Job summary
- Main area
- NHS Executive
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- 12 months (Secondment until 31st March 2026 due to funding)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday)
- Job ref
- 028-AC045-0225-A
- Employer
- Public Health Wales NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Capital Quarter 2/ Clwydian House
- Town
- Cardiff/Wrexham
- Salary
- £46,840 - £53,602 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Learning Disability Improvement Manager - INTERNAL TO NHS WALES
Band 7
Welcome to the NHS Wales Executive, a new national support function, operational from 1 April 2023
Our key purpose is to…
Drive improvements in the quality and safety of care - resulting in better and more equitable outcomes, access and patient experience, reduced variation, and improvements in population health.
To find out more visit NHS Wales Executive.
Our values
Working together, with trust and respect, to make a difference
Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English. To support our all Wales service, we particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
Job overview
Please note that we will only accept applications from staff currently employed by NHS Wales.
This is a secondment opportunity until 31 March 2026.
If you are interested in applying for this secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current Line Manager prior to applying.
Are you passionate about improvement? Do you feel driven to achieve accessible and equitable care for all? If so, we have an exciting secondment opportunity for you. Our Learning Disability Programme advises, supports and provides national direction across the health and care system in Wales. Join us in delivering the Welsh Government Strategic Action Plan.
Main duties of the job
We have a 12 month secondment to the role of Learning Disability Improvement Manager. This role will involve supporting specific improvement projects, as part of the Welsh Government's Learning Disability Strategic Action Plan and Delivery 2022 to 2026. Building upon on the successful programme to date, the team has a renewed remit for the next 12 months with an ambitious programme of work aimed at accelerating improvements in health outcomes for people with a learning disability. Areas of focus include Quality Statements, Health Checks and Reducing Restrictive Practice. This role will contribute to the wider work of the well-established learning disability team within Improvement Cymru.
We are particularly interested in hearing from those with a background in quality improvement, patient safety, project management or learning disability service delivery. The post will involve cross boundary working across the health boards, local authorities, voluntary and independent sectors, seeking to break down organisational boundaries to improve learning disability services nationally.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
The NHS Wales Executive provides a central guiding hand, working in partnership for and on behalf of Welsh Government, in and with the NHS in Wales. The Executive is hosted by Public Health Wales.
We are a national support function delivering ‘A Healthier Wales’ vision of a whole-system approach to providing excellent health and social care across Wales.
The Executive’s role in supporting this vision is to provide strong national leadership and strategic direction enabling, supporting and, where necessary, intervening to ensure the delivery of national priorities and standards, to improve the quality and safety of care. The Executive will drive improvements to achieve better, fairer healthcare outcomes for the people of Wales.
Our organisation is guided by Public Health Wales’ Values, 'Working together, with trust and respect, to make a difference'.
We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that values equality, diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications which represent the rich diversity of the communities we serve and from those wishing to work part time or on a job share basis.
To find out more about working for us and the benefits we offer please visit https://phw.nhs.wales/careers/
For guidance on the application process, please visit https://phw.nhs.wales/working-for-us/applicant-information-and-guidance/
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are only in a position to offer this role as a secondment until 31 March 2026.
Please ensure you have Line Managers support on application.
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
Essential criteria
- A health care or social care qualification requiring registration on a professional register or Educated to degree level or equivalent experience in a management/leadership role
- Evidence of continued professional development
Desirable criteria
- Improvement certification (Improvement in Practice, IHI, Lean)
- Project management qualification
- Training delivery qualification
- Completed/currently undertaking improvement training (Improvement Foundations)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of engaging and working with people with a learning disability
- Engagement with multi-professional groups and staff at all levels
- Experience of coaching individuals or teams
- Presentation and facilitation experience with multi-professional groups
- Experience of successfully implementing project driven improvements with evidence of learning using improvement science methodologies
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a care setting
- Experience of co-production
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to motivate others to encourage collaborative working
- Ability to collaborate with people in other disciplines and form strong stakeholder relationships to improve services
- Ability to gather, analyse and present complex data to influence decision making to improve services
- Ability to find solutions in complex situations that are acceptable to a number of stakeholders
- Ability to apply improvement skills and knowledge
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrate an ability to act as an expert reference point on change management and continuous improvement training issues
- Ability to train multi-disciplinary groups including clinical staff in continuous improvement methodologies
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Understands the importance of being a strong team player, which includes: o Active participation o Co-operation o Respect and support for others
- Evidence of continuous exploration of alternative solutions to problems
- Commitment to self-development, actively seeking feedback and learning
- Ability to focus, concentrate and accurately complete tasks within given timeframes whilst dealing with unscheduled interruptions e.g. changing priorities
- Ability to meet the frequent travel needs of the post. (the post holder will be required to travel to any location across Wales and UK, as required by the organisation and this may mean frequent overnight stays away from home)
- Flexible to meet the needs of the service
Desirable criteria
- Welsh speaking
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Rachel Ann Jones
- Job title
- National Programme Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
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