Clinical Lead – Health Inequalities

Job summary

Secondment until 31st March 2026

This post is being offered for a fixed term period. Applications from any NHS employees (excluding those employed by independent contractors) will be considered only as a secondment opportunity. In this case, all NHS employees must have their line manager's approval before making an application.

This post is for a secondment period. It may be extended or made permanent at the end of that period depending on available funding and business requirement, but there is no guarantee of continued employment in HEIW.

If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.

An opportunity has risen for a GP Clinical Lead to join the HEIW National Programmes team for two sessions per week to play a key role in the implementation of the inequalities related actions in the Strategic Workforce Plan for Primary Care. Working with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, the post holder will provide clinical leadership to the delivery of HEIW actions, driving forward an ambitious programme of work

Main duties of the job

The postholder will be responsible for providing clinical oversight and expert advice in support of the implementation of the inequality's actions of the Strategic Workforce Plan for Primary Care working alongside the Assistant Director for National Programmes who you will be accountable to.

o The postholder will work closely with the Director of GP Postgraduate Education and the Director of Multi-professional Education and Training in Primary Care to ensure that delivery plans are aligned, particularly in respect of areas relating to education and training the multi-professional workforce across primary care

o The postholder will be responsible for building relationships with colleagues across NHS Wales including Health Board Associate Medical Directors; the Strategic Programme for Primary Care and Public Health Colleagues, as well as other strategic partners such as Deep End professional bodies and WG clinical and policy leads

o The postholder will maintain a strategic focus on inequalities in primary care including horizon scanning and understanding best practice

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?