Clinical Director

St John Ambulance Cymru is the first aid charity for Wales. Established in 1918, our mission is to save lives and enhance the health and wellbeing of Welsh communities.
Supported by nearly 2,600 volunteers, we continue to deliver frontline services in the heart of Welsh communities and provide vital support to our emergency services when they need us most. We provide workplace training in first aid and health and safety and event medical cover at thousands of events. We support NHS Wales with falls response and mental health transfer services, and we run programmes for children and young people from age 5 to 18. We turnover around £8m per annum.
St John Ambulance Cymru is also part of something much bigger, an independent Priory of the Order of St John, working alongside 43 St John establishments across the globe.
It's a great time to join us as we are undergoing an extensive and exciting programme of modernisation preparing for our new 2025-2030 and beyond strategy.
Main duties of the jobOur Clinical Director leads our clinical teams of over 2,000 first aiders and Healthcare Professionals providing training in communities and medical care on behalf of the NHS as well as at over 400 events across Wales each year.
This 14 hours per week post is a member of our Executive Leadership Team reporting directly to the CEO. You will be required to attend a weekly Executive meeting at our Cardiff HQ on Monday afternoons. Hybrid working is available outside of this commitment. You will be the lead executive for our Clinical Committee and advise the ELT on clinical matters.
We are looking for someone with experience in Pre-Hospital care and event medicine who will be committed to the highest clinical standards and the power of volunteering. You will have experience leading a large team, ideally involving a volunteer/employee mix. You will have excellent interpersonal skills and you will embody our values and behaviours as well as believing in our mission.
Job responsibilitiesOrganisational Overview:
Our mission is Saving Lives in Wales through First Aid. Making sure we provide the best clinical services from First Aid to Immediate Care is key to our Vision of Wales as a Community of Lifesavers. This post is responsible for ensuring high quality care is delivered by everyone trained by or wearing the badge of St John.
Role Overview:
Reporting to the CEO, the Clinical Director is a member of the Executive Leadership Team, providing leadership and ensuring high clinical standards and positive patient outcomes. This post holder is the accountable executive for clinical standards and governance.
The post holder will inform strategy and with the Chief Operating Officer make key decisions as to how our services are led and delivered. The post holder will be the lead executive for the Clinical Committee and ensure that the views of our healthcare professionals (medics / nurses / paramedics / therapists) are represented in our planning and discussions at Executive Leadership Team. This role will professionally line manage the Deputy Chief Clinical Officers, whilst supporting the recruitment, education, development, and retention of St John People (including non-registrant roles).
Key duties and responsibilities:
Clinical LeadershipThought leadership for the organisation around the provision of clinical services and oversight across St John including training, professional development and research.Ensuring that clinical policies and procedures are in line with legislation, and are reviewed as required; providing clinical advice and leadership in the implementation of policy and professional standards.Ensuring SJAC is aligned to and upholding the global standards being set by our neighbouring Priories the wider Europe, Middle East and Africa Region (EMEA) and St John International, as well as contributing to their development, where appropriate.Leading the stakeholder management of clinical partners such as the General Medical Council, medical Royal Colleges, College of Paramedics, Royal College of Nursing, Health and Care Professions Council, NHS Wales.Leading the delivery of good clinical governance, including the commitment to regular clinical quality improvement and a process of risk management and adverse event reporting. Ensuring this is embedded across all parts of the organisation.With the COO, supporting the development of the Risk Management Strategy & Framework with ownership of the clinical risk and associated incidents. Making sure lessons are learnt from identified themes and trends.Advising upon academic activity across SJAC, in collaboration with the Executive Leadership Team and key clinical leads, with a medium-term goal of stimulating research in areas relevant to the Charity, and to advise on the implications of published research in our areas of interest.Working with the Head of Education, to provide oversight and assurance that the delivery of clinical education and training to First Aiders is based on the latest evidence.Working with the Safeguarding Manager to ensure that clinical and safeguarding practices keep our people and our patients safe.Acting as an advocate for high quality evidence-based compassionate care within St John Ambulance Cymru and as an ambassador externally.Working collaboratively with the Chief Operating Officer, Director of People, Culture and Experience and the Chief Commissioner to ensure that our people's development and experience is sector leading.Working with the Chief Executive, ELT and other key stakeholders to develop and deliver the organisational strategy with accountability for the clinical elements and associated governance.Leading the development of a comprehensive clinical strategy that supports the SJAC strategic plan and enhances organisational performance.Identifying and planning key work streams to achieve the strategy and monitoring progress of delivery.Along with the wider ELT promote inclusive practices, ensuring equal opportunities and inclusiveness across the workforce and all areas of accountability.Acting as a strategic advisor to the ELT and Board on all clinical matters, contributing to long-term operational and strategic decisions.Provide information and assurance to the Board relating to clinical matters, via the Clinical Committee.Embody and exemplify the charity's values at all times and hold others to account for the same.Demonstrate a commitment to inclusion and welcoming diversity, championing equality of treatment and opportunity.Perform any other duties commensurate with these responsibilities, the band of the post and skills and qualifications of the post-holder.This job description is intended as an outline indicator of general areas of activity and will be amended in light of the changing needs of St John Ambulance Cymru. It is expected that the post holder will be as positive and flexible as possible in this regard.
Person SpecificationQualificationsEducated to at least first degree level or equivalent.ExperienceExperience in Pre-Hospital care and event medicine who will be committed to the highest clinical standards and the power of volunteering.Experience leading a large team, ideally involving a volunteer/employee mix.Excellent interpersonal skills.Competencies and behavioursApproachable, authentic, demonstrating empathy and humility.A clear communicator: succinct, articulate, tactful and authentic in communication.Calm, measured and resilient when dealing with adversity.Passionate about St John Ambulance Cymru and its mission to help vulnerable people and save lives.Self-aware and capable of delivering and receiving constructive, candid feedback.Consistency in approach.Willingness to take hard decisions in an informed, collaborative but decisive manner.A natural communicator, media trained and capable of being a powerful and passionate spokesperson and advocate for St John Ambulance Cymru.Respectful and upholding of the Christian values of the charity.Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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