Job overview

This is an exciting time for an impactful Chair to join NWSSP as we continue to strengthen how we work with our partners and stakeholders across Wales. The successful candidate will lead an organisation delivering major developments across NHS Wales, providing a broad suite of high‑quality services to Health Boards, Trusts, and Special Health Authorities, as well as wider primary care providers.

NWSSP is an independent mutual organisation, owned and directed by NHS Wales. As a hosted organisation, NWSSP operates under the legal framework of Velindre University NHS Trust. Since our establishment on 1 April 2011, we have delivered professional, technical, and administrative services that enable the NHS in Wales to function efficiently, safely, and innovatively.

 Our relationships are at the heart of everything we do, with the public, with national and international partners, with policymakers, and with Welsh Government. To succeed in this role, you will bring exemplary behaviours, emotional intelligence, and finely tuned influencing skills to foster collaborative partnerships that drive collective transformational action and support a healthier, more sustainable Wales.

Applications should be made by completing the online application form  and attaching a CV of no longer than 3 pages as well as a personal statement outlining how you match the requirements for the role.

Main duties of the job

The Chair of the SSPC must act in a balanced manner, ensuring that any opinion expressed is impartial and based upon the best interests of the health service across Wales.

 The Chair is responsible for the effective operation of the SSPC:

•            Chairing SSPC meetings;

•           Establishing and ensuring adherence to the standards of good governance set for the NHS in Wales, ensuring that all SSPC business is conducted in accordance with these SSPC Standing Orders; and

•            Developing positive and professional relationships amongst the SSPC’s membership and between the SSPC and each Health Board, Trust and Special Health Authority’s Board. 

Working for our organisation

At NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership we expect everyone to embrace our values of Listening and Learning, Working Together, Taking Responsibility and Innovating.

Our organisation encourages an agile working approach and we pride ourselves on being a learning organisation motivated by continuous improvement.

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that values equality, diversity and inclusion, focussing on the wellbeing and belonging of our people. 

Excellent customer service is something we strive for, for both our internal and external customers.

Offering a comprehensive benefits package, there is something for everyone.  To find out more about working for us, the benefits we offer and guidance on the application process please visit https://nwssp.nhs.wales/working-for-us/

NWSSP work in an agile way where possible, all posts will have a contractual base but as part of agile ways of working that may mean working from home and other locations. We also look at how we balance flexibility with community, and how to manage opportunities to learn from each other.