Job summary
- Main area
- Allied Heath Professionals
- Grade
- Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 082-AHP002-0425
- Employer
- Health Education and Improvement Wales
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ty Dysgu
- Town
- Cardiff
- Salary
- £63,150 - £73,379 per annum pro rota
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
All Wales Allied Health Professions Workforce Transformation Lead
Band 8b
Job overview
This post is open to Allied Health Professionals as defined within Wales who have a current HCPC registration (Allied Health Professionals (AHP) Careers - HEIW)
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for one full-time or two part-time dynamic Allied Health Professionals (AHP) to join Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) in a national leadership role. The post/s will provide national professional leadership for Allied Health Professionals in workforce transformation, delivering the “AHP Workforce Development Plan”, our “Workforce Strategy for Health and Social Care” and workforce actions from the Allied Health Professions (AHP) Framework in Wales: Looking Forward Together. You will be from one of the 13 separate independent and autonomous professions with current registration Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as an Allied Health Professional as defined within Wales and will need to work across all of these professions to support workforce transformation in Wales.
Main duties of the job
Provide national professional leadership for AHPs in workforce transformation, supporting the delivery of the vision of ‘A Healthier Wales’, the AHP Framework in Wales – ‘Looking Forward Together’, ‘Our Workforce Strategy for Health and Social Care’, and to deliver the AHP workforce development plan.
• Work across the whole health and social care system in Wales, providing expert strategic advice which will be instrumental in influencing and leading AHP Workforce transformation to underpin relevant strategies.
• Contribute to a highly complex national programme approach to enhance the quality of services provided by AHPs.
• Pro-actively manage relationships with stakeholders, nurturing key relationships with senior and high-profile individuals and maintain networks.
• Work autonomously in planning, prioritising, setting and delivering objectives for own work within a national context.
Working for our organisation
Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) is the strategic workforce body for NHS Wales with statutory functions that include education and training, workforce planning, workforce development and transformation, leadership and succession planning, and careers. Our purpose is to develop a workforce that delivers excellent care to patients/service users and excellent population health. We are a Special Health Authority working closely with our partners; Social Care Wales, education providers, professional and regulatory bodies and Welsh Government.
HEIW’s is committed to developing an internal culture of choice. Our Values reflect our thoughts, feelings and beliefs in how we will, and will not, behave and treat others:
- Respect for All in every contact we have with others,
- Ideas that Improve: Harnessing creativity and continuously innovating, evaluating and improving,
- Together as a Team: Working with colleagues across NHS Wales and with partner organisations.
HEIW received the HPMA Award for Employee Engagement in 2019.
What you can expect:
- a corporate induction and 90 day Welcome itinerary,
- compassionate leadership,
- a meaningful values based performance appraisal process,
- the opportunity to impact upon health and social care services and the lives and wellbeing of the people of Wales.
Many of our colleagues and stakeholders have commented on the buzz and atmosphere we create by working together as “One HEIW Team”. Do you want to join that team?
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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.
Person specification
Qualifications and knowledge
Essential criteria
- This post is open to Allied Health Professionals as defined within Wales who have a current HCPC registration (Allied Health Professionals (AHP) Careers - HEIW)
- Educated to Masters level of education to include specialist in-depth professional knowledge in relevant clinical practice.
- Evidence of expert knowledge of the value and impact of AHPs across a variety of service areas
- Working knowledge of Welsh Government policy and strategy in relation to health and social care priorities.
- Knowledge and understanding of professional culture and political environment to achieve change at local, national and international level.
- Evidence of continual professional development
Desirable criteria
- Previous senior level experience
- Prior experience of leading national projects
- Formal training in leadership
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of effective leadership and innovation
- Evidence of negotiating, leading and influencing complex change
- Leading highly developed multi professional/ multi – agency services and teams.
- Track record of success in an AHP leadership role delivering strategy in a related topic
- Evidence of successful strategic project management and delivery at a senior level.
- Evidence of service redesign using improvement methodologies
- Demonstrable experience of partnership working with a wide range of stakeholders throughout Health, Social care, Education and 3rd Sector
Skills and Attributes
Essential criteria
- Excellent interpersonal skills with emphasis on influence, tact, diplomacy, negotiation and persuasion
- Able to plan and prioritise own work, and able to work autonomously
- Ability to work across organisations, develop and maintain effective working relationships at all levels
- Ability to analyse, interpret, impart and present complex and contentious information to a wide range of audiences.
- Proven ability to think and act strategically and articulate a clear sense of direction and vision.
- Excellent oral and written communication ability
- Ability to negotiate with, motivate and influence others in the development of the strategic and operational agenda
- Ability to manage challenging, conflicting and contentious demands arising from the different interests of stakeholders
- Able to identify and manage critical issues and priorities.
- Excellent facilitation skills
- Competent keyboard skills including the use of desktop applications
Other
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel around Wales, and possibly further afield on a regular basis
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nicky Thomas
- Job title
- Associate Director Workforce Transformation (AHP)
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0330 058 5005
- Additional information
Charlotte Montgomery
Associate Director Of Workforce Transformation Psychology
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