Care Group Medical Director - Mental Health and Learning Disabilities

Are you a visible senior clinician with inspiring leadership skills, able to create conditions where teams thrive? Can you transform services with a compassionate, patient-centred approach and foster warm, effective working relationships?

Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB are seeking a forward-thinking Medical Director for Mental Health and Learning Disabilities to join our senior Care Group leadership team. You’ll work in a cohesive team with the Executive Medical Director, Chief Operating Officer, Service Director, Nurse Director, Psychology Director, and Clinical Directors across a diverse portfolio of services.

We deliver all-age primary and secondary mental health care, regional specialist services including prison mental health and Tier 3 Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services., Where needed we commission services, including adult learning disability care, individual commissioned packages of care and regional services.

You’ll provide strategic and operational leadership, supporting a committed medical workforce. Harnessing this passion, a key focus will be enhancing recruitment and retention to build a modern, multidisciplinary team aligned with the Welsh Government’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2025–2035.

The Medical Director post is 4–6 PA with consideration of further clinical work tailored to your interests. Mentorship in medical leadership and management is available. More details, including relocation support, are in the recruitment pack.

Main duties of the job

As Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care Group Medical Director, you will be instrumentally in the leadership of innovative clinical and workforce practices which support the delivery of safe, high quality and efficient patient care.

As part of the Care Group senior leadership team, you will improve and transform all aspects of quality and performance of the directorate including clinical activity, financial management and strategy and business developments.

In carrying out your role, you will promote a ‘one CTM’ approach, working with and across Care Groups, specialities and partners to ensure effective implementation of national, regional and local strategies.

You will combine your clinical expertise with sound strategic acumen and inspiring leadership to oversee the delivery of integrated transformational service change which will benefit the whole Cwm Taf Morgannwg and commissioned population. In doing so you will be unwavering in maintaining a focus on quality, improved patient experience, and ensuring equitable access to services.

If you are considering relocating for this role, we offer a relocation support package, further information is in the recruitment pack and can be requested here: https://ctmuhb.nhs.wales/staff/staff-only-documents/relocation-flyer-a4-english-3-3-pdf/

futher information about our service can be found here: https://ctmuhb.nhs.wales/jobs/recruitment-packs/psychiatry-recruitment-pack-pdf/

Working for our organisation

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the full job description and person specification which can be accessed when you click apply. When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.

Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn’t mean you have to have skills in Welsh to apply for this role, however we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates.