Job summary
- Main area
- Allied Health Professionals & Health Sciences
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8d
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 070-DDAHP&HS-0924-A
- Employer
- Powys Teaching Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Bronllys Hospital
- Town
- Bronllys
- Salary
- £89,491 - £103,203 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/07/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 07/08/2025
Employer heading
Deputy Director of Allied Health Professionals and Health Sciences
NHS AfC: Band 8d
Be part of a 'Healthy Caring Powys' and help us transform the way we provide health and care, so our communities can Start Well, Live Well and Age Well.
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 Therapies and Health Science Directorate specifically includes
professional leadership of:
• Dietetics
• Occupational Therapy
• Physiotherapy
• Podiatry
• Speech and Language Therapy
• Psychology
• Radiology and Diagnostics
• Audiology
• Healthcare Scientists in various roles
• Operating Department Practitioners
• Paramedics
• Social Workers
The Deputy Director of Therapies will also provide strategic and operational leadership and management of:
• Point of Care Testing and Medical Devices
• Respiratory
The Deputy Director will lead the strategic delivery and planning of Therapies and Health Sciences, ensuring they are responsive to need and enable the delivery of Health Board objectives. Within the role, the post holder will be accountable for:
• Professional Leadership of Therapies and Health Sciences.
• Leadership, advice, and guidance to services in relation to Therapies and Health Science staffing requirements, including leading the professional input into workforce planning, establishments, and skill mix.
• Strategic development and planning of the services, ensuring the
formulation and implementation of strategic plans, ensuring they are
responsive to changing needs.
• Providing strategic advice to the Director of Therapies and Health Science Services and the Board.
• Development of strategic plans for diagnostics, point of care testing,
sensory loss standards and clinical informatics.
Main duties of the job
The Deputy Director will operate independently, providing expert and high-level clinical advice, complying with professional codes of conduct, regulation, organisational policies, and procedures, and interpreting their application within the Health Board. Chair relevant committees on behalf of the Executive Director and participate in a range of corporate committees. Engage with senior clinical colleagues in the delivery of the Directorate Plan and Powys Strategy, encompassing a visionary approach in alignment with the organisational objectives and values. Provide the Executive Director with routine high-quality
reports focussing on aspects of delivery against objectives and the delegated portfolio.
Provide leadership and direction where highly complex ideas or concepts need to be conveyed and implemented across the organisation.
This will include working collaboratively with other professions within the organisation, particularly operational leads, ensuring expert advice in respect of Therapies Services, facilitating consensus building and decision making where there is likely to be a range of options and differing opinions. Exercising high level judgement and autonomy in decision making, providing specialist knowledge across a range of professions and managerial procedures and practices relating to professional practice and the management of Therapy Services.
Working for our organisation
Being the smallest Heath Board in Wales means that you won’t get lost in the crowd. Everybody at Powys Teaching Health Board is valued for the contribution they make to our varied and diverse portfolio of community-based services. Together, we can continue to make a real difference to our patients and build on our unrivalled reputation.
As a supportive and progressive employer, we actively encourage you to carve out a career with us, through a range of development pathways. We’re also lucky enough to be situated in one of the most beautiful rural counties in Britain, let alone Wales! Achieving a healthy ’life work’ balance is essential, and something we recognise by prioritising your well-being.
To start your journey with us, and to learn more about what we can offer you please visit: https://pthb.nhs.wales/working-for-us/. There you will find information about our benefits and values, read staff experiences and more about what our beautiful county has to offer.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Deputy Director will operate independently, providing expert and high-level clinical advice, complying with professional codes of conduct, regulation, organisational policies, and procedures, and interpreting their application within the Health Board. Chair relevant committees on behalf of the Executive Director and participate in a range of corporate committees. Engage with senior clinical colleagues in the delivery of the Directorate Plan and Powys Strategy, encompassing a visionary approach in alignment with the organisational objectives and values. Provide the Executive Director with routine high-quality reports focussing on aspects of delivery against objectives and the delegated portfolio.
Provide leadership and direction where highly complex ideas or concepts need to be conveyed and implemented across the organisation.
This will include working collaboratively with other professions within the organisation, particularly operational leads, ensuring expert advice in respect of Therapies Services, facilitating consensus building and decision making where there is likely to be a range of options and differing opinions.
Exercising high level judgement and autonomy in decision making, providing specialist knowledge across a range of professions and managerial procedures and practices relating to professional practice and the management of Therapy Services. This will include the analysis and assessment of conflicting information where expert opinion may differ or information may not be viable, relying on judgement and critical thinking to deliver an appropriate outcome.
Working collaboratively at all times with all other leaders, managers and
stakeholders in order to achieve high quality services and high-performance standards, routinely working across a wide range of professional departments with complex and differing needs and expectations as well as external partners such as Social Care and Third Sector.
Providing and developing a positive working environment and open culture which fosters high morale and commitment amongst all staff and promotes their wellbeing, professional and personal development and is in line with the Health Board expected Values and Behaviours.
Participation in the Executive On-Call rota.
Person specification
1
Essential criteria
- Professional qualification as an AHP or as a Health Care Scientist.
- Extensive and current experience of working at a senior clinical level in an NHS organisation.
- Registered with the HCPC.
- Significant experience of successful development, and delivery of service improvement, with successful management of significant organisational change in a complex environment.
- Experience of collaborative working across agencies and experience of planning, strategy production and service improvement.
- Experience of managing budgets and delivering cost improvement programmes.
- Experience of professional leadership of AHPs and Health Care Scientists.
Desirable criteria
- Silver IQT.
- Experience of POCT and Diagnostics.
- Experience of Contract Management.
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Essential criteria
- Current and active registration with the HCPC
Desirable criteria
- Qualification in Welsh Language
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Claire Madsen
- Job title
- Exec Director of AHP, Health Sciences and Digital
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07812 735051
- Additional information
PA Contact Information:
Natasha Clarke
01874 712652
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