Job summary
- Main area
- Maxillofacial
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday, 9am - 5 pm. Some evenings and weekends may be required.)
- Job ref
- 110-NMR270-0625
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- PCH & RGH
- Town
- Merthyr Tydfil & Llantrisant
- Salary
- £37,898 - £45,637 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Deputy Department Manager
Band 6
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 for a Deputy Manager in the busy Maxillofacial Outpatient Departments at CTMUHB has arisen due to the retirement of the current postholder
The successful candidate will work Monday - Friday, 9.00am- 5.00pm (although some evenings and weekends may be required).
The post is split between the departments at Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil and the Royal Glamorgan Hospital at Llantrisant, supporting the Band 7 in supervising and managing the Nursing team of Registered General Nurses, Registered Dental Nurses and Health Care Support Workers.
They will work as an integral member of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure a seamless service for patients, carers and staff and will be expected to deputise for the Department Manager in their absence
The post holder will be expected to contribute to the provision of health care to the people of Cwm Taf Morgannwg with the responsibility for assessment of care need and the delivery and evaluation of skilled professional care.
Up to date Maxillofacial experience is essential, along with experience of working as a Band 5 nurse.
Main duties of the job
Duties include :
Day to day management of oral surgery, orthodontic, restorative and prosthodontic clinics
Deputise in the absence of the nurse manager
Manage own clinical workload
Act as clinical lead for the department
Act as clinical supervisor/mentor to qualified/unqualified staff and students
Provide basic HR advice
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
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
- Current registration with NMC.
- In depth specialist knowledge of a range of work procedures and practices within the speciality
Desirable criteria
- Basic or Higher Degree or studying for same.
- Registered on the General Dental Council Register
- Teaching/Assessing Module.
- Management Module
Experience
Essential criteria
- Appropriate experience of working within relevant clinical setting
- Managing people
Desirable criteria
- Maxillofacial Ward Experience
Skills
Essential criteria
- I.T. skills.
- Presentation skills
- Sound understanding of clinical supervision.
- In-depth knowledge of clinical field working in
- Good communication and interpersonal skills – verbal and written
- Team player
Desirable criteria
- Change management
- Knowledge and understanding of relevant policy guidance
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
- Sue Jones
- Job title
- Department Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01685 728332
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