Deputy Clinical Team Manager

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust; Oxford; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking multiple Deputy Clinical Team Managers for their Mental Health Support Teams. Ideal candidates should have a background as Registered Mental Health Nurses, Social Workers, or similar roles. Responsibilities include supporting operational management and overseeing clinical duties. The role offers excellent career progression and a supportive work environment focused on delivering high-quality services to children and young people.

Benefits

Excellent opportunities for career progression

NHS Discount

27 days annual leave

Competitive pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Experience in clinical or operational duties in mental health services.
• Ability to contribute to service development and management.
• Strong commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

Responsibilities

• Support the MHST Operational Manager in assessment and intervention.
• Work alongside the Operational Manager in the further development of the CAMHS MHST.
• Manage and supervise team colleagues.

Skills

Leadership skills

Team collaboration

Problem-solving

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, Clinical Psychologist, Family Therapist or Psychotherapist

Job description

Are you a hard‑working, experienced clinician? Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you want to develop your leadership skills?

We are looking to recruit multiple Deputy Clinical Team Managers for the Mental Health Support Teams (MHST), which is part of Oxfordshire's Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).

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You could be a Registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, Clinical Psychologist, Family Therapist or Psychotherapist; you would be supporting the Clinical Team Manager by undertaking both clinical and operational duties to ensure that we continue to deliver a high quality service to our children and young people.

In 2017 the Government published its Green Paper for Transforming children and young people's mental health, which detailed proposals for expanding access to mental health care for children and young people and setting up the new Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) to be based in schools and colleges.

In Oxford Health the MHSTs are managed through the CAMHS service to provide "getting help" as identified within the I Thrive model of CAMHS. Developing MHSTs are a key part of the Oxford Health's Long‑Term Plan (LTP) for Children and Young People.

Key Responsibilities

• To support the MHST Operational Manager in the delivery of assessment and intervention for the MHST caseload.
• To work alongside the Operational Manager in the management and further development of the CAMHS MHST working to an agreed model, developing clinical structures, recruiting staff and implementing the service.
• To deputise for the Operational Manager when required.
• Provide a safe, effective and therapeutic clinical team ensuring the delivery of establishing current presentation and to give advice for young people and families waiting for assessment / intervention.
• In conjunction with other team leaders and managers to contribute to the development of community mental health service provision across the wider service.
• In conjunction with the Operational Team Manager the post holder is expected to contribute in the development and implementation of a robust performance management system for the team.
• To be responsible for the line management, case supervision and appraisal of team colleagues.
• To take a key role in ensuring effective joint working with statutory and voluntary agencies to ensure responsive and appropriate service delivery to users and carers.
• All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
• Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
• We’re advocates of flexible working and many of our roles offer a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.
• Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
• We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults; we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

If you're a hardworking team player, you think outside the box and are a keen problem solver, this is the role for you. We're looking for someone who has a keen interest in service development, to build on and improve the outcomes for our children and young people.

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.

We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

We actively support anti‑racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion so, if you're excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

We are also committed to increasing diversity in the workforce, that is why we actively encourage applications from those groups of people who are currently under‑represented, which include amongst others: people with disabilities; men from all socio‑economic backgrounds; people from diverse ethnic backgrounds; and people from the LGBTQIA+ community.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values - safe, caring and excellent.

Benefits

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible.

Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: "Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team".

Our values are: "Caring, safe and excellent".