Medical Protection — indemnity for locally employed doctors from £79
Location
Cardiff, Wales
Salary
£50,129 - £57,365 per annum
Grade
Band 7
Deadline
28 May 2026
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
14 May 2026

Job overview

  • Act as an expert resource within the National Frameworks Team within the Mental Health, Learning Disability & Vulnerable Groups Directorate of the NWJCC.
  • Responsible for the quality assurance of provider services collaboratively commissioned via the National Framework Agreements.
  • Provide specialist advice for other agencies and professionals regarding the clinical management of individuals presenting with mental health conditions.

This post is advertised as ‘Welsh to be Learnt on Appointment’. This is an exciting opportunity and means we’ll give you the skills in Welsh we need once you’ve been recruited if you don’t already have skills in Welsh. We’ll do this using our free and flexible internal offer alongside our partnership with Learn Welsh Glamorgan, helping you to gain the valuable skills needed to strengthen our bilingual organisation. For more information, see ‘Welsh Language Guidance’ in the documents right at the bottom.

It is necessary to learn Welsh Language Skills when being appointed to the post. English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Main duties of the job

The post holder  will:

  • Clinically audit providers of collaboratively commissioned MHLDVG services under the National Framework Agreements
  • Ensure providers reduce risk and promote hope, recovery and rehabilitation.
  • Ensure quality and safety concerns about providers are raised, discussed, collated and disseminated by statutory agencies, Local authorities and UHBs.
  • Facilitate collaborative working between providers and commissioners to ensure safe and effective care.
  • The majority of functions undertaken are proactive performance management or reactive to situations that have arisen.  Formal reviews are undertaken with providers, and UHB’s which examine use of collaboratively commissioned services compared to plans and progress towards achieving service quality as set out in the service specification.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.