CYPMHS Team Leader

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; Radlett; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health organization in the UK is seeking an experienced CYPMHS Team Leader to provide operational and clinical leadership within a multi-disciplinary team. This role demands strong communication skills and crisis intervention expertise to support children and young people during acute mental health emergencies. The ideal candidate will have a professional background in mental health and experience in a related field. Opportunities for professional development are provided.

Qualifications

• Relevant professional registration as per person specification.
• Evidence of continued professional development.
• Post qualification experience in a CAMHS team or related area.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain team systems for effective operations.
• Provide operational and clinical leadership across the team.
• Support the clinical development of team members.

Skills

Leadership

Communication skills

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Crisis intervention

Education

Relevant professional registration

NMC registration as Mental Health Nurse

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Go back Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

CYPMHS Team Leader

The closing date is 22 October 2025

CYPMHS (Children and Young People Mental Health Services) Crisis Team are looking to recruit an inspirational Team Leader who is highly skilled, motivated Practitioner with the appropriate professional qualification and experience to work in the multi-disciplinary Team. The post is offered on as a full-time 37.5 hours permanent basis.

The C-CATT Team Leader is required to work across the 2 acute hospital sites in Watford and Stevenage, and also support the C-CATT community site in Radlett.

We are looking to appoint an experienced clinician who has the ability to provide strong leadership, in conjunction with other members of the management team, to contribute to the development and implementation of a high quality service to meet the needs of children and young people in acute phases of mental illness, and their carers.

Main duties of the job

This post-holder will work under the supervision of the Community CAMHS Manager (CCM) for C-CATT. The post holder will act in support of the CCM, deputising and carrying out delegated roles, duties and responsibilities as required.

You will be part of the C-CATT Leadership Team and have the opportunity to influence Team and Service development. You are expected have a good understanding of Key Performance Indicators and managing throughput.

You will be expected to support and lead in the clinical work ; duty and shift leading over-seeing the crisis care of young people presenting in mental health crisis.

To work in ways which are sensitive to and appropriate for the needs of families from a wide range of racial, cultural and religious backgrounds. This includes abilities to understand and offer therapeutic interventions to a variety of family forms including single parents, same sex couples and their families, extended families, foster carers and people with mental health difficulties.

To maintain a personal and professional profile in accordance with Post Registration.

About us

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.

Our family of over 4000 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.

The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Our Trust values are:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!

Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be responsible for establishing and maintaining team systems and processes for the effective operation of the team, including outcome measurements, audit and annual service policy review.

The postholder will act in support within the C-CATT Leadership team in providing operational and some clinical Leadership and advice across the C-CATT service.

The post holder will be autonomously responsible for assessing and delivering intervention to children, young people and families in relation to a range of highly complex emotional, psychological and behavioural problems.

The post holder will be accountable to the Operational Manager for aspects of service delivery, bringing together all component parts to ensure robust patient safety, improved service user experience, clinical outcomes, quality and performance standards. S/he will deputise for the Operational Manager when required.

The post-holder will work within professional guidelines and under the clinical/professional supervision of senior clinicians of own and other professions.

The post holder will support the clinical development of team members to provide services that are accessible and responsive to needs.

To promote participation of service users and carers in their own care and in the planning and development of services.

The post holder will contribute to research, audit and evaluation for service development.

The post-holder will provide clinical/professional supervision to trainees on placement, more junior staff of the same discipline and multi-disciplinary colleagues for purposes of training and continuing professional development.

To take clinical and line management responsibility for clinical staff ensuring they deliver a high quality, young person focused service.

Work in partnership with Local Authority Colleagues - attending strategic multi-agency LA meeting, complex needs panels.

All staff should comply with the Trusts Anti-Discriminatory Statement, Employee Charter, Trust Policies and Procedures, Code of Conduct and Equality and Diversity

This is an exciting opportunity for a strong leader to further develop their skills in an area that is challenging but extremely rewarding. If you feel you have the skills and experience we are looking for then we would welcome an application from you.

Person Specification

Knowledge/Training/Experience

• Relevant professional registration as per person spec
• Evidence of CPD
• NMC registration as Mental Health Nurse or equivalent prof
• Specialist training in an appropriate area and knowledge of CYPMH and Crisis Care

Experience and Knowledge

• Post qualification experience in a CAMHS team or related area, or several years' experience prior to qualification, with experience of working with moderate to severe mental health problems and knowledge of a range of clinical interventions with children/adolescents and their carers/families.
• Experience of multi-disciplinary team working, and inter-agency collaboration and some knowledge of social care services and legislation
• Knowledge of child development, child and adolescent mental health and an understanding of a range of theoretical approaches
• Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision
• Abilities to provide consultation to other professional and non-professional groups
• Good general knowledge of the literature and research concerning mental health interventions with children, particularly the clinical effectiveness of such interventions
• Knowledge of Child Protection Procedures
• Experience of service quality monitoring e.g. clinical audit, evaluative research, etc

Communication Skills

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to communicate orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/ or clinically sensitive information to clients, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS
• Ability to work therapeutically with young people and their families
• Ability to work as a fully participating member of a multi-disciplinary team and the ability to respect and value other members contributions
• Positive problem solving approach

Physical Skills

• Car driver (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 which prevents you from driving)
• IT skills; include use of Microsoft Office and Outlook

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.

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

£47,810 to £54,710 a yearper annum, pro rata (5% HCAS included)