CAMHS Operational Manager | Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

Pennine Care NHS FT; Bury; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced CAMHS Operational Manager to lead the inpatient and acute care pathway across Greater Manchester. The role combines operational, clinical and strategic leadership for a large multidisciplinary team providing safe, effective and compassionate care.

You will shape services for children and young people with complex mental health needs, driving transformation, equity of access and service development in collaboration with partners and

Qualifications

• Experience in leading complex CAMHS/inpatient services.
• Ability to manage multidisciplinary teams across clinical and non-clinical functions.
• Track record of service development or transformation in mental health.
• Strong governance, safeguarding and quality improvement focus.

Responsibilities

• Lead CAMHS inpatient service and acute care pathway across Greater Manchester.
• Drive service improvement, innovation and transformation aligned with priorities.
• Provide inclusive leadership to nursing, therapy, medical and admin teams.
• Ensure high standards of quality, clinical governance and patient experience.
• Lead workforce planning, budget management and resource use.
• Oversee patient flow, bed management and system-wide capacity planning.
• Build partnerships with families, commissioners and providers.

Skills

Strategic leadership

CAMHS

Inpatient services

Operational management

Team leadership

Job description

CAMHS Operational Manager | Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

A rare opportunity to lead, influence and shape the future of specialist CAMHS inpatient and acute care across Greater Manchester.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead one of the most innovative and developing areas of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) across Greater Manchester.

As our CAMHS Inpatient Service Manager, you will provide visible, compassionate leadership for our specialist inpatient service while playing a key strategic role in the continued development of the CAMHS acute care pathway. This is a highly influential post, offering the opportunity to shape services for children and young people experiencing complex mental health needs.

Working as part of Pennine Care’s senior CAMHS leadership team and alongside the Bee Together Greater Manchester Children and Young People’s Mental Health Provider Collaborative, you will help drive service transformation, improve equity of access, reduce avoidable admissions and support young people to receive high-quality care closer to home wherever possible.

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You will provide operational,clinicaland strategic leadership across CAMHS inpatient and acute pathway services, leading a large multidisciplinary team and ensuring the delivery of safe,effectiveand compassionate care. Key responsibilities include:

• Leading and developing the CAMHS inpatient service and the wider acute care pathway across Greater Manchester.
• Driving service improvement,innovationand transformation in line with local and national priorities.
• Providing inclusive and supportive leadership to nursing, therapeutic,medicaland administrative teams.
• Ensuring high standards of quality, clinical governance, safeguarding, patient experience and regulatory compliance.
• Leading workforce planning, staff development, performance,budgetsand effective use of resources.
• Overseeing patient flow, bedmanagementand system-wide capacity planning.
• Building strong partnerships with young people and families, commissioners, local authorities, communityteamsand other inpatient providers.
• Representing Pennine Care as lead provider and contributing to strategic decisions across the Greater Manchester system.

The breadth of this post makes it an excellent opportunity for an experienced operational leader who wants to retaina strong connection to clinical quality while developing their strategic and system leadership experience.

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust is committed todelivering high-quality mental health and learning disability servicesand improving the lives of the communities we serve.

Our CAMHS inpatient and acute care services are entering an important period of development. There is a strong focus on collaboration,innovationand improving outcomes for young people and their families. Leaders are encouraged to think creatively, challengeestablishedways of working and contribute meaningfully to service design and system-wide change.

You will join a committed,experiencedand supportive leadership team that values compassionate leadership, staff wellbeing, professionaldevelopmentand continuous improvement. You will have the opportunity to build influential regional relationships and make a lasting contribution to specialist mental health services across Greater Manchester.

• A distinctive leadership role spanning operational management, clinicalqualityand regional pathway development.
• The opportunity to influence the future of CAMHS acute and inpatient care across Greater Manchester.
• Significant scope to lead transformational change and develop innovative models of care.
• Close working with senior NHS leaders,commissionersand provider collaborative partners.
• A supportive senior management team with a strong commitment to staff wellbeing and development.
• The chance to make a genuine and lasting difference for children, youngpeopleand families.

About you

We are looking for an experienced,credibleand inspirational leader with a strong background in mental health inpatient services and experience of CAMHS or working with young people.

You will bring experience of leading multidisciplinary teams, managing complex services, developingstaffand delivering quality improvement and change. You will be confident working acrossorganisationalboundaries, building relationships withpartnersand balancing operational pressures with a clear strategic vision.

Most importantly, you will be passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people. You will lead with compassion and integrity, create an inclusive culture in which staff can thrive, and bring the energy and determination needed to guide services through their next phase of development.

This advert closes on Thursday 22 Oct 2026