About the Programme
NHS Wales General Management Graduate Programme
The Programme
On this programme, you will gain academic knowledge as well as a hands-on learning experience, based in placements across Wales in primary care, secondary care and a corporate division dependant on your placement organisation. Throughout the programme you will receive extensive mentorship, coaching, training and a comprehensive orientation tour in your placement organisation so you can make the most out of your experience.
You will be working alongside inspirational and dynamic leaders, as well as an executive mentor, courageous in challenging the status quo to improve and enhance the experience for patients, colleagues and partners. The programme will stimulate your curiosity and innovation enabling you to influence and champion change.
As an NHS Graduate, you will be guided and supported to develop the skills, knowledge and confidence you need to be a leader in the organisation, ensuring an ever more efficient, quality-driven and professional health care service.
Where else would you get the opportunity or organisation that can offer experiences of sitting in on a surgery, riding in an ambulance, observing admissions in A&E, visiting a mortuary or attending a board meeting?
Competency Framework
Trainees will follow a competence framework throughout the programme which sets out the expectations for trainees and brings together behaviours, knowledge and skills that are core to a successful patient and public centred NHS, working within the context of 21st century resource requirements.
The principles that underpin the development of a set of competencies aim to improve patient care and organisational effectiveness through consistent and improved management practice and compassionate leadership behaviours.
The competencies within this framework reflect the General Management Graduate Success Profile and are informed by the Compassionate Leadership Principles for Health and Care (HEIW, 2021), ‘Leading in the Welsh Public Service – Behaviours Framework for Senior Leaders‘ (Academi Wales, 2017) and the NHS Wales Core Competence Framework for Managers and Supervisors (2014).
Eligibility
We are looking for leaders who can drive excellence through creative and innovative thinking to improve the experience and health for the people of Wales. You will be able to employ strong analytical skills to organise thoughts and develop plans by utilising information and facts to evidence the case for change. Through close and positive collaboration with clinical and non-clinical professionals across public services, you will drive excellence through resilience and an unwavering focus to influence change, transforming and modernising our services.
In addition to the specific requirements for the role, to apply you need to:
- have attained or be predicted to receive a minimum of a 2:2 in any degree discipline.
- share the values of NHS Wales, be committed to a public service career path and throw everything into learning as much as possible with us.
There is no time limit about how long ago you were awarded your degree but if when you apply you have a predicted grade, this needs to be confirmed no later than July 2024.
To apply, it is not essential to have had any specific work experience however tangible examples of paid or unpaid work experience may be helpful during the assessment stages. A great way to do this would be volunteer at your local hospital which will help you gain an insight into our ways of working, challenges and culture.
Host Organisations
For more information consult our Frequently Asked Questions.
Should you require any further information, please contact us.
