Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Care Group Nurse Director

The closing date is 26 June 2025

Job summary

Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB are seeking an exceptional nursing leader to take on the role of Care Group Nurse Director for Unscheduled Care, with focus on driving forward our ongoing service transformation and delivering high-quality, patient centred services.

As a key member of the senior leadership team, reporting to the Service Director for the Care Group and professionally to the Executive Director of Nursing this is an exciting opportunity to lead the transformation of clinical services and ensure the delivery of high-quality care and patient experience across three acute and two Community Hospitals within a complex integrated health provider in South East Wales. This is a pivotal leadership role, with reach from ward to Board, shaping the development and delivery of nursing across essential frontline clinical services, providing leadership and vision to energise and build teams as well as shaping the workforce for the future.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking an inspiring, collaborative nursing leader with a proven track record in developing and delivering clinical services, operations and transformation in acute and complex healthcare environments with a passion for people, delivering high standards and values-based leadership

CTMUHB is an organisation with a real sense of community; that actively supports and develops colleagues to ensure patients receive the best quality care. This is a rare and exciting opportunity to join a large and complex Health Board at the beginning of its transformation, and to be central to the development and improvement of our culture and services, making a tangible difference to our population.

We are being supported in this recruitment by Alumni Global, please contact Beth Stickney on +44 7703 821 996 for a confidential discussion and visit alumniglobal.com/job/cgnd-ctmuhb for further information about the role and process.

About us

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

  • We listen, learn and improve
  • We treat everyone with respect
  • We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

Details

Date posted

27 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 9

Salary

£106,967 to £123,091 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

110-NMR236-0525

Job locations

Agreed on appointment

Agreed on appointment

CF45 4SN


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 and/or Knowledge

Essential

  • Educated to Masters level or equivalent qualification, knowledge and/or experience supplemented by highly specialist qualification to doctoral level equivalency.
  • Registered Nurse Adult with current NMC registration
  • Highly relevant specialist clinical knowledge relating to sphere of responsibilities

Experience

Essential

  • Significant post registration experience at a very senior nursing level
  • Significant senior operational management experience across healthcare sectors
  • Extensive personnel, performance management experience

Aptitude and Abilities Skills

Essential

  • Ability to analyse complex clinical issues/problems, identify necessary action and make recommendations and follow these through

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Ability to communicate clearly in written and oral form
Person Specification

Qualifications and/or Knowledge

Essential

  • Educated to Masters level or equivalent qualification, knowledge and/or experience supplemented by highly specialist qualification to doctoral level equivalency.
  • Registered Nurse Adult with current NMC registration
  • Highly relevant specialist clinical knowledge relating to sphere of responsibilities

Experience

Essential

  • Significant post registration experience at a very senior nursing level
  • Significant senior operational management experience across healthcare sectors
  • Extensive personnel, performance management experience

Aptitude and Abilities Skills

Essential

  • Ability to analyse complex clinical issues/problems, identify necessary action and make recommendations and follow these through

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Ability to communicate clearly in written and oral form

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).

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.

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Address

Agreed on appointment

Agreed on appointment

CF45 4SN


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Address

Agreed on appointment

Agreed on appointment

CF45 4SN


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Principle Researcher

Beth Stickney

Beth.Stickney@alumniglobal.com

07703821996

Details

Date posted

27 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 9

Salary

£106,967 to £123,091 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

110-NMR236-0525

Job locations

Agreed on appointment

Agreed on appointment

CF45 4SN


Supporting documents

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