This is a new role in the CTM Clinical Learning Academy. Open to applications from registered health care professionals, the postholder will be a key member of a senior management team, able to ensure robust education systems and processes through planning, design, implementation and continuous monitoring and management of the Education Quality Systems and Governance for the CTM Clinical Learning Academy, ensuring clinical educational activity across CTMUHB meets the appropriate requirements including those set out by Health Care Professional regulatory bodies, Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW), Higher Education Institutes (HEIs)and Welsh Government and embedding the Duty of Quality Health and Care Quality Standards (2023).
This will include educational governance and safety, educational audit, education quality and effectiveness and continuous quality improvement to ensure that CTMCLA educational services are designed to provide maximum value and impact to improve the health of the population of Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB.
The post holder will provide strategic and operational registered health care professional specialist knowledge to the CTM Clinical Learning Academy, with responsibility for assuring that the learning and development of the health care professional workforce aligns to current and future workforce needs. It will influence the development of innovative educational and learning practice resulting service improvement.
The overarching requirement of this post is to ensure that all aspects of quality relevant to the education and development of clinical healthcare professionals are maintained and enhanced, embedding continuous improvement whilst ensuring the effective and efficient management of human, financial and physical resources.
The post holder will have the skills and ability to promote quality within education and development using modern methods of quality management and ensure quality and process control are central to effective services.
The post holder will be responsible for developing and ensuring quality management systems for the following areas:
Compliance with legislation and regulation
Clinical Governance implications for education
Clear and measurable quality objectives aligned with the CTMCLA purpose.
Identification of trends and sharing learning from student, learner and educator experience.
Tracking and monitoring performance and identifying actions for improvement.
Ensuring actions for improvement are completed, including delivery of actions within action plans following service inspections.
Ensuring impact upon quality is captured in relation to education planning and organisational change.
Management of health and safety issues impacting upon CTMCLA.Capture of effectiveness, value and impact of CTMCLA service.
Advanced practice and Independent prescribing assurance processes
Cwm Taf Morgannwg (CTM) University Health Board, part of NHS Wales, serves a large population across a diverse and beautiful region, steeped in history and heritage. With nearly 13,500 staff, our health board is one of Wales’s largest employers.
Together, we are Team CTM; a workforce dedicated to offering excellent patient care and support to the 450,000 people across our three regions, Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf. We operate three District General hospitals, several community hospitals, primary and community care facilities.
CTM’s location offers the best of South Wales, just 20 minutes from Cardiff’s vibrant city life, the natural beauty of the Brecon Beacons, and the serene coastline at Ogmore. Whether you enjoy lively urban amenities, peaceful countryside, or seaside escapes, our location makes an ideal setting for both work and personal life.
Our CTM 2030 Strategy—Our Health, Our Future—focuses on uniting our region around shared health and wellbeing goals. Our values guide us daily:
- We listen, learn, and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We work together as one team
CTM employees enjoy benefits including; a leading pension, generous leave, flexible work, career growth, and access to ongoing learning and development.
At CTM, you’ll find a welcoming, team-oriented workplace that values diversity and compassion, where you can take pride in your work and the difference it makes.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn’t mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn’t ‘fluency’, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health. For more information, see ‘Welsh Language Guidance’ in the documents right at the bottom.
