Service Improvement and Operations Manager - Community Dental Services

The post holder will play a key role in leading and delivering the Health Board's Community Dental Service improvement work and management of service delivery., Providing leadership in developing and implementing service improvement in relation to the CDS key strategic improvement programmes.Providing a source of specialist expertise and advice on service improvement andchange management skills across the CDS and Health Board Dental Services. Working with other health and social care providers and with patients and families aspart of the clinical team to make sustainable change and improvement. Assisting multidisciplinary clinical dental teams in developing analytical and measurement skills to support service improvement. To provide professional leadership, management and advice within the CDS andDirectorate and to take professional responsibility for the designated clinical dental areas and services.

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

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 12,000 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;

47 general practices (6 of which are managed practices), 45 dental practices (including 4 orthodontic), 96 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