Local Retention Lead

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

• 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 helen.knight@wales.nhs.uk or Hannah Williams, Head of Organisational Development at Hannah.Williams101@wales.nhs.uk.

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 helpful information about the role and how it aligns with the national NHS Wales retention programme.

About us
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.

Job description
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
Essential

• Educated to master's 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

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

Experience
Essential

• Experience of developing and implementing workforce/people improvement projects
• Experience of working with retention initiatives
• 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
• Experience of developing and delivering informative presentations and comprehensive reports
• Experience of working in multidisciplinary projects and environments

Skills and attributes
Essential

• Leadership skills
• Strong strategic influencing and negotiating skills on complex and sensitive issues
• Ability to explore, evaluate and interpret information and options
• Ability to communicate at all levels of the organisation
• Ability to influence change
• Ability to work on own initiative
• IT skills

Desirable

• Welsh language skills are desirable; levels 1 in understanding, speaking, and reading and writing in Welsh

Other
Essential

• Able to travel across various sites in a timely manner where applicable
• Ability to work flexibly to deliver the programme

Employer details
Employer name
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Address
Organisational Development
Llanfrechfa Grange
Cwmbran
NP448YN
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