Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

South East Wales Vascular Network Manager

The closing date is 10 February 2026

Job summary

The Network Manager is responsible for the effective delivery and development of Vascular Services across South Wales. The post holder will work closely with the Network Clinical Director, Service Leads, Service Managers and Lead Clinicians. The post holder will ensure that operational, financial, performance, service modernisation and improvement, governance and activity targets are achieved across South Wales, and will operate with significant autonomy. The post-holder will lead and implement major service developments within Vascular Services to meet national targets.

Main duties of the job

Please see full job description and person specification for details

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

About us

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.

Our mission is "Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together", and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.

Details

Date posted

27 January 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£56,514 to £63,623 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

001-AC020-0126

Job locations

University Hospital of Wales

Cardiff

CF14 4XW


Job description

Job 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

Job description

Job 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

  • Educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant subject
  • Evidence of further postgraduate training to masters level
  • Demonstrable evidence of leadership and management development
  • Knowledge of change management and service improvement methodologies, organisational structure and design
  • Evidence of and a demonstrated commitment to continued professional development

Desirable

  • Understanding of the delivery of regional services and health policy and best practice in relation to delivery of vascular services
  • Understanding and knowledge of the Welsh context and devolution.
  • Understanding of NHS Wales

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working at senior management level and line management experience
  • Experience of working with front line teams
  • Experience of working within a multi-agency environment
  • Experience of managing a budget
  • Extensive experience of successful change management programmes
  • Experience of using evidence-based improvement methodologies
  • Experience of resolving multi-agency/multi-disciplinary disputes
  • Experience of establishing safe systems of working and monitoring effectiveness
  • Experience of delivering significant business benefits through transformation of workforce, IT, estate, new ways of working
  • Skilled in chairing meetings.
  • Ability to translate a strategic business case into an Operational plan and structure
  • Strong financial and commercial awareness, including delivery of third-party contracts and service level agreements

Desirable

  • Experience working with third sector organisations in the delivery of services Experience of delivering major projects or programmes that have significant financial investment

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills including ability to present to large audiences with varying levels of knowledge.
  • Negotiation skills and the ability to persuade staff of various disciplines and grades without direct line management.
  • Ability to work collaboratively and across agencies and sectors
  • Ability to manage conflict and to resolve disputes within teams and across functions
  • Ability to build and sustain relationships in difficult situations
  • Excellent facilitation skills to enable staff to work in different ways
  • Ability to produce reports that are meaningful to the target audience and can be adapted to suit that audience.

Desirable

  • Ability to speak Welsh
  • Excellent training/team development skills

Special Knowledge

Essential

  • Flexible to meet the needs of the service
  • Able to act independently, decisively and effectively in leading a programme.
  • Ability to watch and listen to and interpret key messages and respond appropriately
  • Able to effectively and appropriately deal with criticism and challenging people and situations
  • Ability to positively and creatively challenge current thinking in order to develop new and better policy and operational working practices
  • Able to significantly influence others who are based externally, to achieve national targets without any direct authority
  • Commitment to principles of change management

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Effective communication of complex information both within the organisation and external communications

Other

Essential

  • Ability to travel across Wales for meetings and site visits
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant subject
  • Evidence of further postgraduate training to masters level
  • Demonstrable evidence of leadership and management development
  • Knowledge of change management and service improvement methodologies, organisational structure and design
  • Evidence of and a demonstrated commitment to continued professional development

Desirable

  • Understanding of the delivery of regional services and health policy and best practice in relation to delivery of vascular services
  • Understanding and knowledge of the Welsh context and devolution.
  • Understanding of NHS Wales

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working at senior management level and line management experience
  • Experience of working with front line teams
  • Experience of working within a multi-agency environment
  • Experience of managing a budget
  • Extensive experience of successful change management programmes
  • Experience of using evidence-based improvement methodologies
  • Experience of resolving multi-agency/multi-disciplinary disputes
  • Experience of establishing safe systems of working and monitoring effectiveness
  • Experience of delivering significant business benefits through transformation of workforce, IT, estate, new ways of working
  • Skilled in chairing meetings.
  • Ability to translate a strategic business case into an Operational plan and structure
  • Strong financial and commercial awareness, including delivery of third-party contracts and service level agreements

Desirable

  • Experience working with third sector organisations in the delivery of services Experience of delivering major projects or programmes that have significant financial investment

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills including ability to present to large audiences with varying levels of knowledge.
  • Negotiation skills and the ability to persuade staff of various disciplines and grades without direct line management.
  • Ability to work collaboratively and across agencies and sectors
  • Ability to manage conflict and to resolve disputes within teams and across functions
  • Ability to build and sustain relationships in difficult situations
  • Excellent facilitation skills to enable staff to work in different ways
  • Ability to produce reports that are meaningful to the target audience and can be adapted to suit that audience.

Desirable

  • Ability to speak Welsh
  • Excellent training/team development skills

Special Knowledge

Essential

  • Flexible to meet the needs of the service
  • Able to act independently, decisively and effectively in leading a programme.
  • Ability to watch and listen to and interpret key messages and respond appropriately
  • Able to effectively and appropriately deal with criticism and challenging people and situations
  • Ability to positively and creatively challenge current thinking in order to develop new and better policy and operational working practices
  • Able to significantly influence others who are based externally, to achieve national targets without any direct authority
  • Commitment to principles of change management

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Effective communication of complex information both within the organisation and external communications

Other

Essential

  • Ability to travel across Wales for meetings and site visits

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

Address

University Hospital of Wales

Cardiff

CF14 4XW


Employer's website

https://cavuhb.nhs.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

Address

University Hospital of Wales

Cardiff

CF14 4XW


Employer's website

https://cavuhb.nhs.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Directorate Manager

Laura Jones

laura.jones47@wales.nhs.uk

02921848655

Details

Date posted

27 January 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£56,514 to £63,623 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

001-AC020-0126

Job locations

University Hospital of Wales

Cardiff

CF14 4XW


Supporting documents

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