Workforce Transformation Clinical Lead - Audiology in Cardiff

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Job overview: This is an exciting opportunity to join HEIW on a secondment basis to support transformation in audiology across NHS Wales. The post is a 0.5 whole-time equivalent role (18.75 hours per week) offered on a part time, flexible basis to be agreed. The post is open to registered professionals working in NHS Wales currently; those working within healthcare science, AHP, nursing, midwifery or other professions are equally welcome to apply.

The postholder will work alongside audiology service leads and the HEIW Associate Director for Workforce Transformation (Healthcare Science). Leading an 11 month project, the postholder will support developments towards transformation in audiology. The postholder will be responsible for supporting the ambitions of A Healthier Wales, the Healthcare Science in NHS Wales: Looking Forward Framework and the Future Approach for Audiology Services.

This post is being offered as a secondment opportunity only. If you wish to apply, you must have your line manager’s approval before making an application. This post is for a fixed secondment period but may be extended or made permanent at the end of the secondment period depending on available funding and business requirement.

Advert: This role within the HEIW Nursing and Health Professions Transformation and Quality Directorate is funded to support the Welsh Government Future Approach for Audiology Services. The role encompasses leadership, strategic planning, and management of key aspects of audiology transformation. As such the postholder will be required to work in a matrix style management arrangement with the HEIW Associate Director of Healthcare Science Workforce Transformation as well as working closely with audiology, medical physics and clinical engineering service leads and colleagues from health boards and trusts of NHS Wales.

This is an exciting new opportunity for an experienced Registered Professional to work at a national level to develop and lead a strategic programme of work to lead the delivery of the priority actions across workforce transformation. The focus for the 2026/27 secondment is on optimising acoustic standards in audiology services. The secondee will work with services across Wales to address variability in acoustic conditions through initial benchmarking, developing and implementing a standardised, sustainable protocol of ambient noise monitoring in the clinical settings, creating an associated skills framework for the audiology workforce, and developing a national plan for improvement. This post is secondment until 31/08/2027 due to funding.

Working for our organisation: Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) is the strategic workforce body for NHS Wales with statutory functions that include education and training, workforce planning, workforce development and transformation, leadership and succession planning, and careers. Our purpose is to develop a workforce that delivers excellent care to patients/service users and excellent population health. We are a Special Health Authority working closely with our partners; Social Care Wales, education providers, professional and regulatory bodies and Welsh Government.

HEIW’s is committed to developing an internal culture of choice. Our Values reflect our thoughts, feelings and beliefs in how we will, and will not, behave and treat others:

• Respect for All in every contact we have with others,
• Ideas that Improve: Harnessing creativity and continuously innovating, evaluating and improving,
• Together as a Team: Working with colleagues across NHS Wales and with partner organisations.

HEIW received the HPMA Award for Employee Engagement in 2019.

What you can expect:

• a corporate induction and 90 day Welcome itinerary,
• compassionate leadership,
• a meaningful values based performance appraisal process,
• the opportunity to impact upon health and social care services and the lives and wellbeing of the people of Wales.

Many of our colleagues and stakeholders have commented on the buzz and atmosphere we create by working together as “One HEIW Team”. Do you want to join that team?

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

It is essential that your application demonstrates how you meet the job description / person specification for this post.