The Welsh Clinical Leadership Fellowship (WCLF) programme is a one-year opportunity for doctors, dentists, nurses, pharmacists, optometrists, AHPs, and Healthcare Scientists. The WCLF programme provides training and hands-on experience in clinical leadership and management. The aim of the scheme is to recruit and develop the most aspiring clinical leaders of the future. The WCLF opened to Healthcare Scientists for the first time in 2022 and there will be mixed opportunities each year to apply for general projects or healthcare science specific projects, such as those supporting the work of the Healthcare Science Programme.

The Institute of Health & Social Care Management is an Institute, approved in company law, with membership open to leaders, managers, and administrators working in health and social care. Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) serves as the regional hub for Wales, providing free memberships for Health and Social care staff all across Wales.

Being part of the IHSCM, you will have access to a number of events, workshops, and resources to support you as a nurse.

The Academy for Healthcare Science holds some of the key registers for the healthcare science profession, but has also developed Leadership programmes to enable the profession to genuinely support, manage and lead change in their complex work environments.

The Advanced Clinical Leadership Programme is a considerable investment in our senior clinical staff. Its aim being to create a cohort of leaders with the right values, behaviour, knowledge, skills, and confidence to build a culture of compassionate and inclusive leadership. This in turn will attract, continuously support and develop a flexible and agile workforce who feel valued and are valued.

Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) has a leading role establishing and managing the succession planning and talent management process for senior and executive leadership roles across NHS Wales. Extensive research, stakeholder engagement and learning from other UK nations, has informed implementation of the NHS Wales Succession Strategy 2017 – 2027.

The Society of Radiographers is the trade union and professional body for those working in clinical imaging, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, radiotherapy and oncology in the UK. We help our members by:

• Lobbying government
• Looking after their professional, educational and workplace interests
• Providing advice and representation when needed
• Developing authoritative guidance on all areas of practice
• Funding research grants, awards, conferences and event programmes

As a professional body we shape the healthcare agenda and lead opinion on a wide range of professional issues. We also set the standards that become the policies adopted and acclaimed by governments and health professionals worldwide. While in the workplace, we pioneer new ways of working and ensure that imaging professionals work in a safe and fair environment.