Deputy Director of Nursing, Health Professions and Quality

Main area Nursing & Midwifery Grade NHS AfC:
Band 8d Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working

Employer Health Education and Improvement Wales Employer type NHS Site Ty Dysgu Town Cardiff Salary £95,773 - £110,448 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 17/09/2026 23:59

We are committed to promoting inclusion at HEIW and we welcome applications from everybody recognising the value that diversity brings to our workforce. To work in the UK, candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (ROI) nationals require sponsorship via a Skilled Worker Visa, unless they have permission to work via another route. Please note that HEIW does not currently hold a licence to appoint skilled workers from overseas by sponsoring them to work in the UK.

If successful, candidates from outside of the UK or ROI would be responsible for obtaining their own sponsorship or visa to enable them to work for HEIW - Work in the UK.

Are you an accomplished senior healthcare professional with the vision, credibility and determination to transform the NHS Wales workforce?

We are looking for as strategic leader with highly developed communication skills. Someone who can challenge the status quo constructively, turn transformational ideas into action, and support NHS Wales to develop a workforce that is sustainable, adaptable, innovative and focused on the needs of the people of Wales.

This is an exceptional opportunity to join Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) in a highly influential national leadership role. As Deputy Director of Nursing, Health Professions and Quality, you will help shape and drive an ambitious programme of change across nursing, midwifery, allied health professions and healthcare science—delivering demonstrable improvements in quality, safety, efficiency and performance.

This is a broad, high-profile role with significant scope and influence at national level.

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

This is a significant and influential senior leadership role, offering the opportunity to work strategically across NHS Wales and make a lasting contribution to the future shape, sustainability and effectiveness of the healthcare workforce. The role will lead, support and drive major workforce transformation programmes across professions that respond to national priorities and deliver demonstrable value, impact and improvement in quality, safety, efficiency and performance across NHS Wales.

Reporting directly to our Executive Director of Nursing, Health Professions and Quality, you will work at the very heart of national workforce strategy. You will turn policy and strategic ambition into practical action, leading major transformation programmes that respond to the current and future needs of NHS Wales. This is an opportunity to bring together strategy, innovation and delivery in a role with national reach.

Working alongside the Associate Directors of Professions, you will bring together professional expertise, workforce intelligence and innovative thinking to develop new workforce models and ways of working. You will also provide senior operational leadership across the directorate, oversee a complex transformation portfolio and deputise for the Executive Director as required

Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) is the strategic workforce body for NHS Wales with statutory functions that…