donors.
If you want to work for an organisation that prides itself on making a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities then Velindre University NHS Trust is the place for you.
Visit our website to find out more https://velindre.nhs.wales/
Job description
Job responsibilities
Medical Leadership Responsibilities
Responsibility for Medical Leadership within VCS.
To have responsibility for performance management of Clinical Directors within the Division, and an overarching responsibility all medical staff within the division.
Through the Clinical Directors, ensure that medical practice within the division complies with the policies and procedures of the Trust.
To work closely with the Medical Director of Welsh Blood Service and the Executive Medical Director and to be an active member of the Trust Senior Medical Leadership Forum.
To work collaboratively with the AMDs in supporting the operational delivery of medical training and education, appraisal and revalidation for all medical staff, RD&I activity and the implementation of digital advancements.
To support the VCS leadership team and the Divisional triumvirate in establishing and maintaining appropriate professional and quality standards across all medically qualified staff.
Embedding effective systems of job planning, objective setting and appraisals.
Ensure medical workforce productivity and efficiency is maximised.
Contribute to the Divisional workforce strategy and ensure the medical staffing resources identified in the strategy are available to meet the capacity required to deliver services.
Represent the Executive Medical Director as required.
Person Specification
Essential:
GMC-registered medical practitioner with a licence to practise.
Substantial experience in clinical leadership and management.
Proven track record in service transformation, governance, and medical workforce planning.
Experience in leading service change and quality improvement initiatives.
Understanding of NHS frameworks, clinical governance, and workforce management.
Tenure
The Divisional Medical Director is a 3-year renewable post with performance reviews aligned to agreed objectives.
Remuneration
4 sessions (in line with latest national Medical & Dental Pay and Conditions Circular).
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.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Medical Leadership Responsibilities
Responsibility for Medical Leadership within VCS.
To have responsibility for performance management of Clinical Directors within the Division, and an overarching responsibility all medical staff within the division.
Through the Clinical Directors, ensure that medical practice within the division complies with the policies and procedures of the Trust.
To work closely with the Medical Director of Welsh Blood Service and the Executive Medical Director and to be an active member of the Trust Senior Medical Leadership Forum.
To work collaboratively with the AMDs in supporting the operational delivery of medical training and education, appraisal and revalidation for all medical staff, RD&I activity and the implementation of digital advancements.
To support the VCS leadership team and the Divisional triumvirate in establishing and maintaining appropriate professional and quality standards across all medically qualified staff.
Embedding effective systems of job planning, objective setting and appraisals.
Ensure medical workforce productivity and efficiency is maximised.
Contribute to the Divisional workforce strategy and ensure the medical staffing resources identified in the strategy are available to meet the capacity required to deliver services.
Represent the Executive Medical Director as required.
Person Specification
Essential:
GMC-registered medical practitioner with a licence to practise.
Substantial experience in clinical leadership and management.
Proven track record in service transformation, governance, and medical workforce planning.
Experience in leading service change and quality improvement initiatives.
Understanding of NHS frameworks, clinical governance, and workforce management.
Tenure
The Divisional Medical Director is a 3-year renewable post with performance reviews aligned to agreed objectives.
Remuneration
4 sessions (in line with latest national Medical & Dental Pay and Conditions Circular).
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.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Full and Specialist registration (and with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC).
- Employed at Clinical Director level, working in the local medical community.
- Evidence of continuous professional development.
- Evidence of participation in management development opportunities.
Desirable
- Health service management / leadership qualification, or evidence of experience.
- Membership of the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management (FMLM).
Experience
Essential
- Considerable experience in clinical leadership roles.
- Evidence of leading service change with colleagues.
- Evidence of a commitment to quality improvement and an understanding of the Trust's Quality Strategy.
- Understanding of clinical governance and effective systems of medical management such as job planning, appraisal, and clinical assessment.
- Understanding of medical recruitment and training matters relevant to their speciality.
- Understanding of the role of management and clinical contribution to the overall Trust agenda,
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Team Working: ability to develop effective working relationships on an individual and multi-disciplinary basis with all levels of staff; take time to listen, understand and involve people; receptive to appropriate change.
- Effective communication skills: ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, clinical staff and other agencies. Communicating openly and honestly and explaining things clearly.
- Empathy and sensitivity: ability to listen, understand and involve people. See people as individuals and do the right thing for every person.
