Job summary
This is a unique and influential leadership opportunity for an exceptional individual to help shape and deliver our vision of becoming a high-quality, innovative organisation.
As Head of Service, you will lead and inspire our Speech and Language Therapy workforce, driving service transformation and ensuring the delivery of high-quality, patient-centred care. We are seeking an experienced, confident, and highly motivated leader with a strong track record of managing teams and transforming service delivery within the health and care system.
We are looking for a leader who can demonstrate:
Extensive clinical experience within Speech and Language Therapy.
Proven excellence in leadership, workforce development, and service transformation.
A dynamic, forward-thinking approach to problem-solving and improvement.
The ability to inspire, influence and engage teams across diverse care settings.
Strong skills in collaboration, decision-making and strategic planning.
Main duties of the job
Provide strategic and clinical leadership across primary care, community services, and hospital sites.
Work collaboratively with Professional Heads, Service Groups and a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
Support the integration and transformation of service delivery by interpreting and responding to national and local drivers.
Champion innovation, digital solutions and modern approaches to care delivery.
Act as a visible, engaging role model, demonstrating exceptional organisational and communication skills.
- Providing professional leadership and governance to all Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) services within the organisation.
- Operational management of the Adult and Paediatric SLT services across Powys.
- Development, provision and evaluation of a comprehensive clinical SLT service.
- Providing advice on a wide range of SLT matters to patients, service users, carers and clinicians.
- Lead on specific clinical audits, research and quality improvement projects.
About us
Why Join Us?Our Health Board is proud to be innovative, ambitious and committed to delivering high-quality care for our residents. This role offers significant scope to introduce new ways of working, build on established success and help deliver the best possible outcomes for our population.
If you are ready for a challenging, rewarding and impactful leadership role--one that gives you the opportunity to shape the future of Speech and Language Therapy services in Powys--we would love to hear from you
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Diploma/Degree - Speech and Language Therapy/Registered with HCPC
- Leadership or Management qualification/training
- Risk Management training
- oDocumented evidence of CPD and commitment to personal and role development
Desirable
- Membership of special interest group
- Completion of MSc
Experience
Essential
- Varied post graduate clinical experience
- Experience of a specialist clinical area
- Leadership experience and supervision of senior staff and teams
- Experience of operationally managing a team or service
- Experience of managing budgets and financial planning
- Experience of managing a range of HR issues
- Business and workforce planning experience
- Experience of managing and delivering change
- Experience of service development and successful budgeting management
- Proven track record of delivering against set objectives, achieving key targets and analyse complex information on a range of clinical and professional information
Desirable
- Experience of cross boundary/ agency working
- Research experience
- Experience of working in a complex organisation
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Effectively negotiate, persuade and influence at all levels and provide convincing, well supported arguments
- Effectively manage and resolve conflict and complex problems
- Lead, motivate and inspire staff
- Manage staff and achieve optimum performance
- Detailed knowledge of research/audit processes and application
- Detailed knowledge of current professional policy and practice and its implications/professional priorities and issues
- Detailed knowledge of clinical governance issues and implementing good practice
- High level analytical skills and capability to compile high level reports
- Comprehensive IT skills to support clinical and management practice
- Excellent verbal and written presentation skills
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel within geographical area
- Able to work hours flexibly
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Diploma/Degree - Speech and Language Therapy/Registered with HCPC
- Leadership or Management qualification/training
- Risk Management training
- oDocumented evidence of CPD and commitment to personal and role development
Desirable
- Membership of special interest group
- Completion of MSc
Experience
Essential
- Varied post graduate clinical experience
- Experience of a specialist clinical area
- Leadership experience and supervision of senior staff and teams
- Experience of operationally managing a team or service
- Experience of managing budgets and financial planning
- Experience of managing a range of HR issues
- Business and workforce planning experience
- Experience of managing and delivering change
- Experience of service development and successful budgeting management
- Proven track record of delivering against set objectives, achieving key targets and analyse complex information on a range of clinical and professional information
Desirable
- Experience of cross boundary/ agency working
- Research experience
- Experience of working in a complex organisation
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Effectively negotiate, persuade and influence at all levels and provide convincing, well supported arguments
- Effectively manage and resolve conflict and complex problems
- Lead, motivate and inspire staff
- Manage staff and achieve optimum performance
- Detailed knowledge of research/audit processes and application
- Detailed knowledge of current professional policy and practice and its implications/professional priorities and issues
- Detailed knowledge of clinical governance issues and implementing good practice
- High level analytical skills and capability to compile high level reports
- Comprehensive IT skills to support clinical and management practice
- Excellent verbal and written presentation skills
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel within geographical area
- Able to work hours flexibly
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
