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Located in the heart of South Wales, we're central to Cardiff, Newport, and Swansea. Deeply rooted in our community, as an NHS organisation we are dedicated to providing compassionate patient care and building healthier communities together.
At CTM, you'll be part of a supportive, inclusive team from diverse nations, cultures, and backgrounds. Every role counts, every person matters, and together, we're creating a space where everyone can thrive.
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Job overview
This is a key post within the organisation providing a lead on planning, service redesign and service development, which requires highly specialist knowledge across a range of work procedures and practices, underpinned by theoretical knowledge and relevant practical experience to ensure the health needs of the local population are met. In doing so, the post holder will contribute to and influence the partnerships agenda for the service areas that they provide a planning and partnerships lead for and will also support the development of commissioning in those areas.
This post is fixed term/secondment for 12 months to meet 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.
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The Head of Planning and Partnerships will lead their assigned care groups in planning, partnerships, IMTP development and implementation to ensure services are planned within care groups and taking account of interdependencies with other care groups and service structures to meet the needs of the University Health Board population.
The post holder will work closely with the executive team, clinical and non-clinical directorates and external stakeholders to determine service policy and direction, ensuring a sustainable range of healthcare services and secure improvements in services to meet the health needs of the local population.
The post holder will work closely with Care Groups, clinical service groups, and external partners where appropriate, to contribute to corporate strategies and lead the development of service specific plans. This will include the development of effective internal and external engagement plans to support this work.
Critical to this role will be the ability to build and maintain strong relationships with Directorate Managers, Clinical Directors, Senior Nurses, Executive Directors, colleagues in other corporate directorates and the wider planning and performance team and external partners.
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 15,000 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.
The post holder will provide expert advice to the Directorates/Care Groups, Assistant Directors and Executive Directors in the interpretation and implementation of national relevant policy and guidance.
We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcome applications from individuals within protected groups as outlined in the Equality Act 2010. This includes, but is not limited to, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity, and marriage and civil partnership. We also warmly welcome applications from members of the Armed Forces community.
Applicants who are not UK or Republic of Ireland nationals will require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa unless they already hold permission to work via another route. Prospective applicants should self-assess their eligibility for sponsorship by visiting the UK Government's Work in the UK guidance. For eligible candidates, the Health and Care Visa offers reduced application costs and exempts payment of the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.
Please ensure you check your email regularly, as all recruitment correspondence will be sent to the email address provided on your application form.
Applications are welcome in either Welsh or English, with no preference given to the language used.
We reserve the right to close a vacancy early or withdraw an advertisement to accommodate the redeployment of internal staff into suitable roles.
All posts are subject to relevant checks, including a Disclosure and Barring Service check and, where required, Professional Registration verification.
We are proud to be a Living Wage Employer.