Job overview

Hywel Dda University Health Board is the local NHS organisation for Mid and West Wales.

As a health board, we plan, organise and provide health services for almost 400,000 people across Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, and Pembrokeshire. We manage and pay for the care and treatment that people receive in this area for physical health, mental health and learning disabilities.

Our ambitious strategy seeks to develop and implement a process for transforming the way we deliver healthcare services, through a commitment to moving from a system focused on treatment and diagnosis, to one where preventing ill health is a core activity and that embraces consideration of people’s wellbeing. We call this our Social Model for Health and Wellbeing and this sits at the heart of our 10-year strategy.

To deliver this ambition, we cannot work alone. We recognise the importance of working in partnership with local authorities, community organisations, businesses, and communities to improve not only the services we deliver, but also the circumstances in which we grow up, live, work, play and age well.

The last three years have clearly demonstrated the importance of these relationships. Out of adversity, these connections have flourished, as existing partnerships have been strengthened and new ones forged across sectors, to manage the immediate and longer term impact of the pandemic.

Main duties of the job

As the Executive Director of Nursing, Quality and Patient Experience, we will look to you to lead our strategic vision with the nursing and midwifery teams enabling us to further develop these opportunities and driving our ambitions for a healthier, happier population whose wellbeing is at the centre of our thinking.

You must be an inspirational, creative and visible leader; a champion for service users and carers.  As an experienced nurse leader working corporately at, or close to Board level, you will bring vision and credibility to the role.  You will be comfortable in building relationships with a wide range of stakeholders within the organisation, our wider health system and our communities and your passion for professional and clinical leadership will match the drive and enthusiasm of our dedicated and innovative nursing and midwifery workforce. It goes without saying you must also be a Nursing and Midwifery Council registrant.

If you think this role may be the one for you and you are the person described above we’d love to hear from you, we have included a candidate pack with more information about our Health Board and this role and if you’d like to talk about the role our Chief Executive, Phil Kloer would love to talk to you.  Please email Phil at [email protected] and an appointment will be arranged.

Working for our organisation

Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 11,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:

Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;

Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;

48 general practices (six of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres;

Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services;

Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.