Associate Dean Improvement and Innovation

HEIW has an ambitious Quality Improvement Skills Training (QIST) Programme which aims to equip healthcare professionals with the appropriate skills and knowledge to undertake Quality Improvement (QI) activities that will lead to improvements in patient safety, workforce wellbeing and environmental sustainability.

This programme of work involves collaboration with NHS Executive Quality Safety and Improvement, Health Boards across NHS Wales, local faculty teams and specialty schools. HEIW's focus on improving QI capacity and capability in NHS Wales as part of postgraduate education and training across the healthcare workforce, has increased demand for delivery of QI training, project support and increasingly, advanced QI training experience.

The post holder will lead the delivery of the HEIW QIST Programme across a range of specialties and professions and will be expected to lead the future development of the programme across the organisation. This will require development and review of policies and resources which inform the programme and appropriate compliance with postgraduate training standards.

Main duties of the job

Lead the QIST Team in the delivery of the HEIW QI Educational Agenda for the organisation.

Lead on the operational delivery of the QIST programme, working with the QIST Management Team and QIST Tutors to enable educational opportunities as part of postgraduate training in Wales.

Support the implementation of the HEIW Quality Management Framework across the wider directorate and organisation.

Support the development of Continuous Improvement and Innovation as an enabling function of the wider HEIW organisation.

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.

HEIW received the HPMA Award for Employee Engagement in 2019.

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?

£91,722 to £119,079 a year per annum pro rata