Job summary
This post is secondment for up to 6 months in line with available funding.
There is one clinical lead post available (0.6WTE) which will have a workforce focus.
This key role sits within the HEIW Nurse, Health Professional and Quality Directorate and the HEIW-managed Allied Health Professional Workforce Transformation Team. The role encompasses leadership, strategic workforce planning, and management of key aspects of workforce transformation. As such the post holder will be required to work in a matrix style management arrangement supporting the Associate Director of Allied Health Professional Workforce Transformation as well as working alongside colleagues from within the Nursing, Health Professions and Quality Directorate and other professional leads.
This post is a secondment due to commence on 1st October until 31st March, 2026.
This post is being offered as a secondment opportunity only. If you wish to apply, you must have your line manager's approval before making an application. This post is for a fixed secondment period but may be extended or made permanent at the end of the secondment period depending on available funding and business requirement.
English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply
Main duties of the job
The post holder will support the Associate Director of Workforce Transformation for Allied Health Professionals, on dedicated workforce related projects focused on the Allied Health Professions across Wales. The post holders will identify opportunities for creation of inter-professional resources and strategic and professional developments, matrix working across HEIW with engagement across the allied health professions.
About us
Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) is the strategic workforce body for NHS Wales with statutory functions that include education and training, workforce planning, workforce development and transformation, leadership and succession planning, and careers. Our purpose is to develop a workforce that delivers excellent care to patients/service users and excellent population health. We are a Special Health Authority working closely with our partners; Social Care Wales, education providers, professional and regulatory bodies and Welsh Government.
HEIW's is committed to developing an internal culture of choice. Our Values reflect our thoughts, feelings and beliefs in how we will, and will not, behave and treat others:
- Respect for All in every contact we have with others,
- Ideas that Improve: Harnessing creativity and continuously innovating, evaluating and improving,
- Together as a Team: Working with colleagues across NHS Wales and with partner organisations.
HEIW received the HPMA Award for Employee Engagement in 2019.
What you can expect:
- a corporate induction and 90 day Welcome itinerary,
- compassionate leadership,
- a meaningful values based performance appraisal process,
- the opportunity to impact upon health and social care services and the lives and wellbeing of the people of Wales.
Many of our colleagues and stakeholders have commented on the buzz and atmosphere we create by working together as "One HEIW Team". Do you want to join that team?
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 Knowledge
Essential
- Educated to Master's degree level in relevant subject, or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area.
- Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as an Allied Health Professional as defined within Wales. Specialist, in-depth knowledge of allied health professions Quality and Safety, Research and Innovation and/or Service Transformation.
- Knowledge of HEIW's remit and responsibilities.
- Knowledge of the importance of emerging technology in healthcare and its importance to the health and care agenda.
- Extensive knowledge and experience of working in a allied health professional setting.
- Knowledge of the strategic direction for NHS Wales.
Desirable
- Post graduate educational qualification.
- Project management qualification e.g. PRINCE2.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of developing Quality and Safety, Research and Innovation and/or Service Transformation within allied healthcare settings.
- Experience as an educational supervisor within an allied health care setting.
- Delivery of objectives in a cross- organisational environment and through multi-stakeholder negotiations.
Desirable
- Involvement in research and evaluation of education and training and/or workforce transformation.
- Experience of leading and implementing strategic change.
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Demonstrate strategic thinking.
- Demonstrate experience of leadership, negotiation and influencing skills.
- Ability to network effectively and build relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to problem solve and respond to sudden unexpected demands.
- Able to identify and resolve risks in highly complex scenarios.
- Highly skilled communicator able to influence, provide and receive, convey, and present complex and potentially contentious information to large groups, responding to questions to ensure full understanding and engagement.
- Ability to analyse and understand a broad range of information quickly and make decisions where opinions differ or there is no obvious solution.
- Ability to interpret national policy and offer subject matter expertise to influence direction and implementation, with the confidence to debate this on a national stage.
- Ensure the most appropriate use of resources to ensure that workforce and education programme objectives are delivered in a timely and effective manner-requiring highly skilled organisational and planning expertise.
- Able to concentrate for prolonged periods under pressure and adapt to unpredictable demands.
- Advanced keyboard and informatics skills.
Desirable
- Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh
Other
Essential
- To comply with HEIW and NHS Wales values, including respect and dignity; commitment to quality of care; compassion and working together for patients.
- Will consider the most effective way to promote equality of opportunity and good working relationships in employment and service delivery and can take actions which support and promote this agenda.
- Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values.
- Embraces change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop.
- Leads by action and inspires others
Desirable
- Ability to travel across Wales if required
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Educated to Master's degree level in relevant subject, or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area.
- Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as an Allied Health Professional as defined within Wales. Specialist, in-depth knowledge of allied health professions Quality and Safety, Research and Innovation and/or Service Transformation.
- Knowledge of HEIW's remit and responsibilities.
- Knowledge of the importance of emerging technology in healthcare and its importance to the health and care agenda.
- Extensive knowledge and experience of working in a allied health professional setting.
- Knowledge of the strategic direction for NHS Wales.
Desirable
- Post graduate educational qualification.
- Project management qualification e.g. PRINCE2.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of developing Quality and Safety, Research and Innovation and/or Service Transformation within allied healthcare settings.
- Experience as an educational supervisor within an allied health care setting.
- Delivery of objectives in a cross- organisational environment and through multi-stakeholder negotiations.
Desirable
- Involvement in research and evaluation of education and training and/or workforce transformation.
- Experience of leading and implementing strategic change.
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Demonstrate strategic thinking.
- Demonstrate experience of leadership, negotiation and influencing skills.
- Ability to network effectively and build relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to problem solve and respond to sudden unexpected demands.
- Able to identify and resolve risks in highly complex scenarios.
- Highly skilled communicator able to influence, provide and receive, convey, and present complex and potentially contentious information to large groups, responding to questions to ensure full understanding and engagement.
- Ability to analyse and understand a broad range of information quickly and make decisions where opinions differ or there is no obvious solution.
- Ability to interpret national policy and offer subject matter expertise to influence direction and implementation, with the confidence to debate this on a national stage.
- Ensure the most appropriate use of resources to ensure that workforce and education programme objectives are delivered in a timely and effective manner-requiring highly skilled organisational and planning expertise.
- Able to concentrate for prolonged periods under pressure and adapt to unpredictable demands.
- Advanced keyboard and informatics skills.
Desirable
- Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh
Other
Essential
- To comply with HEIW and NHS Wales values, including respect and dignity; commitment to quality of care; compassion and working together for patients.
- Will consider the most effective way to promote equality of opportunity and good working relationships in employment and service delivery and can take actions which support and promote this agenda.
- Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values.
- Embraces change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop.
- Leads by action and inspires others
Desirable
- Ability to travel across Wales if required
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).
