National Clinical Lead

Applications are invited for the following National Clinical Lead roles:

• Maternity, Neonatal, Women's & Children's Health
• Chronic Conditions
• Ageing Well & End of Life Care
• Planned Care, Cancer & Diagnostics
• Urgent & Emergency Care
• Improvement & Transformation
About the Role We are seeking experienced and influential clinical leaders to provide strategic clinical leadership across NHS Wales Clinical Programmes. National Clinical Leads will play a pivotal role in shaping and supporting the delivery of national priorities, working collaboratively with Programme Directors, Programme Leads, healthcare professionals and wider system partners to improve outcomes, quality, safety and equity for the population of Wales. These roles will help strengthen national clinical leadership capacity across the Clinical Programmes Division and establish the leadership foundations required to support the delivery of NHS Wales Performance and Improvement objectives., Within NHSWP&I, clinical programmes are the core delivery mechanism for system improvement, aligned to national and health board priorities. Each programme acts as the 'knowledge-to-practice' element of the Learning Health and Care System described in the National Clinical Framework (NCF), connecting national policy and evidence with local delivery, with clinical leadership at its centre. Programmes move NHS Wales from fragmented, condition-specific working to integrated, pathway-based models, with clear accountability and measurable impact. Each clinical programme exists to diagnose system challenges using data, quality intelligence and triangulated evidence; to provide improvement and implementation support that turns national policy and evidence into practical change; to enable collaboration between health boards, primary care and third sector partners; and to drive consistent, equitable standards and pathways that reduce unwarranted variation. Programmes work to five shared principles: outcomes, value, equity, a matrix and pathway approach, and data-driven improvement., o To support NHS Wales to deliver better health services for patients and the publico To support Ministers to hold NHS Wales to account for the provision of health servicesSince its inception in April 2023, strong foundations have been put in place within NHS Wales Performance & Improvement (NHS P&I) - including a more joined up and informed approach between policy development and operational NHS delivery, and improved coordination and collaboration across whole systems and pathways. Building on this foundation, NHS P&I aims to be an acknowledged centre of excellence in its field, efficient and responsive to the needs of both NHS Wales and Ministers, supporting best practice, and streamlining accountability. NHS P&I will support the NHS by providing:
• Improvement services
• Innovation support
• Value and sustainability support
• Clinical expertise in service improvement, drawing on the best in Wales
• Regional delivery support
NHS P&I will support Ministers by providing:
• Financial delivery support
• Performance management support
• Planning advice
• Advice to Welsh Government on use of powers of directions and intervention
  
  NHS Wales Performance & Improvement (formerly the NHS Wales Executive) has an important and valuable role in the delivery of key Welsh Government priorities