Job summary
- Main area
- Endoscopy
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Secondment: 2 years (Inline with available funding)
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 082-NMR003-0425
- Employer
- Health Education and Improvement Wales
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW)
- Town
- Nantgarw
- Salary
- £54,550 - £61,412 per annum pro rota
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading
The Endoscopy Academy of Wales Clinical Endoscopist Lead
Band 8a
Job overview
We are seeking to appoint an experienced Clinical Endoscopist Lead for the Endoscopy Academy of Wales. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of endoscopy training in Wales, contributing to the professional development of the NHS workforce while ensuring the highest standards in training delivery and governance. The successful candidate will work closely with the Programme Manager and programme team to develop and deliver high-quality training programmes, including the Endoscopy 10 Pathways Training Programme, and support the professional development of clinical endoscopists and the broader workforce through academy courses and JAG-accredited programmes. The successful candidate will also be working alongside the Endoscopy Nurse Lead.
This post is being offered as a secondment opportunity only. If you wish to apply, you must have your line manager’s approval before making an application. This post is for a fixed secondment period but may be extended or made permanent at the end of the secondment period depending on available funding and business requirement.
Main duties of the job
The Clinical Endoscopist Lead will be central to the delivery of the Clinical Endoscopist training programme and supporting clinical endoscopist professional development at a national level. They will support the development and take a central role in the delivery team for a range of courses for the NHS Endoscopy workforce, support clinical leads with training implementation, and ensure compliance with JAG accredited courses. The role also involves strategic leadership, working as part of the endoscopy academy senior leadership team to develop and refine Academy governance, ensure quality assurance, and support the hub-and-spoke training model. The post-holder will represent the Endoscopy Academy of Wales at key forums and groups, manage stakeholder relationships, and communicate effectively across partnerships.
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?
Detailed job description and main 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.
This post is secondment for 2 years to meet the needs of the service.
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.
Person specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Educated to Masters degree level or equivalent.
- Current Professional Registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
- Evidence of continued professional development.
- Experience in providing education and training.
- Leadership qualification or experience
- Knowledge of Health and Social care policies in Wales
- Knowledge of Duty of Quality and healthcare regulation standards and processes
- JAG accredited Training The Trainer
Desirable criteria
- Project management office qualification (PRINCE2) or equivalent experience.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable experience of working within the Endoscopy/ gastroenterology environment at Band 7 or above
- Experience at managing complex Endoscopic procedure conditions
- Experience of delivering training programmes with a blended approach to learning in clinical/ non-clinical environments.
- Experience of supervising and assessing practice in an inter-professional practice environment
- Understanding of JAG requirements and process
- Experience in developing policies and procedures
- Experience of leading and developing staff
- Experience of effective stakeholder engagement.
- Experience of successfully managing a team
- Up to date with current gastroenterology and treatment options offered within NHS Wales
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge/ experience of education development and commissioning
- Knowledge/ experience of procurement services
- Knowledge of education policies in Wales and the UK.
- Evidence of contributing to audit, service evaluation or research and presentation at regional or national meetings, or peer reviewed publications
- Experience of managing and delivering successful projects at a senior level.
Other
Essential criteria
- Good understanding of governance processes
- Demonstrate awareness of current NHS policy and operational issues
- Must be committed to supporting HEIW’s values
- Ability to travel within and external to Wales.
Desirable criteria
- Able to work hours flexibly
Skills and Attributes
Essential criteria
- Excellent leadership and organisational skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Evidence of strategic and analytical thinking with diagnostic and problem-solving skills
- Excellent influence and negotiation skills.
- Strong ability to write quality high level briefings and papers to senior managers and committees
- Ability to assimilate complex information
- Excellent presentation skills to present a range of concepts and analysis to senior managers, directors, senior clinicians and professionals in the wider health community. Must be able to manage varying levels of understanding.
- The ability to produce excellent quality work to tight and demanding deadlines
- Ability to work across organisational boundaries
- Ability to develop effective relationships at all levels
- Good time management, prioritisation and efficiency
- Research Skills
- Ability to use the Microsoft Office software package to a sufficiently high level to support the production of reports / presentations often requiring communication of complex information including to non-expert audiences
Desirable criteria
- Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Welsh language skills are not necessary
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Neil Hawkes
- Job title
- Wales Endoscopy Academy Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
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