- Leadership: ability to take responsibility and demonstrate leadership when appropriate. An understanding of and ability to demonstrate your ability to: empower others; lead through change; influence strategically; demonstrate patience and empathy; value everybody's contribution; demonstrate innovation and highly complex problem-solving abilities.
- Coping with pressure: highly resilient with an ability to work effectively under pressure and cope with setbacks; ability to maintain composure and set high standards of behaviour when under pressure.
- Quality Improvement: ability and drive to use information and experience to improve the service; ability to adapt and respond to changing circumstances to improve patient care. Positive attitude, seek out learning, and continually develop our skills and services.
- Organisation and Planning: ability to cope with effectively managing and organising a wide range of complex services ensuring a clear and unequivocal focus on quality and safety.
- Problem Solving: evidence of an enquiring and critical approach to solving work problems. Ability to analyse highly complex facts and use judgement in situations where there is no precedent and creative and original thinking is required.
- Information Technology: IT skills and experience in the use of software.
- A willingness to use data to drive performance, decisions and planning.
- A commitment to supporting the digital strategy.
Values
Essential
- Enthusiastic, committed, proactive and innovative.
- Politically and strategically astute and high level of intuition.
- Appetite for hard work and challenges.
- Resilience, stamina, determination and reliability under sustained pressure, never losing sight of objectives.
- Approachable and demonstrates diplomacy.
- Ability to demonstrate emotional leadership skills and apply to appropriate situations.
- High level of personal integrity.
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel to meetings across the Trust on an All-Wales basis and occasionally the UK.
- Requirement to take part in on-call rota.
- To respond to emergency situations out of hours.
Desirable
- Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Full and Specialist registration (and with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC).
- Employed at Clinical Director level, working in the local medical community.
- Evidence of continuous professional development.
- Evidence of participation in management development opportunities.
Desirable
- Health service management / leadership qualification, or evidence of experience.
- Membership of the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management (FMLM).
Experience
Essential
- Considerable experience in clinical leadership roles.
- Evidence of leading service change with colleagues.
- Evidence of a commitment to quality improvement and an understanding of the Trust's Quality Strategy.
- Understanding of clinical governance and effective systems of medical management such as job planning, appraisal, and clinical assessment.
- Understanding of medical recruitment and training matters relevant to their speciality.
- Understanding of the role of management and clinical contribution to the overall Trust agenda,
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Team Working: ability to develop effective working relationships on an individual and multi-disciplinary basis with all levels of staff; take time to listen, understand and involve people; receptive to appropriate change.
- Effective communication skills: ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, clinical staff and other agencies. Communicating openly and honestly and explaining things clearly.
- Empathy and sensitivity: ability to listen, understand and involve people. See people as individuals and do the right thing for every person.
- Leadership: ability to take responsibility and demonstrate leadership when appropriate. An understanding of and ability to demonstrate your ability to: empower others; lead through change; influence strategically; demonstrate patience and empathy; value everybody's contribution; demonstrate innovation and highly complex problem-solving abilities.
- Coping with pressure: highly resilient with an ability to work effectively under pressure and cope with setbacks; ability to maintain composure and set high standards of behaviour when under pressure.
- Quality Improvement: ability and drive to use information and experience to improve the service; ability to adapt and respond to changing circumstances to improve patient care. Positive attitude, seek out learning, and continually develop our skills and services.
- Organisation and Planning: ability to cope with effectively managing and organising a wide range of complex services ensuring a clear and unequivocal focus on quality and safety.
- Problem Solving: evidence of an enquiring and critical approach to solving work problems. Ability to analyse highly complex facts and use judgement in situations where there is no precedent and creative and original thinking is required.
- Information Technology: IT skills and experience in the use of software.
- A willingness to use data to drive performance, decisions and planning.
- A commitment to supporting the digital strategy.
Values
Essential
- Enthusiastic, committed, proactive and innovative.
- Politically and strategically astute and high level of intuition.
- Appetite for hard work and challenges.
- Resilience, stamina, determination and reliability under sustained pressure, never losing sight of objectives.
- Approachable and demonstrates diplomacy.
- Ability to demonstrate emotional leadership skills and apply to appropriate situations.
- High level of personal integrity.
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel to meetings across the Trust on an All-Wales basis and occasionally the UK.
- Requirement to take part in on-call rota.
- To respond to emergency situations out of hours.
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
