Job summary
- Main area
- Strategic Planning & Commissioning Manager
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 24 months (to cover a secondment)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 110-AC129-0525
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ynysmeurig House
- Town
- Abercynon
- Salary
- £46,840 - £53,602 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Strategic Planning and Commissioning Manager- Growing Well
NHS AfC: Band 7
We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen within Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board for a 2 year fixed term/ secondment to Band 7 Strategic Planning & Commissioning Manager.
We are looking for a well-motivated, enthusiastic individual to join our Strategic Planning and Commissioning Team. The post holder will be based flexibly between home and at Ynysmeurig House, Cwm Taf Morgannwg (CTM) University Health Board Headquarters, Abercynon, as well as travelling throughout the CTM footprint.
The successful applicant will support the Starting Well and Growing Well Strategy Group within the University Health Board. They will be involved in strategic planning, clinical pathway planning and supporting the redesign and implementation of a range of programmes across the area, under the direction of the Head of Strategic Planning and Commissioning. They will ensure services are planned across the UHB in a life course approach.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicants will need to use their expertise and knowledge to;
- Contribute to the strategic planning and commissioning for the Starting Well and Growing Well Strategy Groups across a range of service areas.
- Lead delegated projects and planning a range of innovative sustainable service redesign initiatives, which will involve project management, planning, facilitation, consultation, monitoring and evaluation of services.
- Encourage innovation in practice to ensure patients receive the most appropriate care in the most appropriate place by the most appropriate person.
- Ensure that service change and development is managed effectively with key partners and stakeholders.
- This is a key role in the Strategic Planning and Commissioning Team as we continue to support the Health Board in the delivery of its strategic objectives.
Working for our organisation
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the Job Description and Personal Specification (already attached for ease of access)
Person specification
Guidance
Essential criteria
- Highly developed written communication skills
- Excellent communication, presentation and faciliation skills
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience and track record of developing and implementing strategies and plans for delivering services
- Successful track record of service change management
- Experience of public/ community and patient involvement
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of successfully influencing senior managers and other professionals
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to Masters Level or Equivalant Skills or Experience
- Knowledge of Project Management Processes
Desirable criteria
- Detailed knowledge and understanding of health service planning processes
Aptitude and Abilities Skills
Essential criteria
- Highly developed interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships at all levels.
Desirable criteria
- Ability to think innovatively and develop new ways of working, continuously striving to improve services, systems and performance
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Able to plan and prioritise workload in order to meet deadline and deal effectively with conflicting priorities.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Elle McNeil
- Job title
- Head of Planning, Strategic & Operational Planning
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Elle McNeil
Head of Planning, Strategic & Operational Planning
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