We are seeking a dedicated and accomplished professional to manage the delivery of cardiac and respiratory physiology services in Prince Philip Hospital. The successful applicant will lead a team of clinical physiologists and support staff to deliver services to the south Carmarthenshire area. This includes staff management, service planning, policy development and resource management. They will work with senior management teams across the Health Board, sharing resources and delivering cohesive diagnostic services.

They will provide expert knowledge and clinical leadership to physiologists and trainees at Prince Philip Hospital, nurturing a learning environment that encourages personal development and innovation in practice.

Main duties of the job

Planning, developing, and delivering safe and effective diagnostic services. This will include supporting staff to develop their knowledge and skills to meet the demands of the service and needs of the population.

Managing a team of clinical physiologists and support staff. Delivering all aspects of staff management and leadership in line with health board policy and health board core values.

Working with cardiac diagnostic managers from each site to advise and support the development of cross site networks of knowledge, resources, and service delivery.

Establishing good channels of communication and working relationships with medical, therapies, health science and nursing colleagues to deliver the health boards strategy.

Managing the departments assets, ensuring equipment is maintained, and develop an equipment maintenance and replacement strategy.

In addition to the main duties described in the job description the role requires the post holder to manage and deliver of echocardiography, rhythm management, angiography and respiratory diagnostics.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 11,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:

Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest

Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire

48 general practices (six of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres

Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services

Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.

The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.

Interviews will be held on 17/9/2024

Person Specification

Qualifcations & Knowledge

Essential

• BSc Clinical Physiology or BTEC/HTEC MPPM or equivalent. Plus Specialist courses/experience to masters level or equivalent
• Registration Council for Clinical Physiology (RCCP) or HCPC registration
• Associate for the Society of Cardiological Science and Technology (ASCT) examination.
• Managerial qualification or proven competency managing a team or service.

Desirable

• British Society of Echocardiography Society (BSE) proficiency accreditation.
• Evidence of postgraduate education.
• Clinical skills training.
• Recognised qualification in teaching or mentorship.

Experience

Essential

• Extensive experience in cardio-respiratory diagnostics at a highly specialised level.
• Experience of communicating specialist information to key stakeholders including clinicians
• Experience of analysing, interpreting and providing expert advice for specialised services.
• Experience of planning and developing specialist services including contributing towards local and national policies.
• Competency in performing a full range of diagnostic cardiac and respiratory procedures.

Desirable

• Experience of managing within a healthcare setting

Language Skills

Desirable

• Welsh Speaker (Level 1)

Employer details

Employer name

Hywel Dda University Health Board

Address

Prince Philip Hospital

Bryngwyn Mawr

Llanelli

SA14 8QF

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