Clinical Director General Dental Services

Swansea Bay University Health Board; Briton Ferry; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Swansea Bay University Health Board is seeking a Clinical Director General Dental Services to lead general dental services, support GDS contracts and oversee the training and management of DFTs within the Dental Training Unit.

You will provide clinical leadership across GDS, develop dental collaboratives, and work with DPAs, GDC, HIW, and HEIW to improve care pathways close to home. This post sits within ARCH collaboration and has strategic board-level influence.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level and registered with the GDC.
• Evidence of further development – education/training.
• Masters or higher qualification in relevant field.
• Health service management/leadership qualification.
• Postgraduate qualification from a Medical Royal College is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and direction for general dental services and GDS contracts.
• Lead and manage DPAs, oversee training of DFTs in the DTU.
• Lead dental collaboratives and represent dentistry in cluster frameworks.
• Remodel care pathways to improve patient outcomes and resources usage.
• Promote governance, performance, and external stakeholder collaboration.

Skills

Leadership

Communication skills

Strategic thinking

Welsh language ability

Public health knowledge

Education

Degree level education

Full GDC registration

Masters level qualification

Health service management qualification

Postgraduate qualification from a Medical Royal College

Job description

Clinical Director General Dental Services

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. In addition, the post holder will lead and manage the HB's DPAs. The post holder will also lead dental collaboratives and represent dentistry in the relevant cluster frameworks. The post holder will contribute to remodelling of care pathways to achieve better outcomes for patients and service users, with a focus on delivering care and support as close to home as possible and making best use of GDS resources and facilities.

The post holder will provide clinical leadership to medical/dental staff across the Health Board working in GDS services promoting personal, professional and service development and building effective working partnerships with individuals and organisations in the local health and social care community.The post holder will support the development and delivery of effective professional performance and standards within the HB's clinical governance systems for those on the GDC register and DPL providing contracted or salaried services within SBUHB.

About us

Swansea Bay University Health Board has responsibility for the health of around 390,000 people in the Neath Port Talbot and Swansea areas, with a budget of around £1 billion and employing 12,500 people.We are a University Health Board working in partnership with Swansea University, Swansea School of Medicine, the School of Health Science and the Institute of Life Science. The HB has three major hospitals providing a range of services: Morriston and Singleton hospitals in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot hospital in Baglan, Port Talbot.

Mental Health and learning Disabilities services are provided both in hospital settings (Cefn Coed Hospital, Swansea Caswell clinic and Taith Newydd at Glanrhyd Bridgend) and other community settings.

We also have community hospital and primary care resource centres providing clinical services outside the main hospitals.

The Health Board is part of A Regional Collaboration for Health (ARCH), which is a partnership with Hywel Dda UHB and Swansea University. Aimed at improving the wellbeing and wealth of Southwest Wales.

Job responsibilities

For more details in relation to this post, please click on the supporting documents section to find the full job description and person specification. These are available bilingually, in both English and Welsh.

Person Specification

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 at a strategic and operational level
• Track record of facilitating change to improve services in clinical practice
• Sound knowledge of clinical governance and effective systems of medical management such as job planning, appraisal and clinical assessment
• 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
• Understanding and evidence of working with the GDC, HIW and HEIW.
• 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, and underpin much of 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

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.

Depending on experienceSalary will be commensurate with your substantive role