Job Description

PLEASE NOTE WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM STAFF CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY NHS WALES
Join Our Team at NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee
This post is offered as a secondment for up to 12 months to cover service needs, please ensure you obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post..
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.
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.
English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply
About us
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.
Details
Date posted
27 August 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
48,527 to 55,532 a year per annum
Contract
Secondment
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
110-NMR379-0825
Job locations
NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee (NWJCC)
Unit 1 Charnwood Court, Heol Bilingsley, Nantgarw
Pontypridd
CF15 7QZ
Job description
Job 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 Job description
Job 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
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential

• A Registered Nurse (Mental Health or Learning Disabilities); Clinical/Counselling Psychologist; Social Worker; Occupational Therapist, educated to Master's degree or equivalent level of experience/knowledge, with evidence of developed knowledge in mental health, learning disability, CAMHS & eating disorder management within the secondary care setting.
• Understanding of the commissioning and provision of health services.
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development.
• Knowledge about relevant Mental Health legislation, regulation, quality monitoring of services and patient safety initiatives across the UK.

Desirable

• Experience in a leadership role.

Experience
Essential

• Relevant experience in inpatient services.
• Relevant experience of healthcare quality improvement.
• Working in a challenging and busy environment.

Desirable

• Experience of performance monitoring.
• Experience of Continuing Health Care.
• Experience in a large and complex organisation.
• Evidence of successfully working in a highly complex environment with a multiplicity of stakeholders.
• Working within a commissioning environment.
• Performance monitoring at national levels.
• Audit and performance monitoring and management.

Skills and Attributes
Essential

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and demonstrable ability to influence at senior levels.
• Ability to articulate the key elements that encapsulate high quality and safe patient care.
• Demonstrate a constructive and creative approach to problem solving.
• Well-developed IT skills.
• Strong clinical audit and performance management skills.
• Able to gain insights and understanding from multiple sources of complex sources.
• Able to demonstrate a focus upon outcomes.
• Articulate with strong communication and presentation skills.
• Leadership and management skills at a team level.
• Demonstrate highly effective verbal and written communication skills.

Desirable

• Ability to demonstrate clinical and professional credibility.
• Innovative and responsive to change.

Other Role Requirements
Essential

• Motivated, self-starter with a commitment to the values of NHS Wales.
• Passion for providing high quality care for patients.
• Ability to relate to staff at all levels of the NWJCC and external organisations.
• Able to travel across the UK in a timely manner.
• Ability to work flexibly if necessary.
• Enhanced DBS Check
• Committed to the continuous development of staff and self.
• Commitment to developing culture of openness and partnership.
• Commitment to improving quality of patient care.

Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential

• A Registered Nurse (Mental Health or Learning Disabilities); Clinical/Counselling Psychologist; Social Worker; Occupational Therapist, educated to Master's degree or equivalent level of experience/knowledge, with evidence of developed knowledge in mental health, learning disability, CAMHS & eating disorder management within the secondary care setting.
• Understanding of the commissioning and provision of health services.
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development.
• Knowledge about relevant Mental Health legislation, regulation, quality monitoring of services and patient safety initiatives across the UK.

Desirable

• Experience in a leadership role.

Experience
Essential

• Relevant experience in inpatient services.
• Relevant experience of healthcare quality improvement.
• Working in a challenging and busy environment.

Desirable

• Experience of performance monitoring.
• Experience of Continuing Health Care.
• Experience in a large and complex organisation.
• Evidence of successfully working in a highly complex environment with a multiplicity of stakeholders.
• Working within a commissioning environment.
• Performance monitoring at national levels.
• Audit and performance monitoring and management.

Skills and Attributes
Essential

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and demonstrable ability to influence at senior levels.
• Ability to articulate the key elements that encapsulate high quality and safe patient care.
• Demonstrate a constructive and creative approach to problem solving.
• Well-developed IT skills.
• Strong clinical audit and performance management skills.
• Able to gain insights and understanding from multiple sources of complex sources.
• Able to demonstrate a focus upon outcomes.
• Articulate with strong communication and presentation skills.
• Leadership and management skills at a team level.
• Demonstrate highly effective verbal and written communication skills.

Desirable

• Ability to demonstrate clinical and professional credibility.
• Innovative and responsive to change.

Other Role Requirements
Essential

• Motivated, self-starter with a commitment to the values of NHS Wales.
• Passion for providing high quality care for patients.
• Ability to relate to staff at all levels of the NWJCC and external organisations.
• Able to travel across the UK in a timely manner.
• Ability to work flexibly if necessary.
• Enhanced DBS Check
• Committed to the continuous development of staff and self.
• Commitment to developing culture of openness and partnership.
• Commitment to improving quality of patient care.

Skills Required