Job summary
- Main area
- Commissioning
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- 24 months (Secondment up to 31 August 2027 due to funding)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 110-AC230-0825-A
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Unit G1 The Willowford
- Town
- Pontypridd
- Salary
- £56,514 - £63,623 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Implementation & Effectiveness Manager (PET/MRT) - INTERNAL NHS WALES
Band 8a
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
PLEASE NOTE WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM STAFF CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY NHS WALES
Join Our Team at NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee
Position: Implementation and Effectiveness Manager (PET/MRT) (JCC)
This post is secondment up to 31 August 2027 due to funding
Following the establishment of the NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee (NWJCC) on 1st April 2024 and a recent organisational restructure, we are seeking an Implementation and Effectiveness Manager (PET/MRT), Joint Commissioning Committee (JCC) to support our journey as a newly formed organisation.
The NWJCC is a joint committee of the seven health boards in Wales, with a Chair and Lay Members. We support collaborative commissioning across Wales, with around 120 staff based in Mold and Nantgarw/Treforest.
Our mission to be The Centre of Excellence for Collaborative Commissioning, improving health and care outcomes across Wales. We commission around 220 services, from NHS 111 and ambulance services to specialised rare disease services, and mental health, operating a £1.14bn budget.
In this role, you will join a supportive, inclusive team, working with NHS Wales, Welsh Government, and UK provider organisations. We are seeking individuals who reflect our values of respect, trust, collaboration, and excellence—those who put patients and quality at the centre of everything they do.
If you're passionate about improving lives and want to be part of a forward-thinking, ambitious team, we’d love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
As part of the Medical Directorate an Implementation and Effectiveness function has been set-up within NWJCC to provide an all-Wales, multi-disciplinary resource to support the strategic development and delivery of projects and programmes aimed at underpinning diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine services, including PET and Molecular Radiotherapy (MRT).
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 Speaker (Level 1 courtesy Welsh) or willingness to work towards achieving this level.
Person specification
Qualifications and/or Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Highly developed knowledge of project management methodologies and techniques, including change management and service redesign, acquired through training, experience and/or qualification to Master’s or equivalent level.
- In-depth specialist knowledge and expertise across a range of disciplines including Research & Innovation, Performance Management, Project Management, Quality and Service Improvement Tools/Techniques.
- Proficient using Microsoft Project, Visio, PowerPoint, Excel and Word.
- Up to date knowledge and understanding of current priorities within NHS Wales.
- Partnership working and stakeholder management acquired through training and experience over an extended period.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of recent personal development at senior management level.
- Better Business Cases qualification or experience in writing business cases.
- Detailed understanding of systematic approaches to risk management and contingency planning.
- Knowledge of organisational performance management principles and practice.
- PRINCE II and/or Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) qualification.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of specialist knowledge and expertise in project management and service improvement and transformation, acquired in a Modernisation/ Operational/ Performance Management environment, through professional qualification or equivalent experience.
- Demonstrable evidence of innovation and improvement in provision of services, ensuring that maximum improvement is derived from identified innovations.
- Proven ability to lead, manage and implement change.
- Proven work record of consistently achieving high standards and delivering objectives and priorities.
- Evidence of creating and sustaining positive relationships with staff and stakeholders.
- Experience in development of joint projects and interdepartmental integrated working.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of capital replacement projects/programmes.
- Strong senior management experience with an ability to command credibility.
- Successful track record of leading and delivering large scale, complex projects.
Aptitude and Abilities Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work effectively with, gain, and retain confidence of clinicians, managers and other staff.
- Ability to liaise with wide range of partners, including patients and public.
- Demonstrable ability to communicate effectively using excellent communication skills, including strong report writing and presentation skills.
- Able to write project initiation documents, business cases, strategic plans, dashboard reports, policies and procedures.
- Excellent analytical skills to develop, read, interpret and disseminate complex information to others.
- Excellent strategic thinking, analytical and problem solving expertise.
- Ability to perform and deliver under pressure, including dealing with complex and contentious issues in a hostile environment.
- Ability to negotiate and influence change processes.
- Clear leadership skills, influencing and team building skills.
- Highly developed interpersonal skills, a natural facilitator.
- Highly developed judgement and decision making skills.
- Ability to motivate others to high levels of performance.
Desirable criteria
- Ability to train others on project management and service improvement techniques.
- Working knowledge of budgets and financial management, coupled with sound financial control skills.
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Tenacious, demonstrates high level of drive, enthusiasm and stamina to achieve goals and see things through.
- Ability to work effectively in a highly complex and continually changing environment.
- Ability to work under pressure to demanding timetables.
- Understands the need to deliver short-term priorities and achieve long-term goals with a sense of balance.
Circumstances
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel to various locations in a timely manner.
- Ability to work flexibly to the needs of the programme.
- Able to undertake the full remit of the role.
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
- Rachel Gemine
- Job title
- Assistant Director of Evidence and Effectiveness
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01443443443
- Additional information
Should you wish to make any informal enquiries, please contact Rachel Gemine, Assistant Director of Evidence, Evaluation and Effectiveness via email ([email protected]).
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