Vacancy -- Head of Reviews

'Pan Wales' means that the location in which the vacancy can be based is flexible, subject to the needs of the business. Please note it may not always be possible to accommodate a preference for a specific office location, but requests will be taken into consideration.

To provide leadership to HIW’s programme of national reviews, and local reviews.

To lead a small number of high profile reviews, as required.

To provide leadership and direction to HIW’s programme of reviews follow-up work

To provide professional advice to HIW’s senior managers in relation to review activities.

The post holder will be a member of the HIW Senior Management Team and will report to HIW’s Head of Escalation and Enforcement.

Post-specific tasks

End-to-end responsibility for oversight, managing and coordinating national reviews, and local reviews, including:

• Managing review work in a rigorous and disciplined way, ensuring reviews are delivered to best standard, within timescale
• Responding to risk-based, on-demand review/investigation work, as and when required [homicides, urgent special reviews] acting as review lead where required
• Ensuring compliance with statutory frameworks and ensuring that all actions are lawful
• Taking the lead in ensuring that there is appropriate health expertise input to review work
• Act as a senior investigating officer, involving HIW and third party reviewers as appropriate
• Recommending escalation action as necessary
• Working with the Department for Legal Services where relevant.

To proactively develop, plan, oversee and quality assure HIW’s approach to reviews.
To play an active role in HIW’s Reviews Steering Board, which has strategic oversight of HIW’s review work.
Build positive relationships and ensure effective communication with both internal and external partners, including other inspectorates, NHS bodies, patients, and the public.
Take a key role in developing HIW’s professional development framework, ensuring that staff are aided to reach their potential, by developing training packages and career pathways.
To collaborate with the other inspection, regulation and service review teams, and with other stakeholders as appropriate, in sharing information and developing the evidence base for HIW’s work.
Ensuring that the review work is carried out effectively and in accordance with best practice in line with HIW policies and procedures.
Establishing and keeping under review a high quality framework of policy, guidance and procedure together with the documentation necessary for effective review practice.
To manage relationships with healthcare and non-healthcare bodies relevant to the scope of the post including, for example, the Police.
To quality assure national and local review processes, to ensure they are of a high standard and written with the key stakeholders in mind.
Representing HIW to the media as and when required.
Performing the Relationship Manager role for a health board or trust.

Common tasks

To act under delegations from the Chief Executive
To work with the Director and other senior managers to agree the programme of work
To manage a team and give effective and supportive leadership in accordance with Welsh Government policies
To work collaboratively with colleagues throughout HIW
To take part in the corporate activities of HIW
To manage their own continuing professional development and the development of their team members
To uphold HIW's mission, purpose, role and values

This post offers significant engagement opportunities with a range of senior colleagues and external representatives and is part of the Healthcare Inspectors Profession. You will be expected to devise, maintain and follow an appropriate professional development plan and to undertake training mandated by HIW.

06/05/2021, 16:00

Posts recruited to as part of this recruitment campaign are broadly open to UK nationals, those with right to remain and work in the UK and those that meet the Civil Service Nationality Rules only. Check your eligibility here:

• UK Visas and Immigration - GOV.UK

• Nationality rules – GOV.UK

Prior to appointment, all successful applicants will be required to produce original, acceptable documents as part of the pre-employment checks. If it becomes apparent at a later stage in the process that you aren’t eligible to apply, your application will be withdrawn, or offer retracted.

The Welsh Government is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and which promote equality of opportunity. This is underpinned by the Equality Act 2010 and will be adhered to at each stage of the recruitment process. Our goal is to ensure that these commitments are also embedded in our day-to-day working practices with all our customers, colleagues and partners.

We are committed to being an anti-racist organisation and increasing diversity in the Welsh Government by removing barriers and supporting all our staff to reach their potential. We are committed to recruiting Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people and disabled people who are currently under-represented in Welsh Government.

We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, marriage and civil partnership (both same sex and opposite sex), impairment or health condition, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, gender identity or gender expression.

We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion and a Disability Confident Level 3 (Leader) organisation. Key to supporting this work and providing peer support are five Board sponsored Staff Networks (Disability Awareness and Support (DAAS); Minority Ethnic Support Network (MESN); Mind Matters (Mental health and well-being); PRISM (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex +) and Women Together.

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative.

The Welsh Government is a bilingual organisation and Welsh language skills are considered an asset to the organisation. We encourage and support staff to learn, develop and use their Welsh language skills in the workplace. 

The following list of language requirements represents an objective assessment by the line manager on behalf of the Welsh Government of the Welsh language skills required to undertake the duties of this particular post.

In Welsh Government, the relationship between the employer and trade unions is based on social partnership. We believe our goals can best be achieved by management and trade unions working together.

Our 3 recognised trade unions are:
•         PCS
•         Prospect
•         FDA

This relationship is underpinned by a partnership agreement. This sets out how our unions work with Welsh Government on issues such as:
•         pay
•         terms and conditions
•         policies and procedures
•         organisational change.

Our Welsh Government trade union colleagues work together to give their members a real say in the workplace. They make sure that the interests of their members are promoted and protected. They also help reduce inequalities and improve terms and conditions.

The Welsh Government has an excellent track record of working in partnership with its trade unions. We encourage staff to get involved. We support you to join a recognised trade union, to ensure your voice is heard in the workplace. and to learn more about trade unions and partnership working.

• Unless stated otherwise in ‘actual starting salary’, all candidates will start at the minimum of the pay scale being appointed to (this includes existing civil servants).This is not negotiable.
• Unless stated otherwise in ‘type of opportunity’, this recruitment advert is not open on a Loan or Secondment basis.
• For more information on the eligibility criteria and terms and conditions for Loan and Secondment positions in Welsh Government, please see external recruitment candidate guidance.
• Unless stated otherwise in ‘Location of Post’ the role/s recruited to via this campaign can only be worked in the UK, not overseas.

All applications for this vacancy should be made online via the Welsh Government's online application system.  If you have an impairment which would prevent you from applying on-line, please e-mail SharedServiceHelpdesk@gov.wales to request an application pack in an alternative format, or to request a reasonable adjustment related to an impairment in order to submit your application.

To apply, you'll need to have an account on our online application system.  Click the 'Apply' button below, and you'll be asked to 'Log in' if you already have an account, or 'Register' if you don't yet have an account.  Registration takes just a few minutes to complete.  You'll need an e-mail address to be able to register.  Once you've registered for an account and logged in, you'll be taken to the online application form, which you'll need to fully complete and submit before the deadline on the closing date.  

If you’d like to apply for this vacancy in Welsh, please use the ‘Newid Iaith / Change Language’ link at the top of this page, to take you to the Welsh version of this advert, from which you can apply in Welsh.

For further information regarding the Welsh Government recruitment process, please see the Recruitment Guidance for External Candidates (link).

When evidencing your suitability for the post, it is recommended that you refer to the Civil Service Competency Framework (link)

Anyone who believes they have been treated unfairly, or has a grievance or complaint, about how the process was conducted should either write to the Head of Resourcing, Welsh Government, Cathays Park 2, Cardiff CF10 3NQ or email SharedServiceHelpdesk@gov.wales.  If you are unhappy with the outcome of the complaint raised with the Welsh Government and feel that the principles of appointment on merit through fair and open competition have not been met you have the right to pursue your grievance with the Civil Service Commission.