CAMHS Operational Manager | Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

Pennine Care NHS FT; Wardle; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced CAMHS Operational Manager to lead a diverse team of clinical and admin staff. You will drive service development in partnership with children, young people and families, ensuring high-quality outcomes.

As part of the CAMHS management team, you will use data to monitor performance, balance budgets, and deliver safe, effective care, while fostering compassionate leadership and innovative practice across the borough.

Qualifications

• Experience in senior management of CAMHS teams.
• Ability to use financial and other data to drive delivery.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure day-to-day delivery of designated clinical services.
• Lead performance against patient outcomes, metrics, and targets.
• Provide professional leadership and supervision.
• Collaborate with CAMHS Care Hub Service Manager and local partners.

Skills

Leadership

CAMHS

Staff development

Budgeting

Clinical supervision

Job description

CAMHS Operational Manager | Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

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.

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.

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 it’s partners.

Our services have been transfomred 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.

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.