We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics, including disabled and neurodiverse candidates and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh; any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.
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Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form. The Health Board supports flexible working.
Job Overview
Join the Clinical Support Services Division at Aneurin Bevan Health Board! A unique opportunity within Clinical Support Services Division. The General Manager will provide leadership, strategic and professional management combined with operational responsibility for the CSS Division, working with the Divisional Director in the development and delivery of the Division’s services. They will take a lead role in supporting and assuring the performance: clinical, quality, workforce and financial agenda ensuring effective, high quality patient care, which meets key national/local requirements, within available resources. They will have the proven ability to work in an integrated way to take services forward, to realise the ambition within Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (ABUHB). The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Main duties of the job
* Delivery and performance of CSS, ensuring that services are developed in line with service demand and agreed national and local priorities
* Review performance targets regularly and activate remedial plans to address noncompliance, escalating if targets are not met or are compromised.
* Ensuring robust arrangements are in place to deal with governance issues across CSS, especially as services change and develop.
* Exercise judgment involving highly complex facts and figures and situations relating to CSS, which require the analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options.
* Manage the effective devolution of budgets within Departments
* Line manage staff within CSS.
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
Benefits
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in‑house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed.
Pay and Salary
The Agenda for Change Pay Award for 2026/27 is effective from 1st April 2026. Successful applicants with a start date from 1st April onwards the salary will be as per the 2026/27 pay award. For further detail the pay circular is available via this link: https://www.nhs.wales/files/pc-resources/afc-w-02-2026-pdf-pdf?ts=1773244958086
Experience
Essential criteria
* Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
* Meets some or is working towards it, for example, a student
Desirable criteria
* Meets all desirable criteria as per attached job description/person specificationMeets some or is working towards it, for example, a student
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
* Meets some or is working towards it, for example, a student
Desirable criteria
* Meets all desirable criteria as per attached job description/person specification
* Meets some or is working towards it, for example, a student
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