Healthcare Science Clinical Lead for Workforce Transformation MPRTD

Main area Healthcare Sciences Grade Band 8a Contract Secondment: 12 months (until 31 March 2027 in line with workplan) Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (Agile working model to allow flexibility between home and office-based working.) Job ref 082-AC036-0826

Employer Health Education and Improvement Wales Employer type NHS Site Ty Dysgu Town Cardiff Salary £58,379 - £65,723 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 17/08/2026 23:59

Healthcare Science Clinical Lead for Workforce Transformation MPRTD

Band 8a

We are committed to promoting inclusion at HEIW and we welcome applications from everybody recognising the value that diversity brings to our workforce. To work in the UK, candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (ROI) nationals require sponsorship via a Skilled Worker Visa, unless they have permission to work via another route. Please note that HEIW does not currently hold a licence to appoint skilled workers from overseas by sponsoring them to work in the UK. If successful, candidates from outside of the UK or ROI would be responsible for obtaining their own sponsorship or visa to enable them to work for HEIW - Work in the UK .

The salary scale for a Band 3 has been adjusted as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2026/2027 and will be implemented in August 2026 backdated to 01 April 2026 where applicable.

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) to deliver a nationally significant workforce transformation project within Radiotherapy in NHS Wales.

The postholder will lead delivery of Phase 2 of the Multi‑Professional Radiotherapy Target Definition programme, funded through Advancing Radiotherapy Cymru, over a 12‑month period.

The focus of this role will include developing a national framework for outlining radiotherapy treatments, creating a compendium of training resources, designing a delivery model for implementation across Wales, and supporting rollout, evaluation and impact within clinical services.

The postholder will work closely with HEIW Healthcare Science Workforce Transformation, the Multi‑Professional Radiotherapy Target Definition Group, and key clinical and educational stakeholders across NHS Wales.

The role is open to Therapeutic Radiographers, Medical Physicists and Clinical Technologists working in Radiotherapy. Applications are also welcomed from other professionals who can clearly evidence relevant experience in developing national training frameworks, educational resources and delivery models. Experience of multi‑professional working and translating clinical practice into structured training resources is desirable.

Main duties of the job

This is a key role within the HEIW Nursing and Health Professions Transformation and Quality Directorate and Healthcare Science. The role encompasses leadership, strategic planning, and management of key aspects of Workforce transformation. As such the postholder will be required to work in a matrix style management arrangement supporting the Associate Director of Healthcare Science Workforce Transformation as well as working alongside colleagues from Health Boards and Trusts of NHS Wales and other professional leads.

This post is secondment until 31/03/2027 inline with workplan.

This post is being offered as a secondment opportunity only. 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.

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

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?

Person specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

• Educated to Master’s degree level in relevant subject, or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area.
• Professional Registration with the HCPC or other relevant registration body, where applicable.
• Knowledge of the importance of emerging technology in healthcare and its importance to the health and care agenda.
• Knowledge of the strategic direction for NHS Wales.

Other

• Ability to travel across Wales if required.
• Welsh Speaker (Level 1) or willingness to work towards

Experience

• Extensive experience of working in a healthcare science setting.
• Experience of leading strategic developments within healthcare science settings.
• Delivery of objectives in a cross-organisational environment and through multi-stakeholder negotiations.
• Experience of networking effectively and building relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience of leadership, negotiation and influencing skills.
• Involvement in development of research and evaluation of workforce development.
• Experience of leading and implementing strategic change on a national level.

Skills and Attributes

• Demonstrate strategic thinking.
• Ability to problem solve and respond to sudden unexpected demands.
• Able to identify and resolve risks in highly complex scenarios.
• Proven ability to implement, monitor and report on quality and outcomes of developments.
• Highly skilled communicator able to influence, provide and receive, convey and present complex and potentially contentious information to large groups, responding to questions to ensure full understanding and engagement.
• Ability to analyse and understand a broad range of information quickly and make decisions where opinions differ or there is no obvious solution.
• Ability to interpret national policy and offer subject matter expertise to influence direction and implementation, with the confidence to debate this on a national stage.
• Able to concentrate for prolonged periods under pressure and adapt to unpredictable demands.
• Keyboard and informatics skills.

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

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Name Ffion Wynn Job title Healthcare Science Strategic Programme Manager Email address [email protected] Additional information

Lucy Wills - chair of Multi Professional Radiotherapy Target Definition Group