Job summary
- Main area
- Care Group Nurse Director
- Grade
- Band 9
- Contract
- Secondment: 6 months (to cover maternity leave)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 110-NMR440-1025
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Glanrhyd Hospital
- Town
- Bridgend
- Salary
- £110,818 - £127,523 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Care Group Nurse Director
Band 9
Thank you for your interest in joining Cwm Taf Morgannwg (CTM) University Health Board.
Located in the heart of South Wales, we’re central to Cardiff, Newport, and Swansea. Deeply rooted in our community, as an NHS organisation we are dedicated to providing compassionate patient care and building healthier communities together.
At CTM, you’ll be part of a supportive, inclusive team from diverse nations, cultures, and backgrounds. Every role counts, every person matters, and together, we’re creating a space where everyone can thrive.
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Job overview
We are looking to recruit an NMC Registrant into the role of Nurse Director for our Primary Care & Community Care Group on a fixed term or secondment for 6 months to cover maternity leave. The portfolio covers a diverse range of Primary Care & Community Services.
You will possess the necessary energy and credibility to lead, support and develop our professional staff delivering high quality care for our patients. You will be accountable for all aspects of the care group nursing services including the workforce’s delivery of quality activity and financial performance through culture, strategy, people and resource management.
The post holder will also work alongside the Service Director and Medical Director to ensure the delivery of a safe and responsive service which meets the needs of our patients but also shape, lead and implement the transformation of services. THIS POST IS FIXED TERM/SECONDMENT FOR 6 MONTHS DUE TO MATERNITY COVER
Main duties of the job
§ As part of the Care Group’s senior leadership team will provide high quality and safe population health wellness and care delivery services, within budget and in alignment with national and local targets through excellent workforce planning and management. Set and oversee the nursing budgets
§ Promote workforce redesign maximising multi-disciplinary skill mixing for the ongoing sustainability of services
§ Dive up quality by developing and managing systems and policies for robust locality clinical group governance, which links closely to UHB wide governance ensuring there is strong and supporting oversight of all aspects of Care Group business
§ Transform and keep services sustainable by participation in annual and medium term strategic, operating planning and the performance management of those plans
§ Ensuring all nursing staff are supported through development and meaningful appraisal
§ Support nursing colleagues in the proactive adoption and monitoring of professional standards and audit recommendations
§ Enable excellence in education, staff development and research
Working for our organisation
Cwm Taf Morgannwg (CTM) University Health Board, part of NHS Wales, serves a large population across a diverse and beautiful region, steeped in history and heritage. With nearly 13,500 staff, our health board is one of Wales’s largest employers.
Together, we are Team CTM; a workforce dedicated to offering excellent patient care and support to the 450,000 people across our three regions, Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf. We operate three District General hospitals, several community hospitals, primary and community care facilities.
CTM’s location offers the best of South Wales, just 20 minutes from Cardiff’s vibrant city life, the natural beauty of the Brecon Beacons, and the serene coastline at Ogmore. Whether you enjoy lively urban amenities, peaceful countryside, or seaside escapes, our location makes an ideal setting for both work and personal life.
Our CTM 2030 Strategy—Our Health, Our Future—focuses on uniting our region around shared health and wellbeing goals. Our values guide us daily:
• We listen, learn, and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We work together as one team
CTM employees enjoy benefits including; a leading pension, generous leave, flexible work, career growth, and access to ongoing learning and development.
At CTM, you’ll find a welcoming, team-oriented workplace that values diversity and compassion, where you can take pride in your work and the difference it makes.
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.
Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn’t mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn’t ‘fluency’, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health. For more information, see ‘Welsh Language Guidance’ in the documents right at the bottom.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent qualification, knowledge and/or experience supplemented by highly specialist qualification to doctoral level equivalency.
Registration
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse Adult with current NMC registration.
Welsh language requirements
Desirable criteria
- Welsh language speaking/listening skills at Level 3 or above
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant senior operational management experience across healthcare sectors.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sarah Bradley
- Job title
- Service Director Primary Care Community Care Group
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07968393453
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