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Join Our Team at NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee
Position: Head of Commissioning (Secondment for 12 months). This vacancy is open to existing employees of NHS Wales organisations only.
Following the establishment of the NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee (NWJCC) on 1st April 2024 and a recent organisational restructure, we are seeking a Head of Commissioning - Ambulance Services and 111 (NWJCC) to support our journey as a newly formed organisation.
The NWJCC is a joint committee of the seven health boards in Wales, with a Chair and Lay Members. We support collaborative commissioning across Wales, with around 120 staff based in Mold and Nantgarw/Treforest.
Our mission to be The Centre of Excellence for Collaborative Commissioning, improving health and care outcomes across Wales. We commission around 220 services, from NHS 111 and ambulance services to specialised rare disease services, and mental health, operating a £1.14bn budget.
In this role, you will join a supportive, inclusive team, working with NHS Wales, Welsh Government, and UK provider organisations. We are seeking individuals who reflect our values of respect, trust, collaboration, and excellence—those who put patients and quality at the centre of everything they do.
Lead and manage a large and complex designated portfolio within a Commissioning Directorate, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, patient-centred services.
Lead and manage the planning, stakeholder engagement, and performance management of the delegated portfolio to achieve the best outcomes for patients and the organisation.
Lead on evidence and value-based commissioning for the delegated portfolio, taking consideration of population need.
Provide leadership and management the Commissioning Team(s) within the delegated portfolio, and work across NHS Wales, including strategic, clinical and operational delivery networks and where required, deputise for the Assistant Director of Commissioning.
Be accountable to the Assistant Director of Commissioning for their performance and provide expert advice to the Director of Commissioning and their Deputy on the commissioning of services within their delegated portfolio.
Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn’t mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn’t ‘fluency’, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We Live By Our Core Values
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Gavin Owen Job title: Deputy Director of Commissioning Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 01443 443443
Job Title - Deputy Director of Commissioning / Dirprwy Bennaeth Comisiynu
Should you wish to make informal enquiries, please contact Gavin Owen via email (
[email protected]) between 09:00 - 16:00 from Monday to Friday.
