Care Group Medical Director for Mental Health and Learning Disabilities

Alumni Global; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health organization in the UK seeks a Medical Director for Mental Health and Learning Disabilities. In this role, you will provide strategic leadership and enhance recruitment and retention efforts. You will work with a cohesive team to ensure high quality patient care. This opportunity includes relocation support and the chance to impact the mental health services across the region.

Benefits

Leading pension

Generous leave

Flexible work

Career growth

Ongoing learning and development

Qualifications

• Visible senior clinician with inspiring leadership skills.
• Experience in delivering all-age primary and secondary mental health care.
• Strategic and operational leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership.
• Enhance recruitment and retention of a multidisciplinary team.
• Lead innovative clinical and workforce practices.

Skills

Leadership skills

Strategic acumen

Compassionate, patient-centered approach

Education

Medical qualification

Experience in mental health care

Job description

Job overview

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?

We’re 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 instrumental 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 development.

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. We hope this opportunity to have impact at scale is attractive, and encourage you to speak with our partner Tom Patterson at Alumni Global via [e-mail], 07970 339 151 or visit our dedicated recruitment microsite https://alumniglobal.com/job/ctmuhb for further information.

Working for our organisation

Cwm Taf Morgannwg (CTM) University Health Board, part of NHS Wales, serves a large population across a diverse and beautiful region, steeped in history and heritage. With nearly 13,500 staff, our health board is one of Wales’s largest employers.

Together, we are Team CTM; a workforce dedicated to offering excellent patient care and support to the 450,000 people across our three regions, Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf. We operate three District General hospitals, several community hospitals, primary and community care facilities.

CTM’s location offers the best of South Wales, just 20 minutes from Cardiff’s vibrant city life, the natural beauty of the Brecon Beacons, and the serene coastline at Ogmore. Whether you enjoy lively urban amenities, peaceful countryside, or seaside escapes, our location makes an ideal setting for both work and personal life.

Our CTM 2030 Strategy—Our Health, Our Future—focuses on uniting our region around shared health and wellbeing goals.

Our values guide us daily: We listen, learn, and improve. We treat everyone with respect. We work together as one team.

CTM employees enjoy benefits including: a leading pension, generous leave, flexible work, career growth, and access to ongoing learning and development.

At CTM, you’ll find a welcoming, team-oriented workplace that values diversity and compassion, where you can take pride in your work and the difference it makes.