Associate Director for Workforce Transformation

4 months ago


Cardiff, United Kingdom Health Education and Improvement Wales Full time

Leading the translation and delivery of national workforce frameworks and initiatives to support the development and implementation of sustainable workforce solutions aimed at improving patient care.

**Key accountabilities will include**:
- Researching, identifying, and raising awareness of the specific workforce challenges within the professions and working with partners including Welsh Government, service providers and the education sector, influence 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 externally at system and provider level and build strategic relationships with professional colleagues across the 4 nations to promote and support a workforce transformation improvement driven approach to the delivery of recovery and national programme level initiatives

Maintaining a good knowledge and interpretation of emerging policies including from Government, National Think Tanks, Professional Bodies and identify and assess opportunities for developing new workforce models, initiatives, and risks to existing services.

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

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?



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