Team Manager

The Team Manager will provide operational co-ordination and leadership for specialist and targeted Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. Key to this will be managing performance, co-ordination of the multi-disciplinary decision and allocation processes, contributing to team capacity/job planning and prioritisation of CAMHS resources in response to need.

The post-holder, working in partnership with the Team Consultant Psychiatrist(s), Clinical Team Lead and the Service Lead will ensure excellent clinical standards are maintained within the team, and ensure the best use of available resources by delivering positive outcomes for individual service users and their families. They will also be responsible for contributing to the continued development of the service, working in line with the philosophy of CAMHS within the Trust.

The post holder will provide line management supervision to members in the team, including discipline lead. They will also work closely with the borough specific service and clinical lead in delivering evidence-based care and incorporating routine outcome measuring into clinical practice. The post holder will be a part of the local CAMHS senior management team and support the CAMHS Directorate Manager in the review, development, implementation, and delivery of CAMH Services, ensuring integration with corporate strategy and CAMHS local and national priorities.

To be the team manager, line managing all non-medical staff within the multi-disciplinary team ensuring effective processes where this is delegated. To be responsible for overseeing the team governance in order to meet the requirements of the CQC. Under the direction of the Service Lead, to be responsible for leading and managing a modern, efficient mental health community service for a defined population in accordance with commissioned services.

With the support of the Leadership team; Senior Practitioners; and the Medical Consultant Lead, to lead and manage the delivery of high-quality effective evidence-based interventions which lead to positive outcomes for service users and carers. To lead by example, motivating and empowering others and promoting positive attitudes, mutual understanding and collaboration between all services involved in the care process.

To manage the performance of all designated care clinicians within the team in line with the requirements of case management/care co-ordination so as to ensure that consistent clinical and quality standards are maintained.

Why choose to join the North London NHS Foundation Trust? We believe that by working together, our Trust can achieve more for the residents of North Central London and our patients than we can by working apart. Our Five-Year Strategy: We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home. With our partners in North London and each borough, we will ensure equity of outcome for all. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with a supportive environment to deliver outstanding care. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

Why NLFT? Transforming and creating a positive environment for our service users, staff, and visitors. We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities. We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives. NHS Discounts, generous annual leave allowance and NHS pension scheme. We have excellent internal staff network support groups.

For further details/informal visits contact: Name: Robert Nnubia Job title: Service Manager