Clinical Director General Dental Services in Wales

The post holder will be a key member of the Health Board's management of dental services working within the Primary, Community and Therapies Service Group (PCTSG), providing professional medical/dental advice, leadership, innovation, and support to ensure that the highest standard of clinical care is delivered within the Health Board. This includes the development and leadership within dental collaboratives, clusters, the Dental Training Unit, Dental Practice Advisors and the Dental Single Point of Access.

Main duties of the job:

• The post holder will provide leadership and direction for general dental services to support delivery of GDS contracts and the training and management of DFTs in the DTU.
• Lead and manage the HB’s DPAs.
• Lead dental collaboratives and represent dentistry in the relevant cluster frameworks.
• Contribute to remodelling of care pathways to achieve better outcomes for patients and service users.
• Provide clinical leadership to medical/dental staff across the Health Board working in GDS services.
• Support the development and delivery of effective professional performance and standards within the HB’s clinical governance systems.

Qualifications:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent.
• Full registration with GDC.
• Evidence of further development – education and/or training.
• Masters level qualification or evidence of training and experience to that level.
• Health service management/leadership qualification.
• Postgraduate qualification from a Medical Royal College/Faculty.

Experience and Knowledge:

• Significant experience of managing and leadership of dental trainees at DFT level.
• Significant experience of managing or working as a DPA including undertaking PADR/appraisals.
• Significant track record of employment at a senior level in a health related environment.
• Well established dental practitioner with considerable dental experience of working in the NHS dental arena since their full registration with the GDC.
• Evidence of leading service change with professional colleagues within the dental service areas.
• Understanding and evidence of working with the GDC, HIW and HEIW.
• Experience of dental management.
• Considerable experience in clinical leadership roles.
• Experience of working effectively with other stakeholders to improve primary community and secondary care services.
• Track record of facilitating change to improve services in clinical practice.
• Sound knowledge of clinical governance and effective systems of medical management.
• Knowledge of the principles of clinical governance and its application across health services.
• Understanding of medical/dental recruitment and training matters.
• Demonstrate extensive knowledge of the strategic issues facing NHS Wales.
• An understanding of the primary care model for Wales and the national accelerated cluster development programme.
• Exposure to working at Board level.
• An understanding of the role of management and clinical contribution to the overall Board agenda.
• An understanding of the principles of public health medicine that are relevant to the work of the Health Board.
• Knowledge of the role and function of a statutory organisation and the principles of corporate governance.

Skills and Abilities:

• Display excellent communication (verbal and written), influencing and interpersonal skills.
• Good organisational skills.
• Sound judgement and decision making.
• Able to manage complex work and prioritise effectively.
• An ability to think and act strategically.
• The ability to engage in effective partnership working.
• Effective people and performance management skills.
• Political awareness and ability to work within these constraints.
• Ability to speak Welsh or a willingness to achieve an appropriate level of oral competence.
• Ability to deal with the media.

Swansea Bay University Health Board is committed to supporting its staff and processes to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing service users experience. We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and applications are welcomed from persons with disabilities. A disability will not prejudice your application.