Camhs Operational Manager

Pennine Care Nhs Foundation Trust; Rochdale; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced CAMHS Operational Manager to lead our CAMHS service in the HMR area. The role focuses on delivering high-quality child and adolescent mental health services, with responsibilities spanning clinical leadership, workforce development and partnership working with families and partner agencies.

The successful candidate will join a vibrant management team, benefit from professional development opportunities, and lead in a politically and

Qualifications

• Experience leading a multi-disciplinary team and chairing meetings
• Experience with service improvement and meeting targets
• Ability to communicate with diverse staff and external partners
• Knowledge of national health policy for children and young people
• Postgraduate management development or equivalent is desirable

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day delivery of designated CAMHS services within budget and targets
• Provide professional leadership and supervision to team members
• Collaborate with CAMHS Care Hub, ICB, and Local Partner Services to implement improvements
• Ensure routine outcome measurement is integrated into clinical practice
• Support strategic alignment with corporate CAMHS priorities

Skills

Leadership

Change management

Team motivation

Outcome measures

Communication

Education

Mental health professional qualification (Psychology, RMN or Social Work)

Job description

Job summary

Applications are invited for CAMHS Operational Manager - CAMHS and our partner CAMHS services are undergoing exciting transformation which has brought opportunities to grow and develop pathways and services. We are seeking an Operational Manager to lead our service in HMR

The ideal candidates will have the ability to inspire a wide variety of clinical and administration staff and have an immovable commitment to developing services in partnership with children, young people and families.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a highly skilled, compassionate, experienced clinical operational manager to join us in Pennine Care CAMHS.

The successful candidate will join a vibrant and supportive care hub senior management team where innovation and business as usual are equally valued and recognised. Your professional development will be prioritised, with access to a wide range of training and development opportunities; you will also be mentored by an experienced Operational Manager and have the reward of seeing your influence in the services provided to the local community.

The operational manager will be a key part of the service leadership team. The manager will be responsible for ensuring the day to day delivery of designated clinical services and ensuring that the team performs in terms of patient outcomes, metrics, measures and targets, both locally and nationally, including those around workforce and training, within a balanced budget and in the context of the trusts strategy, ensuring it is executed locally and that standards of safety are maintained at all times.

In summary the service offers: Direct therapeutic interventions including Multi disciplinary assessment and treatment of children and young people with mental health or severe emotional and behavioural difficulties. Indirect interventions including consultation and support to other agencies and professionals, who provide help or support to children or young people with emotional and behavioural difficulties.

About us

Why Pennine Care CAMHS?

We are passionate about staff well-being and compassionate leadership in CAMHS. We support staff to work flexibly and recognise and respect the roles our staff hold outside of their working hours. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the top of our agenda. We believe that a diverse, inclusive and engaged culture is vital; that everyone's value should be recognised and respected. We proactively challenge injustices, and are the only Trust in the North West to publicly recognise our commitment to becoming anti-racist and supporting our transgender and non-binary colleagues. We have thriving staff networks to make sure everyone has a voice. We are committed to staff development and have an extensive psychological therapies training programme. We are looking for a manager who is committed to these values to join us and work within our CAMHS service to bring excellent leadership and innovative approaches to the team and its partners.

Our services have been transformed to deliver services to children and young people up to 18 years of age. This is an exciting time of growth in service development and we are looking for someone who is committed to delivering positive outcomes for children and families and offering a compassionate, innovative approach to clinical leadership in the team. Does this sound like you? If so we'd love you to join us.

Details

Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8a
Salary: £57,528 to £64,750 a year per annum pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 311-HYM848-26-A

Job responsibilities

We are looking for a highly motivated individual with proven management and leadership skills, including the ability to use financial and other data to drive the delivery and improvement of high quality, effective and efficient services. You will need to be able to communicate with a wide range of people, including challenging constructively where needed and to be able to develop colleagues.

This role also involves working closely with the CAMHS Care Hub Service Manager, with the ICB and with key Local Partner Service Managers to ensure the delivery and development of high quality services within the Borough. The post holder will provide professional leadership/supervision to members of their respective profession and provide clinical supervision. They will also work closely with the borough specific professional leads in delivering evidence based care and incorporating routine outcome measuring into clinical practice. The post holder will be a part of the CAMHS management team and support the CAMHS Associate Director in the review, development, Implementation and delivery of a CAMH Services, ensuring integration with Corporate strategy and CAMHS local and National priorities.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Recent experience of leading a multi-disciplinary team
• Evidence of effective multidisciplinary working. This should include chairing meetings and case management.
• Experience of service improvement and meeting targets
• A broad range of clinical and or management experience within the speciality
• Experience and skills in clinical and management supervision

Knowledge

Essential

• Understanding of the requirements of the National Health and Social Care Policy and guidance related to children, young people and their carers including Future in Mind

Desirable

• Understanding in the commissioning framework operates in Children's Mental Health

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Ability to develop credibility with clinicians, practitioners and stakeholders
• Evidence of effective change management skills
• Evidence of the ability to lead, motivate and manage a group of experienced staff
• Knowledge of use of outcome measures

Qualifications

Essential

• Relevant Professional qualification in mental health - Psychology, RMN or Social work and evidence of continued professional development with experience and post-graduate diploma level short course in management. LD nurse, RGN and RSCN alongside demonstrable experience of working with moderate to severe Mental health and in leading a mental health service

Desirable

• Management course/qualification

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: Pennine Care NHS FT
Address: Birch Hill Hospital, Birch Road, Wardle, OL12 9QB, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.penninecare.nhs.uk

For questions about the job, contact:

Service Lead Community CAMHS Services, Joanne Whittingham, [e-mail]