This CAMHS Operational Manager post sits within the child and adolescent mental health service run by Pennine Care NHS FT, covering the HMR area. The postholder runs the day-to-day delivery of designated clinical services, tracking patient outcomes, targets and workforce figures within a balanced budget. The role sits on the CAMHS management team and within a care hub senior team, with mentoring from an experienced operational manager. Applicants need a mental health professional qualification such as RMN, psychology or social work, plus a post-graduate diploma level management short course.
What the job involves
- Ensure day-to-day delivery of designated clinical services and performance against patient outcomes, metrics and targets, locally and nationally
- Manage services within a balanced budget, in line with trust strategy, maintaining standards of safety at all times
- Oversee workforce and training in the clinical services led
- Provide professional leadership and clinical supervision to members of own profession
- Work with the CAMHS Care Hub Service Manager, the ICB and Local Partner Service Managers to deliver and develop services in the borough
- Work with borough professional leads to deliver evidence-based care and build routine outcome measuring into clinical practice
- Support the CAMHS Associate Director in reviewing, developing, implementing and delivering CAMHS services, aligned with corporate strategy and local and national priorities
- Use financial and other data to drive improvement of high quality, effective and efficient services
- Communicate with a wide range of people, challenge constructively where needed and develop colleagues
- Lead a service offering direct multidisciplinary assessment and treatment of children and young people with mental health or severe emotional and behavioural difficulties
- Provide indirect consultation and support to other agencies and professionals working with children and young people with emotional and behavioural difficulties
- Contribute to the service leadership team and the CAMHS management team
What's required
Qualifications
- Relevant professional qualification in mental health (psychology, RMN or social work) with evidence of continued professional development
- Post-graduate diploma level short course in management
- Alternatively, LD nurse, RGN or RSCN qualification with demonstrable experience of moderate to severe mental health work and of leading a mental health service
Experience
- Recent experience of leading a multidisciplinary team
- Evidence of effective multidisciplinary working, including chairing meetings and case management
- Experience of service improvement and meeting targets
- Broad range of clinical and/or management experience within the specialty
- Experience and skills in clinical and management supervision
Skills & knowledge
- Understanding of National Health and Social Care policy and guidance for children, young people and carers, including Future in Mind
- Ability to build credibility with clinicians, practitioners and stakeholders
- Evidence of change management skills
- Evidence of leading, motivating and managing a group of experienced staff
- Knowledge of using outcome measures
Nice to have
- Understanding of the commissioning framework in children's mental health
- Management course or qualification
What's offered
- Mentoring by an experienced Operational Manager
- Professional development prioritised, with access to a wide range of training and development opportunities
- Extensive psychological therapies training programme
- Support to work flexibly
- Thriving staff networks
- Focus on staff well-being and compassionate leadership
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
