Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW)

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Our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant

Health Education and Improvement Wales have proudly signed the Armed Forces Covenant, demonstrating our commitment to employing those from the Armed Forces Community.  We recognise the wealth of experience and skills that the Armed Forces community can bring to our organisation and are developing bespoke programmes of work to support the community into successful careers with us.  We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for members of the Armed Forces community and are a disability confident employer.   

About us

Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) is the strategic workforce body for NHS Wales with statutory functions that include education and training, workforce planning, workforce development and transformation, leadership and succession planning, and careers.  Our purpose is to develop a workforce that delivers excellent care to patients/service users and excellent population health. We are a Special Health Authority working closely with our partners; Social Care Wales, education providers, professional and regulatory bodies and Welsh Government.

HEIW’s is committed to developing an internal culture of choice. Our values reflect our thoughts, feelings and beliefs in how we will, and will not, behave and treat others:

  • Respect for All in every contact we have with others,
  • Ideas that Improve: Harnessing creativity and continuously innovating, evaluating and improving,
  • Together as a Team: Working with colleagues across NHS Wales and with partner organisations.