CAMHS Liaison Team Manager

Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Cromford CP; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Cromford seeks a leader for the CAMHS Liaison Team. This role involves managing staff and ensuring high standards of care for children with mental health concerns. The ideal candidate will demonstrate operational leadership and uphold a respectful, inclusive environment. A commitment to flexible working and professional development is essential. Benefits include generous annual leave, NHS pension, and ongoing training opportunities.

Benefits

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Generous NHS pension scheme

Health service discounts

Access to employee assistance programme 24/7

Health and wellbeing opportunities

Qualifications

• Operationally and clinically accountable for direct delivery of clinical care.
• Manage a range of staff from different professional and non-professional backgrounds.
• Provide high standards of professionalism.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily functioning of CAMHS Liaison Team.
• Oversee recruitment, training, supervision, and appraisals of staff.
• Ensure operational standards for safe access and discharge of children.

Job description

The CAMHS Liaison team triage's and assesses children and young people who are present in Royal Derby Hospital, typically the childrens emergency department, with a concern regarding their mental health. Urgent mental health assessment is offered where appropriate. The team offers support around safe discharge, risk management and forumlation. The post holder will manage all aspects of the daily functioning of the CAMHS Liaison Team including line managing the workforce employed to the service, direct liaison with colleagues and peers at Royal Derby Hospital and direct liaison with peers in the service line. The liaison team is one third of the CAMHS urgent care pathway that also includes the CAMHS crisis Team and the CAMHS Day Service. Working and supporting across the pathway is expected and ensures collaborative care planning for CYP. The post holder will ensure the operational standards across the pathway, pertaining to the safe access, support and discharge of all children and young people within their team. This will include the following: recruitment and selection of staff, induction, training, supervision and appraisals, sickness and other absence, contribute to disciplinary and grievance processes, personal and career development, the team's workload, managing and overseeing waiting lists, allocation and individual caseload management. Main duties of the job The post holder will be operationally and Clinically accountable for the direct delivery of the multi-professional clinical care service for the CAMHS Liaison Team and will manage a range of staff from different professional and non-professional backgrounds. To act as a role model to provide high standards of professionalism representing Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in the exercise of their duties. Nurture a culture of respect for others and an environment that values and is respectful of ethnicity, gender, culture, experience and individuality for all staff and people in our care including carers, creating a positive working environment. To provide operational leadership, direction and development to ensure that the skills and capabilities of the team are effectively utilised to maximise the potential of individuals.

Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people's lives'. CQC rated us as 'GOOD' overall, commenting on how our colleagues "treated patients with compassion and kindness" and "felt positive and proud about working for the trust."

• Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
• 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service
• Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
• Health service discounts and online benefits
• Incremental pay progression
• Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
• Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
• Structured learning and development opportunities