Job summary
The Programme Director will drive the design, delivery and implementation of Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTMUHB)'s Acute Clinical Services Plan (ACSP).
The Programme Director will be responsible for ensuring effective engagement with all system providers, including staff, communities, carers and patients.
The Programme Director will support the CTMUHB Executive Team to ensure the appropriate governance, structures and process are in place to ensure delivery of the priorities identified. They will also be responsible for managing the risks identified and developing mitigations to manage those risks.
Main duties of the job
Will be responsible for ensuring that the ACSP Programme has the appropriate resources in place to support delivery of the workstreams identified.
Will work closely with the Care Groups and Corporate Directorates to ensure resource alignment where opportunities exist for efficiencies.
The Programme Director will implement effective programme management for all workstreams, ensuring effective reporting to the Programme Board, reporting on progress, key milestones and risks.
This post is Fixed Term until 31st March 2026 due to the needs of the service.
About us
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.
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 and Knowledge
Essential
- Master's Degree Level, or possess relevant equivalent specialist skills, knowledge, training and experience, including health service management, change management and workforce re-design to equivalency.
- Detailed knowledge and understanding of health and social care structures, policy and governance frameworks.
- Detailed knowledge and understanding of health service planning processes.
- Detailed knowledge of project management processes.
- Knowledge and experience of developing and implementing strategies and plans for the delivery of services.
- Detailed knowledge and understanding of current issues impacting the NHS.
Desirable
- Project Management Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of strategically leading complex programmes with multi-stakeholder engagement and involvement.
- Specific evidence of achieving results through strong leadership and implementation strategies.
- Experience of identifying and working in partnership to deliver programme objectives, working across organisational boundaries
- Previous experience in the interpretation of national policy directives to inform local delivery programmes.
- Experience of building personal and professional credibility with Board, management and staff.
- Significant experience at a senior level in a complex environment.
Desirable
- Demonstrable experience of working with clinicians across primary, community and hospital based settings as well as significant experience of working with staff, their representatives and trade unions /professional organisations.
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Highly developed interpersonal skills with the ability to build and sustain relationships at all levels and with a range of individuals and groups
- High level of quantitative analytical skills including critical path analysis to identify linkages between complex and interrelated plans.
- Ability to interpret, develop and implement plans in response to local, regional and national policy.
- An effective communicator who has the ability to influence at all levels.
- Results focussed with ability to performance manage and hold others to account.
- Ability to work on multiple complex tasks simultaneously and produce high quality work within tight deadlines and with resource constraints.
Other Role Requirements
Essential
- Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards achieving this level.
- Able to travel across the Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB area in a timely manner and on occasions, further afield.
- Show resilience, stamina and reliability under pressure.
- Politically astute and high level of intuition.
- Ability to evidence excellent IT proficiency.
- Able to plan and prioritise workload in order to meet deadline and deal effectively with conflicting priorities.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Master's Degree Level, or possess relevant equivalent specialist skills, knowledge, training and experience, including health service management, change management and workforce re-design to equivalency.
- Detailed knowledge and understanding of health and social care structures, policy and governance frameworks.
- Detailed knowledge and understanding of health service planning processes.
- Detailed knowledge of project management processes.
- Knowledge and experience of developing and implementing strategies and plans for the delivery of services.
- Detailed knowledge and understanding of current issues impacting the NHS.
Desirable
- Project Management Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of strategically leading complex programmes with multi-stakeholder engagement and involvement.
- Specific evidence of achieving results through strong leadership and implementation strategies.
- Experience of identifying and working in partnership to deliver programme objectives, working across organisational boundaries
- Previous experience in the interpretation of national policy directives to inform local delivery programmes.
- Experience of building personal and professional credibility with Board, management and staff.
- Significant experience at a senior level in a complex environment.
Desirable
- Demonstrable experience of working with clinicians across primary, community and hospital based settings as well as significant experience of working with staff, their representatives and trade unions /professional organisations.
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Highly developed interpersonal skills with the ability to build and sustain relationships at all levels and with a range of individuals and groups
- High level of quantitative analytical skills including critical path analysis to identify linkages between complex and interrelated plans.
- Ability to interpret, develop and implement plans in response to local, regional and national policy.
- An effective communicator who has the ability to influence at all levels.
- Results focussed with ability to performance manage and hold others to account.
- Ability to work on multiple complex tasks simultaneously and produce high quality work within tight deadlines and with resource constraints.
Other Role Requirements
Essential
- Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards achieving this level.
- Able to travel across the Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB area in a timely manner and on occasions, further afield.
- Show resilience, stamina and reliability under pressure.
- Politically astute and high level of intuition.
- Ability to evidence excellent IT proficiency.
- Able to plan and prioritise workload in order to meet deadline and deal effectively with conflicting priorities.
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.
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.
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).
