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The COTE Clinical Lead will provide strategic and clinical leadership, alongside the COTE Service Group, leading on pan Health Board strategic development and operational delivery of the secondary COTE service, working closely with regional tertiary COTE pathway development. They will be responsible for the development and delivery of COTE services within the Health Boards financial, workforce, operational targets and strategic objectives and accountable for overseeing clinical governance and quality. Establishing effective working relationships across clinical and professional groups will be key to the success of the role, including participation in decision-making, target setting, workforce and job planning, and appraisal and revalidation processes. The COTE Clinical Lead will be a highly visible, proactive and accessible clinical leader, acting as a role model and clinical resource, and ensuring the sustained delivery of high standards of clinical care, to clinicians, patients and the public. The post holder will work in partnership with the service delivery group, within the Community & Integrated Medicine Care Group. The post will be appointed to on a fixed term basis of 2 years, with the term extendable upon review and agreement. The role will require time equivalent to one job planned session.

• Provide clinical leadership and oversight for COTE/frailty service
• Develop front door frailty services at acute sites in partnership with community frailty and ICMDT clinical pathways across the Health Board
• Promote and develop MDT working in frailty service, providing care coordination
• Team leadership and development, promote learning and interprofessional education
• Promote continuous development
• Lead the service from a patient advocacy perspective
• Provide strategic direction and collaborate with other services to optimise service development
• Promote research initiatives and evidence based practice
• Work closely with key stakeholders including community and 3rd sector partners

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, inc luding our volunteers, through:

• Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and With ybush 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 Re source Centre in Pembrokeshire;
• 48 general practices (four 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 p roviders 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.

Hywel Dda University Health Board operates a bilingual policy. All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.