Locality Manager, Emergency Medical Service - South Powys & Cwm Taff

Welsh Ambulance NHS Trust; Wales; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading emergency service organization in Wales is seeking two Locality Managers for Emergency Medical Service. This role involves providing operational leadership, managing resources, and translating strategy into actionable plans. Candidates should have health service management experience and relevant qualifications, including a master's level and ILM Level 4. Welsh language skills are desirable. Join a team committed to excellent patient care and community service.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of health service management to master's level.
• ILM Level 4 in Leadership and Management required.
• Registered Healthcare Professional status is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership for effective service delivery.
• Act as the locality's operational point of contact.
• Manage resources including efficiency savings and financial recovery.

Skills

Health service management knowledge

Leadership and management skills

Project management

Analytical skills

Welsh Language Skills

Education

Master's level health service management

ILM Level 4 in Leadership and Management

Registered Healthcare Professional

Job description

Locality Manager, Emergency Medical Service - South Powys & Cwm Taff

Locality Manager, Emergency Medical Service x2

South Powys and South Cwm Taff

Following a period of organisational change the Operations Directorate is configuring to both build on our foundations of success and to meet the Trust's long-term ambitions. A new structure is rolling out across the directorate and now is an exciting time to join and help create a stable and effective leadership and management team for this service area.

We are looking to recruit 2 Locality Managers, Emergency Medical Service (EMS) within EMS South Powys and South Cwm Taff.

Main duties of the job

The position will report to the Service Manager, EMS, you will be the locality's operational point of contact for our external stakeholders, whilst providing leadership to your Locality Managers for effective delivery. Using your previous operational emergency service or health care experience, you will translate organisational strategy to local delivery plans.

Your profile shall be raised further as a consequence of acting in the role of Tactical Commander for the organisation. This function requires your commitment to working an on-call roster.

If you believe you have the experience, knowledge, and skills for this exciting position and want to be part of something exciting as we develop #TeamWAST, we would love to hear from you.

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

About us

Our workforce is made up of over 4,000 remarkable people who contribute to the delivery of world‑class patient care across Wales, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Whether you work in a patient‑facing role or within our range of support services, the work that you do enables us to provide high quality care, wherever and whenever we're needed.

The Trust recognises the need for its workforce to represent the diversity of the population it serves across the whole of Wales and seeks to create an environment where diversity is celebrated and inclusivity matters. We are also keen to break down any barriers into the Trust, and would encourage applications from under‑represented groups, including those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, LGBTQ+ communities and disability groups.

Careers within the Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust are diverse and varied, with opportunities arising right across the service. Whatever your skills and background, you're sure to find a career with us which is fulfilling, challenging, and rewarding.

In line with the Trust's Starting Salary Procedure, all applicants will start at the bottom of the band for the position applied for, but can apply for a higher salary if they have previous experience relevant to the position.

Job 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.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

• Knowledge of health service management to master's level achieved through professionally related qualifications and/or relevant experience.
• ILM Level 4 in Leadership and Management
• Current Silver/Tactical Commander qualification (can be achieved post-entry)
• Evidence of continued professional development.
• Registered Healthcare Professional.

Experience

• Previous experience working in health or public services.
• Evidence of working across sectors/inter agency.
• Experience of managing resources including efficiency savings and financial recovery planning.
• Experience of developing and maintaining effective partnerships with stakeholders in the redesign of services.
• Experience of managing capacity and demand activity/workforce planning.
• Experience of project management and imaginative planning.
• Experience of successfully managing change, translating strategy to operational plans and tactics.
• Evidence of professional leadership, leading to innovation in practice.
• Experience in complaint management
• Experience in research and development.
• Experience in modernising services.

Skills and Attributes

• Ability to present highly complex and emotive information clearly and openly with staff.
• An open and facilitative style of leadership which can be adapted when necessary to ensure delivery of objectives.
• Able to hold professionals and peers to account.
• Ability to see tasks through to completion and evaluate effectiveness and impact opportunity.
• Performance management skills combining clarity around expectations, direction and holding others to account.
• Ability to gather, analyse and interpret performance and financial information.
• Excellent numerical and presentational skills.
• Effective decision making in the face of adversity
• Able to work on own initiative and manage a range of priorities against competing demands.
• Open minded, treats colleagues with dignity and respect.
• Capacity to work with clinicians, staff and volunteers at all levels.
• Exemplary personal standards of conduct and behaviour.
• Inspires others and leads by example.
• An understanding of effective systems for integrated governance and the management of clinical and non‑clinical risks.
• Strong analytical skills with ability to consider wider picture.
• Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh

Other

• Satisfactory Standard/Enhanced DBS clearance including an/a Adults and Childrens Barred List check

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.