Clayfield's Operational Lead

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Stapleford; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Operational Lead to steer the day-to-day operations of the CAMHS Clayfield's Health Team, ensuring safe, high-quality, child-centred mental health care within a secure care environment at Clayfield's House.

You will work with Clayfield's House leadership, health and social care partners, and the East Midlands FCAMHS team to provide strong leadership, supervise a multidisciplinary workforce, drive service improvement,

Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day operations of the CAMHS Clayfield's Health Team to ensure safe, high-quality care.
• Provide clinical and operational leadership to a multidisciplinary workforce.
• Oversee team performance, supervision, and performance management.
• Drive continuous service improvement and collaboration with health and social care partners.
• Participate in admission assessments and clinical escalation arrangements.
• Develop innovative and integrated approaches to care within a secure children's home.

Job description

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Operational Lead to lead the day-to-day operations of the CAMHS Clayfield's Health Team, supporting the mental health and emotional wellbeing of children and young people within a secure care environment.

Working collaboratively with Clayfield's House leadership, healthcare partners and the East Midlands FCAMHS team, you will provide strong clinical and operational leadership to a multidisciplinary team, ensuring the delivery of safe, high-quality, child-centred mental health care. You will oversee team performance, provide managerial supervision, and drive continuous service improvement.

Based at Clayfield's House, a national secure children's home accommodating up to 20 young people aged 10-18, you will play a key role in developing innovative and integrated approaches to care, strengthening partnerships across health, social care and local authority services to improve outcomes for vulnerable young people.

The role also includes participation in the health team rota for new admissions and clinical escalation, supporting the delivery of responsive and effective mental health services within the secure setting., Lead and manage the CAMHS Clayfield's Health Team.Provide supervision, support and performance management to a multidisciplinary workforce.Ensure delivery of high-quality, safe and effective mental health care.Develop collaborative partnerships across health and social care services.Drive service innovation and continuous improvement.Participate in admission assessments and clinical escalation arrangements.

#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment.