Divisional Director - Family & Therapies in Newport inNewport PUBLISHED TUE 8 APR 2025 Jump to job information section

We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics 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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Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.

Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.

This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process

Job Overview

This post is Fixed term/Secondment for 3 years to meet the needs of the service.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is seeking an exceptional leader as the Divisional Director for Family and Therapies Division. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant contribution to the health and wellbeing of our patients and citizens.

As the Divisional Director, you will play a pivotal role in overseeing and leading the Family and Therapies Division. This is a key strategic role, and the post-holder will provide visible leadership to all staff and ensure the delivery of agreed objectives and plans, with the aim of securing patient focused, modern, effective and efficient services.

Accountable to the Chief Operating Officer, you will be required to lead the Division, working with the senior leadership team and Clinical Directors to ensure the effective delivery of services across the Division. The successful candidate will be committed to enhancing staff experience and wellbeing.

You will work closely with a wide range of stakeholders and the Executive Committee and have a track record of delivering results through partnerships and strong engagement, ensuring that high quality patient outcomes and experience underpins everything we do.

Main duties of the job

• To communicate and promote the values objectives and strategy of the Health Board in the Division and to ensure that divisional activity is aligned to this.
• To work closely with the Divisional Management Team to lead the Division.
• To lead and support the Clinical Directors to deliver organisational objectives.
• To ensure the continuous development of all staff in the Division.
• Lead improvements and innovation in the delivery of services to ensure that services are continuously improved through a Value-Based healthcare approach.
• Lead the Division in the planning of future service developments, supporting a whole-system approach to ensure that the resources and facilities for the Division meet the needs of the service, implementing change programmes as appropriate.
• Work with Clinical Directors in developing appropriate changes in clinical practice within the Division in line with the Health Board’s Strategy.
• Contribute and support clinical networks both internally and externally to the Health Board.
  
  

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

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 speciality 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.

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. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

Skills and Ability

Essential criteria

• Excellent collaborative working skills and able to build strong relationships with clinical leaders and professional staff groups and a proven ability to influence and change those groups.
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Proven ability of leading change through people.
  
  

Skills and Ability

Essential criteria

• Political astuteness, understanding what can and cannot be delivered at senior level
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Experience of partnership working, evidence of playing a major role in an organisation change programme Formal project management training Presentation/media experience.
  
  

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria

• Sound knowledge base of the NHS, the current issues, its values and principles of timely local access for the population.
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Demonstrate evidence of sound financial management and accountability.
  
  

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria

• Leadership skills which fit the organisational values and