Job summary
- Main area
- Planning and Partnerships
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months (until 31 March 2025)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Flexible working, 7.5 hours per day Monday to Friday)
- Job ref
- 110-AC377-0924
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB Head Quarters
- Town
- Abercynon
- Salary
- £44,398 - £50,807 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/10/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Strategic Planning & Commissioning Manager
Band 7
We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen within Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board for a six month fixed term Band 7 Strategic Planning & Commissioning Manager.
We are looking for a well-motivated, enthusiastic individual to join our Strategic Planning and Commissioning Team. The post holder will be based flexibly between home and at Ynysmeurig House, Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board Headquarters, Abercynon.
The successful applicant will support the Starting Well and Growing Well Strategy Groups within the University Health Board. They will be involved in strategic planning, clinical pathway planning and supporting the redesign and implementation of a range of programmes across the Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB area, under the direction of the Head of Strategic Planning and Commissioning. They will ensure services are planned across the UHB in a life course approach.
This post is fixed term / secondment until 31 March 2025 due to the needs of the service.
If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicants will need to use their expertise and knowledge to;
- Contribute to the strategic planning and commissioning for the Growing Well Strategy Group across a range of service areas.
- Lead delegated projects and planning a range of innovative sustainable service redesign initiatives, which will involve project management, planning, facilitation, consultation, monitoring and evaluation of services.
- Encourage innovation in practice to ensure patients receive the most appropriate care in the most appropriate place by the most appropriate person.
- Ensure that service change and development is managed effectively with key partners and stakeholders.
This is a key role in the Strategic Planning and Commissioning Team as we continue to support the Health Board in the delivery of its strategic objectives.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- § We listen, learn and improve
- § We treat everyone with respect
- § We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Detailed job description and main 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
Essential criteria
- Educated to masters level or equivalent skills and experience
- Knowledge of project management processes
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience and track record of developing and implementing strategies and plans for delivery of services
- Successful track record of service change management
- Experience of public / community and patient involvement
Skills and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Highly developed written communication skills
- Excellent communication, presentation and facilitation skills
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Proactive and highly motivated
- Able to work autonomously whilst being a good team player
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Elle McNeil
- Job title
- Head of Strategic Planning and Commissioning
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
For additional information please contact Elle McNeil on :-
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