Job summary
- Main area
- Prevention
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months (End date: 31st March 2026)
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 082-PST008-0825
- Employer
- Health Education and Improvement Wales
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ty Dysgu
- Town
- Nantgarw
- Salary
- £56,514 - £63,623 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Optometry Prevention Lead
Band 8a
We are committed to promoting inclusion at HEIW and we welcome applications from everybody recognising the value that diversity brings to our workforce. To work in the UK, candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (ROI) nationals require sponsorship via a Skilled Worker Visa, unless they have permission to work via another route. Please note that HEIW does not currently hold a licence to appoint skilled workers from overseas by sponsoring them to work in the UK. If successful, candidates from outside of the UK or ROI would be responsible for obtaining their own sponsorship or visa to enable them to work for HEIW - Work in the UK.
Job overview
· The Prevention lead for Optometry will have overall responsibility and management for the implementation of a successful national prevention training programme across Wales.
Although this post has been advertised as a fixed term appointment, NHS staff will only be offered the appointment as a secondment. If you wish to apply as a secondment opportunity, you must have your line manager’s approval. This post may be extended or made permanent at the end of the fixed term/secondment period depending on available funding and business needs.
Main duties of the job
· Scope, optimise and compare existing activities, ensuring a multiprofessional national approach.
· Drive implementation and engagement of prevention training for Optometry in Wales.
· Ensure quality and consistency in approach in alignment with national health priorities.
Demonstrate effectiveness using an evidenced based approach.
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
- Postgraduate degree level education in related Optometry qualifications
- Knowledge of education and training at undergraduate and postgraduate level in the UK
- Previous experience of prevention education and training management
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous roles leading similar areas of work
- Evidence of managing complex and varied projects
- Worked with and influenced a variety of internal and external stakeholders
- Understands the prevention agenda in Optometry or similar profession
Desirable criteria
- Previous management role, including line management
- Understanding of the external political and social environment, including NHS policy issues and priorities, and the wider agenda of public policy impacting on other relevant agencies
Skills and Attributes
Essential criteria
- Ability to think strategically and to manage change processes
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and diplomacy skills
- Ability to work autonomously to agreed objectives and timescales
Desirable criteria
- Welsh Speaker (Level 1 or above) or willingness to work towards
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
- Nik Sheen
- Job title
- Head of Optometry
- Email address
- [email protected]
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