19th May 2016

Job Vacancy: ARCH Programme Director

“ARCH is a unique proposition. Nothing of this scale or complexity has been attempted in Wales before.” ARCH Chair Professor Andrew Davies

ARCH (A Regional Collaboration for Health) is a unique partnership between ABMU Health Board, Hywel Dda University Health Board and Swansea University.

The ARCH Programme is a collaboration which brings together health and science to: transform the NHS in South West Wales; train and develop the next generation of doctors, nurses, health workers, scientists, innovators and leaders; and, also boost the local economy by encouraging investment and creating new jobs.

The ARCH partners are working together create a new image of healthcare provision in this area. ARCH truly is revolutionary in terms of its approach to creating a synergy between health, research and its translation and holistic wellbeing along with economic regeneration.

The university and health boards have chosen to collaborate to create an innovative and fresh way forward for the provision of healthcare and health and wellbeing services for South West Wales. The ARCH Programme covers a population of 1 million people and involves 6 local authority areas – nothing of this scale or complexity has been attempted in Wales before.

The ARCH Programme is seeking to appoint a Programme Director to lead a dynamic team which will design and implement this exciting and ambitious transformation programme.

ARCH is a complex programme which crosses a number of sectors and covers a wide geographical area. This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled and experienced Programme Director to lead this ground-breaking, prestigious programme.

A skilled negotiator, with experience of revenue-funded programmes, the successeful candiate will have a track record in leading, and delivering, major change programmes. The ARCH Programme aims to prepare a Strategic Programme Business Case (SPBC) and submit this to Welsh Government by the early 2017.

For details of the job description please visit the NHS Jobs website

For further information contact Sian Harrop Griffiths 01639 683327 / 07875 575547