Job summary
- Main area
- Health protection
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 110-AC111-0525
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Agreed on appointment
- Town
- Agreed on appointment
- Salary
- £54,550 - £61,412 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Service Manager - Health Protection
NHS AfC: Band 8a
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
The role of the 8a Service Manager (Health Protection ), is a key member of the CTMUHB Health Protection Operational Team, within the Primary and Community Care Group.
It also has a key role working with the health Protection team of Public Health as part of the wider Health Protection Service under the Director of Public Health.
English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply
Main duties of the job
The post holder will lead a team to take forward the development of initiatives to deliver the NIF (National Immunisation Framework), as well the operational delivery of key health protection initiatives, including a range of vaccinations and immunisations.
You will need to be a confident communicator with colleagues and stakeholders alike as the post will require you to work with other teams across the University Health Board as well as externally with Local Authority and Primary Care contractors to be able to deliver the agenda.
You will be a key member of the Health Protection Operational Team and will be expected to work closely with the senior management team, to develop and implement the:
· CTM UHB Health Protection Strategy,
· the National Immunisation Framework
· the Integrated Medium Term Plan and
· operational strategies,
ensuring that systems and processes are in place to comply with relevant legislation and governance requirements, as well as achieving the targets set out in these strategies and plans. .
You will contribute with the senior management team to ensure operational plans and performance are closely managed, providing solutions to resolve difficult operational issues.
Above all, you will have ambition and drive needed to work within an environment of change and innovation.
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
This is a new role in a newly established service to develop health protection services across the University Health Board footprint. The post holder will lead a team to take forward the development of initiatives to deliver the NIF (National Immunisation Framework), as well the operational delivery of key health protection initiatives, including a range of vaccinations and immunisations.
This provides an excellent opportunity for an experienced, motivated and passionate manager to help us shape this new service.
The successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate excellent operational knowledge and experience. Whilst working in a health protection environment is desirable, it is not essential. What is essential is to have the passion and skills to take forward this important agenda and come and make a difference to our team and provide inspirational leadership, alongside the day to day-management. The service manager will have experience of managing teams, with the ability to maintain the supportive team environment we have created and provide opportunities for continued learning and development.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience within a NHS environment or complex organisation
- Experience of analysing and interpreting information to identify and manage variances in performance and identifying solutions to deliver improvement
Skills
Essential criteria
- First class interpersonal skills with ability to gain and sustain credibility with clinicians/managers
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to Master’s Level or equivalent skills, knowledge and experience in administration/ management or relevant subject matter
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Julie Keegan
- Job title
- Assistant Director of Planning
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Alternatively please contract Tracey Huggins, Directorate Manager Primary Care (GMS & Health Protection) [email protected]
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