South East Wales Vascular Network Manager

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The closing date is 10 February 2026

The Network Manager is responsible for the effective delivery and development of Vascular Services across South Wales. The post holder will work closely with the Network Clinical Director, Service Leads, Service Managers and Lead Clinicians. The post holder will ensure that operational, financial, performance, service modernisation and improvement, governance and activity targets are achieved across South Wales, and will operate with significant autonomy.

The post-holder will lead and implement major service developments within Vascular Services to meet national targets.

Please see full job description and person specification for details

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 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.

Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.

Our mission is "Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together", and our vision is that every person s chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.

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

• Educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant subject
• Evidence of further postgraduate training to masters level
• Demonstrable evidence of leadership and management development
• Knowledge of change management and service improvement methodologies, organisational structure and design
• Evidence of and a demonstrated commitment to continued professional development
• Understanding of the delivery of regional services and health policy and best practice in relation to delivery of vascular services
• Understanding and knowledge of the Welsh context and devolution.
• Understanding of NHS Wales

• Experience of working at senior management level and line management experience
• Experience of working with front line teams
• Experience of working within a multi-agency environment
• Experience of managing a budget
• Extensive experience of successful change management programmes
• Experience of using evidence-based improvement methodologies
• Experience of resolving multi-agency/multi-disciplinary disputes
• Experience of establishing safe systems of working and monitoring effectiveness
• Experience of delivering significant business benefits through transformation of workforce, IT, estate, new ways of working
• Skilled in chairing meetings.
• Ability to translate a strategic business case into an Operational plan and structure
• Strong financial and commercial awareness, including delivery of third-party contracts and service level agreements
• Experience working with third sector organisations in the delivery of services
• Experience of delivering major projects or programmes that have significant financial investment

• Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills including ability to present to large audiences with varying levels of knowledge.
• Negotiation skills and the ability to persuade staff of various disciplines and grades without direct line management.
• Ability to work collaboratively and across agencies and sectors
• Ability to manage conflict and to resolve disputes within teams and across functions
• Ability to build and sustain relationships in difficult situations
• Excellent facilitation skills to enable staff to work in different ways
• Ability to produce reports that are meaningful to the target audience and can be adapted to suit that audience.
• Ability to speak Welsh

• Flexible to meet the needs of the service
• Able to act independently, decisively and effectively in leading a programme.
• Ability to watch and listen to and interpret key messages and respond appropriately
• Able to effectively and appropriately deal with criticism and challenging people and situations
• Ability to positively and creatively challenge current thinking in order to develop new and better policy and operational working practices
• Able to significantly influence others who are based externally, to achieve national targets without any direct authority
• Commitment to principles of change management

• Effective communication of complex…