Medical Director

The Welsh Blood Service (WBS) is immensely proud of the vital role it plays in modern healthcare, striving to save and transform lives through the generosity of donors. We provide an essential service for NHS Wales in ensuring that it has access to blood to support the treatment of patients, in support of the transplant programmes and in the work of the Welsh Bone Marrow Donor Registry. The range of services we deliver are broad, multifaceted and highly specialised, underpinned by a clear commitment to continue to improve, to provide excellent services and to promote health and wellbeing for the people of Wales and beyond.

The WBS Medical Director will be responsible for clinical leadership, building, motivating, and developing a team of clinicians and scientists, to drive forward service transformation across the Welsh Blood Service. This will cover the WBS current activity as well as emerging opportunities such as plasma for fractionation and advanced therapies.

The role will provide a clear clinical strategy and advise for Blood Collection, Processing and Distribution to hospitals in Wales, Diagnostic Laboratories, delivery of the Research and Development strategy and supporting delivery of the Blood Health Plan for Wales. In addition, ensuring clinical support to the WBS in its provision of the Bone Marrow Donor Registry.

WBS is one of the two operational divisions of Velindre University NHS Trust. The postholder will also undertake the role of Associate Medical Director (AMD) of Velindre University NHS Trust, working closely with other AMD’s, to undertake appropriate duties as specified by the Executive Medical Director.

As a member of the WBS Senior Management Team, the Medical Director will hold responsibility jointly with other SMT members, through the Trust Board, for the strategic direction of the WBS, providing Blood Service specific advice to the Board, influencing corporate policy making and development and delivery of the Trusts strategic priorities.

Here atVelindre University NHS Trustwe are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in ourcutting-edgeVelindre Cancer Centreand our award-winningWelsh Blood Service, as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together. We are also fortunate to host theNHS Wales Shared Services PartnershipandHealth Technology Walesand have developed strong partnership working with these expert services.

Formed in 1999, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to provide the key principles of prudent healthcare through a wide array of roles. We play a vital role in the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future to continue to improve the services we deliver. We strive to maintain our core values in everything we do by being; accountable, bold, caring and dynamic, and ensuring the best possible care for our patients and donors.

If you want to work for an organisation that prides itself on making a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities then Velindre University NHS Trust is the place for you.