Clinical Team Manager - CAMHS

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust; Northallerton; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Clinical Team Manager for the CAMHS Northallerton team. The post supports day-to-day leadership, supervision, KPI monitoring and service development within a friendly CAMHS unit.

You will lead clinicians, coordinate ADHD assessments and complex youth mental health care, and develop innovative approaches in partnership with local leadership. Prior leadership experience and a healthcare registration are essential.

Qualifications

• Current professional registration with appropriate body in healthcare or social work or relevant professional clinical qualification (ie PWP/CWP in IAPT/Getting Help services)
• Be educated to Master's level in leadership or a relevant area OR have equivalent clinical experience
• Be trained in Clinical Supervision and Providing Clinical Supervision; Be a Recognised Practice Assessor/Practice Supervisor

Responsibilities

• Provide operational leadership for the CAMHS team and supervise staff
• Monitor KPIs, talent management and service development
• Lead projects and drive innovative, high-quality services
• Aid ADHD and general mental health assessments and interventions in CAMHS

Skills

Clinical supervision

Practice assessor/ supervisor

Leadership in practice

Education

Master's level leadership or relevant field

Equivalent clinical experience at Band 6+

Job description

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Team Manager - CAMHS

The closing date is 26 November 2026

We are excited to advertise a 12-month secondment, in the Northallerton Getting more help Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) team due to the current post holder moving to a secondment. The post is full time and based at North Moor House.

This post is within the friendly Northallerton CAMHS team, we are a small team of professionals who offer support to children and young people experiencing mental health difficulties.

The successful candidate will provide operational leadership for the team, and work in partnership with the local and wider clinical and operational leadership teams across the care group. The role will include but not exclude - the day-to-day leadership within the team, including supervision, monitoring of KPIs, talent management and service development.

The service offer ADHD assessment and intervention in addition to generic mental health assessment and intervention.

We are looking for someone with a Professional registration which would include one of the following - Nursing, Occupational therapy or Social worker. Ideally with at least 2 years band 6 or similar experience, including experience of leadership within a previous role.

Main duties of the job

We are keen to recruit an enthusiastic and creative leader who is positive about supportive change and who will bring new ideas to the team.

We are seeking someone who will: Be passionate about improving the mental health services and ensuring young people and their families are directed to and access the most suitable services for their needs.

• Be passionate about continuing to improve CAMHS services
• Be a driven, enthusiastic and forward-thinking leader.
• Have experience working in a senior clinical position within health and/or care
• Have experience of working with clinicians to achieve service improvement.
• Have a range of experience of leading projects or other clinically based initiatives which will have made a contribution to delivering innovative and high-quality services
• Hold a relevant Professional Registration

About us

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.

From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.

We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.

We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.

We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.

Job responsibilities

You must have the Right to Work in the UK in order to be successfully appointed to this role.Please note, the starting salary for this role would not meet the required salary threshold for this post to be eligible for sponsorship under the Health and Care (Skilled Worker) visa. https://www.gov.uk/health-care-worker-visa/your-job

We are a friendly, supportive team from a variety of professional backgrounds including Nursing, Psychiatrists and Psychologists within the CAMHS teams.

We enjoy being creative in our approach to patient care, and work collaboratively with young people at every opportunity

As an organisation we encourage learning and continued professional development.

Additional contact details: Keri Brearey on 07887556625 or contact North Moor House CAMHS reception on 01609 718810.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Current professional registration with appropriate body in healthcare or social work or relevant professional clinical qualification (ie PWP/CWP in IAPT/Getting Help services)
• Be Educated to Master's level in leadership or a subject area relevant to the area of practice OR
• Have equivalent clinical experience to that of masters level such as working as a band 6 (or above) in relevant clinical area with significant experience - which also includes significant experience of managing people (see below under experience), together with evidence of CPD
• Be trained in Clinical Supervision and Providing Clinical Supervision
• Be a Recognised Practice Assessor/Practice Supervisor

Experience

• Significant experience of managing people
• Significant experience of working with patients with complex needs in the specialist field
• Significant experience working with patients who display risk behaviours
• Working collaboratively with others (external partners, staff service users and their families/carers)
• Evidence of delivering supervision
• Working knowledge of the legal framework and statutory obligations under the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and other relevant legislation
• Detailed understanding of Safeguarding and its application in practice
• Risk assessment and management and its application in practice
• Working knowledge of clinical medicines management
• Developing, maintaining and auditing standards of practice
• Evidence of training in Quality Improvement methodology or coaching, and/or using
• Inter-agency and partnership working

Knowledge/Skills/Experience

• Understanding of psychological models of care and treatment (depending on specialist area)
• Knowledge of current issues relating to health needs of patients in the field of practice, regionally and nationally
• Research methodology
• The Trust's Quality Improvement system (QIS) - or completion of training within agreed timescale ce
• Governance and its application in practice

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

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