Workforce Transformation Lead – Velindre Cancer Service

Job summary

We are pleased to offer a key leadership role within our Workforce team--an opportunity to help shape the future of Velindre Cancer Services at a time of real ambition and progress. We are looking for someone who thrives on driving meaningful change and who is passionate about creating the best possible working environment for our people.

As Workforce Transformation Lead, you will play a central role in redesigning how our services operate, ensuring we have the right people, skills and structures in place to support exceptional patient care. You will lead complex transformation programmes, develop innovative workforce solutions, and embed modern and efficient ways of working. Working closely with leaders, clinicians and partners, you will influence decision-making, guide improvements and help build a workforce strategy that is both forward-thinking and people-centred.

You will bring experience in workforce transformation or organisational change, strong negotiation and engagement skills, and the confidence to work collaboratively across teams. Most importantly, you will be motivated by making a real and positive impact.

Velindre is widely recognised for its compassionate culture and commitment to its people. Joining us means being part of a supportive, forward-thinking Trust that invests in staff development and wellbeing. If you want to contribute to a service that makes a real impact every day, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide innovative, pro-active advice and support to Velindre Cancer Service at a time of change and transition. The post holder will possess HR and workforce expertise and be involved in highly complex workforce issues which are summarised as follows:

To direct and motivate teams to ensure a high standard of professionalism, efficiency and effectiveness in the delivery of workforce services.

To develop plans to ensure that clinical and managerial leaders throughout the Division possess the skills, confidence and expertise to lead and manage their teams effectively to transition to the new Velindre Cancer Centre (nVCC)

To develop the integrated workforce plans and implementation plans for the Trust Strategies. These will include service, financial and workforce plans for the Division, based on NHS, Welsh Government and Trust workforce change initiatives.

To ensure compliance with national and Trust policies in relation to employment and equality law, policy and good practice.

About us

Here at Velindre University NHS Trust we are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in our cutting-edge Velindre Cancer Centre and ouraward-winning Welsh Blood Service, as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together. We are also fortunate to host the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership and Health Technology Wales and have developed strong partnership working with these expert services.

Formed in 1994, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to provide the key principles of prudent healthcare through a wide array of roles. We play a vital role in the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future to continue to improve the services we deliver. We strive to maintain our core values in everything we do by being; accountable, bold, caring and dynamic, and ensuring the best possible care for our patients and donors.

If you want to work for an organisation that prides itself on making a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities then Velindre University NHS Trust is the place for you.

Visit our website to find out more https://velindre.nhs.wales/