HEIW Highlights - 6 June 2025
Welcome to HEIW Highlights
As the national strategic workforce organisation for NHS Wales, we support the development of compassionate and inclusive cultures across NHS Wales through the provision of evidence-based culture and leadership tools. More information on our functions and strategic priorities can be found here: ➡️ IMTP 2025 – 2028
Here’s our latest education, training and careers news:
🔹Are you an NHS Wales colleague from a Black, Asian, or minority ethnic background, working at band 7, 8a, or 8b, and eager to advance your leadership journey?
If so, the new NHS Wales “Stepping into Senior Leadership” programme is designed just for you! Applications open on 27 June 2025. More info ➡️ Stepping into Senior Leadership - Gwella HEIW Leadership Portal for Wales
🔹🎉Introducing the Shared Decision Making (SDM) course. Shared decision making is an important skill for everyone working in health and care. This transformative eLearning course equips all healthcare professionals with the skills to engage patients, making them equal partners in health, care and well-being decisions. Individuals interested in facilitating can email 📧 heiw.ahp@wales.nhs.uk to set up a cohort, which can be run from within a team or organisation. Read more here: 🔗 Shift the power with the launch of the Shared Decision Making (SDM) course - HEIW
🔹HEIW is driving forward 8 strategic priorities to create a highly skilled, sustainable workforce - leading to better care and improved health outcomes across Wales.
Priority 1 is National Workforce Solutions for Quality and Productivity. Learn more ➡️HEIW unveils plan to boost NHS care quality and access across Wales - HEIW
🔹We were thrilled to be at Eisteddfod yr Urdd last week alongside Swansea Bay NHS Together we highlighted the wide range of healthcare careers available across Wales, as part of HEIW’s role in addressing key workforce shortages in NHS Wales. This was a fantastic opportunity to inspire young people with the Welsh language and career opportunities in NHS Wales. Learn more about careers in NHS Wales: ➡️ Working in NHS Wales - HEIW
🔹As part of our work in HEIW we support community pharmacy employers to develop their workforce to meet service needs, pharmacy technicians are an integral part of that workforce. We deliver a two-year Pre-registration Pharmacy Technician training programme via a Welsh Government funded Apprenticeship.
📝Applications are still open for the September 2025 cohort until 13 June, to apply for a place on the training programme please complete this form: ➡️ HEIW Pre-Registration Pharmacy Technician Training Programme
More info: Pre-Registration Pharmacy Technician (PRPT) programme - HEIW YTD Portal
🔹The 2nd of June marks World Orthoptic Day! We celebrated the vital role orthoptists play in improving vision and transforming lives across NHS Wales. Orthoptists are highly skilled allied health professionals who specialise in diagnosing and managing eye movement disorders and visual development problems.
Interested in a career in orthoptics? Learn how to get started: ➡️ Orthoptist - HEIW
Want to hear what it’s really like? Hear directly from an orthoptist in our blog post: Interviewing an AHP - HEIW
Thank you to all orthoptists for the care, expertise and dedication you bring every day. Your work makes a lasting difference!
🔹HEIW is committed to increasing independent prescribers across healthcare settings to improve access to clinical services for patients. We are offering education and training support to expand the availability of clinical pharmacy services across healthcare settings, and we’re inviting early career pharmacists (18–24 months registered) to join our Post-Registration Foundation Pharmacist Programme in September 2025 and January 2026!
🔗 Apply for this programme today, by viewing the employer organisation vacancies currently available: ➡️ Post-registration foundation pharmacist training programme - HEIW
🔹 Are you a Support Worker or Registered Nurse in NHS Wales or Social Care? Your voice matters! Join our upcoming webinars to share your insights on the updated Nursing Career Framework. More info 🔗 HEIW Nursing Career Framework 2025 engagement - HEIW
📅 Date & Time:
23rd June, 11:00-12:00
26th June, 11:00-12:00
9th July 2025, 11:00-12:00
Follow this link to register. ➡️ https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=uChWuyjjgkCoVkM8ntyPrsILkF9sZk5BgMfdUYtmLE1UNzdJWUJPVEtIMk01VTNQTjlRRzU2MUZOMi4u
🔹 We promoted the resources we have for healthcare professionals on Analgesic Stewardship and Pain Management at @The British Pain Society Annual Scientific meeting this week in Newport.
These open-access resources raise awareness and can support a variety of professional groups in their interactions with patients across different healthcare settings, improving patient outcomes and reducing medication-related harm in line with Welsh Government priorities for A Healthier Wales. Find out more here ➡️ Analgesic Stewardship and Pain Management - HEIW
🔹 Your voice matters. Concerns are a critical part of creating an inclusive and safe workplace. They can lead to positive change and that's why we have supportive processes in place for raising concerns, ensuring healthcare staff, trainees and students are treated with empathy and respect. Learn more on how and where to raise a concern: ➡️ Raising concerns and speaking up safely - HEIW
This is a snapshot of the great work we do at HEIW. Further updates are available on our news page.