NHS General Management Graduate Trainee

This fixed-term graduate scheme sits with Health Education and Improvement Wales, the strategic workforce body for NHS Wales, and places trainees in a Welsh health board, trust or special health authority over 24 months. Trainees rotate through placements that give supervised responsibility for managing services, staff and financial resources, in corporate or patient-facing departments. The programme includes an academic course, coaching and mentoring, and Welsh language skills are desirable though English speakers are equally welcome.

Selection weighs a written application equally with online assessments, so both need equal attention.

• Complete a series of placements across NHS Wales organisations in management positions
• Take supervised responsibility for managing services, staff and financial resources
• Work in corporate or patient-facing departments during placements
• Build partnerships between healthcare teams, internal and external to NHS Wales, Welsh Government and other public sector organisations
• Take part in work-based and academic learning
• Support delivery of high standards of service within a culture of continuous improvement
• Help develop creative, innovative and sustainable ways of working
• Gain exposure to current challenges behind healthcare change and its delivery
• Contribute to integrating and modernising services

• Degree of 2:2 or above in any discipline, or predicted to achieve one
• Equivalent experience, skills and knowledge accepted in place of a degree

• Building effective relationships and working collaboratively within a team or group
• Working with people from a range of backgrounds and interests
• Researching from a range of sources, analysing them to identify key themes, and producing reports and recommendations

• Excellent written, verbal, communication and numerical skills
• Agility and resilience to prioritise, meet deadlines and work under pressure
• Planning, organisation and creative, innovative solutions
• Teamwork with tact and diplomacy, plus effective influencing and negotiating
• Analysing complex data to identify key issues and themes
• Drive, initiative and proactivity in delivering improvements, with competence in desktop applications

• Insight into own strengths and weaknesses

• Project or PMO qualification, such as PRINCE2 or MSP, or equivalent experience
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Knowledge or experience of working within the NHS
• Advanced IT skills in desktop applications such as Excel and Power BI
• Welsh language skills at levels 1 to 5 across understanding, speaking, reading and writing

• Full orientation and corporate induction with a 90-day Welcome itinerary
• Structured placement rotations
• Academic programme
• Coaching, training and mentorship
• Values-based performance appraisal