Lead for CAMHS ND Pathway Salford

jobs24.co.uk; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization as a strategic clinical leader in the Neurodevelopmental Pathway. This exciting role involves overseeing assessments for autism and ADHD, collaborating with various teams, and ensuring high-quality support for children and families. With a focus on innovative practices and strategic development, you will play a crucial part in enhancing mental health services. The organization is dedicated to creating a sustainable healthcare system, fostering a culture of inclusion, and providing ample opportunities for career growth. If you're passionate about making a difference in the lives of young people, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in assessing neurodevelopmental conditions.
• Proven leadership and management skills in clinical settings.

Responsibilities

• Line manage ND team members and ensure proper supervision.
• Represent CAMHS at strategic meetings and lead development initiatives.

Skills

Leadership Skills

Clinical Assessment

Strategic Development

Supervision Experience

Innovative Problem Solving

Education

Relevant Core Profession Qualification

Tools

Electronic Patient Record System (Hive)

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to give strategic clinical leadership to the Neurodevelopmental (ND) Pathway in Salford CAMHS. The service provides autism and ADHD assessment and pre and post assessment support for children and young people with co-occurring mental health conditions. The postholder will work closely with the ND lead in the Community Pathway, representing CAMHS at triage meetings and local strategic and service development meetings.

The successful candidate will have extensive experience of assessment of neurodevelopmental conditions, proven leadership and management skills, extensive supervision experience, and a keen interest in strategic development and innovative ways of working. Their clinical experience may be from any relevant core profession including clinical psychology, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, or nursing.

Salford CAMHS is part of the MFT CAMHS network, and the postholder will work alongside the Strategic Lead for LDA as well as with other assessment team leads in Trafford and Manchester. In line with the Greater Manchester Neurodiversity strategy, the postholder will be tasked with delivering needs-led support for children and families awaiting assessment.

Key Responsibilities:

1. To line manage members of the ND team.
2. To ensure the team is well supervised and following appropriate national guidance.
3. To represent CAMHS at ND strategic and development meetings in Salford.
4. To take a lead with aspects of strategic development for the broader ND network in Salford as required.
5. To develop a needs-led offer for children and families awaiting assessment in conjunction with partner agencies.
6. To manage a clinical caseload, including complex assessments requiring potential differential or co-morbid diagnoses.

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health and social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals and community services from across Manchester, Trafford, and beyond, we champion collaborative working and transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate, so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient and staff experience, operational effectiveness, and driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive, our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre and Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.