Local Retention LeadinCwmbrâninCwmbrânPUBLISHED WED 8 JAN 2025

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.

If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.

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Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process

Job Overview

We are seeking to recruit a local retention lead to join our Organisational Development team. If you would like to make a positive difference and work in an organisation which values its staff, this will interest you.

Retention is a vital element of sustaining and growing our organisational workforce to meet the increasing and changing demands on services. The need to create environments that support, nurture and retain our workforce, as well as to develop and expand our future pipeline, is critical. This has resulted in us establishing an organisational wide Retention Programme to continue to focus on local organisational retention priorities and expand on some of the great work already underway. This role will align with the HEIW national Retention Programme and be supported by the HEIW national Retention Lead.

This post is secondment for 14 months due 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.

Main duties of the job

Working Within The Organisational Development Team You Will

• Lead the development or refresh of local retention plans which address improvements in how staff experience work (including staff engagement; flexible working; wellbeing; leadership and culture; CPD; career pathways)
• Lead and support implementation of the suite of national retention resources developed by HEIW, including the Nurse Retention Plan
• Work collaboratively as part of an All-Wales retention community of practice network with HEIW to capture and share good practice on retention priorities, supported by a QI approach
• Collect and collate retention data and provide regular reports locally to promote visibility and awareness at Board level
• Lead implementation of self-assessment tool and development of local retention plan and priorities
• Drive progress on retention priorities using a QI approach to demonstrate improvements in results
  
  

Please review the job description for the full role and responsibilities. If you would like to discuss the role in more detail, please contact Helen Knight Senior Organisational Development manager at or Hannah Williams Head of Organisational Development at

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

Please click here to access for helpful information about the role and how it aligns with the national NHS Wales retention programme.

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.

Qualifications And Knowlegde

Essential criteria

• Educated to masters degree level or equivalent skills
• Awareness of national priorities and drivers for change
• Quality improvement training and/or qualifications
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Knowledge of factors affecting retention and best practice methodologies
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Qualifications and Knowledge
• Comprehensive experience of projects principles techniques and tools
• Has an understanding of the background to and current workforce policy in NHS Wales
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of developing and implementing workforce/people improvement projects
• Experience of working with retention intiatives
• Substantial management experience at clinical/and or operational service delivery level
• Demonstrate ability to communicate with a variety of audiences
• Experience of working to deliver successful change and transformation
• Demonstrate ability to communicate with a variety of audiences
• Experience of developing and delivering informative presentations and comprehensive reports
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