Deputy Ward Manager (Inpatient CAMHS)

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in Birmingham is seeking a Deputy Ward Manager for inpatient CAMHS. This role involves providing clinical leadership, mentoring nursing staff, and supporting young patients with mental health issues. Candidates should be registered nurses with relevant CAMHS training and possess strong problem-solving and communication skills. The position offers an opportunity to contribute to service development and quality improvement.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience at working at band 5 or above in inpatient CAMHS.
• Proven ability to provide clinical supervision and mentorship.
• Strong communication skills to interact with young people and their families.

Responsibilities

• Provide quality nursing advice and support for young people with mental health needs.
• Mentor nursing students and offer clinical supervision.
• Lead and manage the nursing team and operations during shifts.

Skills

Clinical supervision

Mentoring

Problem solving

Communication

Agility for physical activity

Education

Registered Nurse (Mental Health/Child/Learning Disability)

Training relevant to CAMHS nursing

Leadership training

Job description

Deputy Ward Manager (Inpatient CAMHS)

The closing date is 14 October 2025

We are looking for an experienced Registered Mental Health/ Children's/Learning Disability Nurse to assist the Ward Manager & Clinical Nurse Specialist in the provision of clinical leadership and to be a clinical role model to the team. To act on behalf of and deputise as directed by the Ward Manager & Clinical Nurse Specialist in their absence and provide quality evidence-based nursing advice support and care for young people with mental health needs and their carers within a multidisciplinary setting.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work on one of the 3 Inpatient CAMHS wards located at Parkview Clinic in Moseley. It is an exciting time to be involved in service development, quality improvement and provision of compassionate leadership at Parkview Clinic.

The post holder will provide clinical and managerial nursing leadership at ward level and deputise for the ward manager and/or clinical nurse specialist.

The post holder is expected to work with a large nursing team and a multi-disciplinary team jointly planning, implementing and evaluating patient care; supporting them and their families through their admission pathway.

The post holder will be expected to mentor both students and their nursing team, carrying out appraisals and offering clinical supervision, and operationally line manage nursing team members.

About us

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation. Should you require any support with an aspect of the application process, please contact the named individual in the advert.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Person Specification

Professional/Managerial/Specialist Knowledge

• Responsible for the safety of young people and staff on the unit in the absence of Band 7 nurse, in and out of hours
• Responsible for budgets in terms of use of bank staff, taxi bookings and use of petty cash
• Responsible for leading the team on an ongoing basis
• Organising time allocation by shift
• Organising own time and that of others
• Ensuring shift runs to time
• Planning education/training sessions
• Planning supervision/mentoring sessions
• Planning off duty
• Planning in times of crisis
• Sending and receiving emails
• Ability to communicate to an advanced level with other professional colleagues, young people with social communication difficulties, parents/carers, professionals from other agencies - social care, education, police etc
• At times passing on distressing news, sharing difficulty information with young people and parents/carers
• Addressing issues with junior colleagues, in the moment and in planned sessions
• Preparing power point presentations

Other Requirements

• Full up to date training in CPI
• A level of agility that allows for being physical active for a large part of each shift - walking at a pace, responding to alarms for adjoining units, taking the role of holding as part of a team, walking to local amenities, taking part in morning and afternoon walks with young people, taking part in preventing a young person from absconding from unit/grounds

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse Mental Health / Child / Learning Disability
• Training / Education relevant to CAMHS nursing
• Leadership training
• Recent attendance at external training / conference

Knowledge and Nature of Experience

• Providing clinical supervision
• A mentor to nursing students
• Must be solution focused and able to problem solve
• Extensive experience at working at band 5 or above in inpatient CAMHS

Analytical and Jugdement Skills

• Problem solving in the moment
• Solution focussed throughout each shift
• Making decisions from incomplete information
• Making unpopular decisions with clear rationale
• Taking charge when appropriate to do so

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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