Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

Service Improvement Manager

The closing date is 22 September 2025

Job summary

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Your Role- 'an improvement leader who will support organisational system wide change'.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Service Improvement enthusiasttoapply for the post of Service Improvement Manager within the Shaping Change team.

As a core part of the Shaping Change team, Service Improvement Managers are at the heart of a group created to autonomously work on some of the manyimprovement projectsthat need to be deliveredin line with organisational priorities, activelychampion changeand support the development ofimprovement capabilitythroughtraining and mentoringindividuals and teams

Who You Are:To be successful in this role you have experience ofimplementing improvement and/or transformation projectswithin systems, a good knowledge of service improvement tools and techniques, and an appropriate educational background.Typically:

  • Qualified to Degree level or demonstrable equivalent experience
  • Competent, relevant experience
  • Data handling skills, as well as developed MS Excel /Power BI skills.
  • Recognised training in Continuous Improvement e.g. Lean, Six Sigma, Model for Improvement at an appropriate level

Main duties of the job

The Shaping Change Team is a multi-disciplinary team of clinicians, educators and operational managers with skills in both continuous quality improvement and project implementation. Our mission is tosupport everyone to improve and transform serviceswith the vision that'everyone can make it better'.The team develops Change capability whilst supporting the delivery of several specific, complex, UHB system wide and service specific improvement and transformation programmes. These programmes contribute to the UHB achieving key elements of its transformational change vision aimed at reducing harm, waste and variation.

To meet our dynamic requirements, you would be working withprocess improvement methodologiesand projects,gathering and interpreting dataand working with multi disciplinary teams at all levels throughout the organisation.

JOB PURPOSE

To manage and drive the development and implementation of cross-organisation, complex, improvement programmes. These will include managing operational efficiency projects and, when appropriate, to support Clinical Board strategy development working closely with Clinical Board Teams and Clinicians.

The post holder will support capacity & capability building across the organisation through improvement skills training, one to one knowledge transfer & coaching.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.

Our mission is "Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together", and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future

Details

Date posted

08 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£48,527 to £55,532 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

001-AC178-0925

Job locations

Woodland House

Maes-Y-Coed Road

Cardiff

CF14 4HH


Job description

Job 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

Job description

Job 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

Essential

  • Degree or equivalent experience
  • Evidence of recent personal development in service improvement to post graduate diploma level e.g. quality improvement methodologies such as Lean or Six-Sigma
  • Evidence of recent personal development at a senior level

Desirable

  • Recognised Improvement qualification e.g. Six Sigma Green Belt

Experience

Essential

  • Relevant improvement or change management experience either as leading a whole programme or implementing service improvements in own department with demonstrable benefits
  • Proven record of change management at a senior level
  • Experience in the management of healthcare improvements or experience of working with the NHS or similar complex organisations in the delivery or management of operational services

Desirable

  • Experience/knowledge of working within the NHS or related organisation in the delivery or management of operational services

Special knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of MS-Office suite of software, particularly Word and Excel

Desirable

  • MS-Programme and MS-Powerpoint
  • Knowledge of UHB information systems e.g. PMS, Business Intelligence System, Clinical Portal, Ward Clinical Workstation
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree or equivalent experience
  • Evidence of recent personal development in service improvement to post graduate diploma level e.g. quality improvement methodologies such as Lean or Six-Sigma
  • Evidence of recent personal development at a senior level

Desirable

  • Recognised Improvement qualification e.g. Six Sigma Green Belt

Experience

Essential

  • Relevant improvement or change management experience either as leading a whole programme or implementing service improvements in own department with demonstrable benefits
  • Proven record of change management at a senior level
  • Experience in the management of healthcare improvements or experience of working with the NHS or similar complex organisations in the delivery or management of operational services

Desirable

  • Experience/knowledge of working within the NHS or related organisation in the delivery or management of operational services

Special knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of MS-Office suite of software, particularly Word and Excel

Desirable

  • MS-Programme and MS-Powerpoint
  • Knowledge of UHB information systems e.g. PMS, Business Intelligence System, Clinical Portal, Ward Clinical Workstation

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

Address

Woodland House

Maes-Y-Coed Road

Cardiff

CF14 4HH


Employer's website

https://cavuhb.nhs.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

Address

Woodland House

Maes-Y-Coed Road

Cardiff

CF14 4HH


Employer's website

https://cavuhb.nhs.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

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Details

Date posted

08 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£48,527 to £55,532 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

001-AC178-0925

Job locations

Woodland House

Maes-Y-Coed Road

Cardiff

CF14 4HH


Supporting documents

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