Deputy Medical Director

Health Education and Improvement Wales; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A strategic healthcare organization in Cardiff seeks a Deputy Medical Director to lead healthcare education and workforce initiatives. You'll work closely with senior leadership to improve medical training and policies across NHS Wales. The role demands a medical degree, significant leadership experience, and a commitment to quality care and interprofessional collaboration. Join a culture that values respect, innovation, and teamwork to impact health services positively.

Benefits

Compassionate leadership

Corporate induction and 90 day Welcome itinerary

Qualifications

• Proven leadership experience in medical education and workforce development.
• Ability to work collaboratively with government and healthcare stakeholders.
• Strong background in quality and safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic oversight across medical education and training.
• Deputise in national forums and governance.
• Lead on embedding quality frameworks within the Medical Directorate.

Skills

Strategic oversight and leadership

Collaboration with stakeholders

Quality and safety management

Education

Medical degree and training

Job description

Help shape the future of medical education and workforce development in Wales. We are seeking a Deputy Medical Director to join our senior leadership team, working across a Directorate that includes Pharmacy, Dental, Optometry and the Revalidation Support Unit. This role offers a unique opportunity to influence postgraduate medical education and drive workforce transformation at a national level. This is a unique opportunity to influence postgraduate medical education and workforce transformation at a national level, supporting the delivery of high‑quality care across NHS Wales.

As Deputy Medical Director, you will play a key leadership role within HEIW's Medical Directorate, working closely with the Executive Medical Director and senior colleagues to deliver strategic priorities. You will:

• Provide strategic oversight and leadership across medical education, training, and workforce development
• Deputise for the Executive Medical Director in national forums and internal governance
• Lead on quality and safety across all functions in the Medical Directorate, including embedding HEIW's Quality Framework
• Act as Deputy Responsible Officer for postgraduate doctors in training, supporting revalidation and professional standards
• Collaborate with Welsh Government, NHS Wales, regulators, and education providers to shape national policy
• Contribute to corporate planning, including the Education and Training Plan and Integrated Medium Term Plan (IMTP)
• Support the development of multi‑professional and interprofessional education and workforce transformation

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.

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?