Associate Director, Workforce Transformation

3 weeks ago


Cardiff, United Kingdom Health Education and Improvement Wales Full time

Associate Director for Psychological Therapies BAND 8c (Permanent 0.6)

If you are an experienced and visionary leader with a track record of driving innovation and change within the field of psychological therapies, we would like to invite you to be part of a dynamic and transformative team as our next Associate Director for Psychological Therapies. To accommodate ongoing clinical commitments this role can be considered on a less than full time basis (minimum 06 wte).

Providing strategic leadership, advice and guidance for the commissioning and transformation of education and training for the psychological therapies workforce to meet the ambition of the Workforce Strategy for Health and Social Care, and to support increased availability of psychological therapies, through development of skill mix and innovative workforce solutions.

Researching, identifying, and raising awareness of the specific workforce challenges within the psychological therapy workforce and working with partners including Welsh Government, professional bodies, NHS and social care organisations and the education sector, to influence and advise upon the development and delivery of education and training programmes to support professional and clinical practice.

Interpreting overall health and social care policy and strategy into specific actions to support workforce development and transformation, establishing measurable goals and outcome measures to evidence impact. This will include using and initiating research activity and building the professional evidence base.

Leading on establishing engagement processes with key stakeholders across Wales and building strategic relationships with professional colleagues across the UK, to represent Wales and to promote and support a workforce transformation improvement driven approach to the delivery of recovery and national programme level initiatives.

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?

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



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