AHP Strategic Lead Community and Intermediate Care

This newly created post is an exciting development as Cardiff and Vale UHBCardiff and Vale UHB continues to progress its enhanced community and intermediate care model delivering more care at home and less in hospital.This senior role will provide strategic leadership to Therapy Services working withstakeholders to shape and deliver integrated community services andinfluencing interdisciplinary models of care across therapies aligned with the Cardiff and Vale Rehabilitation Model. The postholder will join our creative Therapies leadership team which is committed to working together to deliver high quality, integrated person centred care supporting people to live well and enabling our teams to thrive., This post will lead Therapy Services within the Enhanced Community and Intermediate Care model. It will support the delivery of high-quality Therapy Services to deliver more care at home and less in hospital through interventions which preventadmission and support timely discharge. The post holder will provide strategic leadership, maximising the contribution of Therapies in community and intermediate care in providing effective integrated services to meet the needs of the population of Cardiff and the Vale.The postholder will work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders ensuring therapy services are fully integrated into the model and resources are used most effectively acrosscommunity and intermediate care. This is a developing model and the ability to horizon scan, articulate a strategic vision, create opportunities and lead change bybringing colleagueswith divergent priorities togetherwill be essential. As a new role the scope will develop as Therapies align services against

the organisational structure which this new post provides. The postholder will have staff and resource management responsibilities.

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

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.

Our mission is "Caring for People, Keeping People Well",and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. As an organisation we are unashamedly ambitious for our population's health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10-year strategy, Shaping our Future Wellbeing. We are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed on innovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research. Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and we work closely with our staff and our community.

Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions. Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline. Whether city life or rural living, Cardiff and the Vale offers the best of both worlds.