Service Director, Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service Directorate

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic leader to oversee the operational directorate for mental health services. This role involves ensuring effective governance, fostering relationships with key stakeholders, and promoting innovative care pathways. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to lead a diverse team, contribute to strategic initiatives, and make a meaningful impact on the lives of service users. With a commitment to professional development and a supportive work environment, this position is perfect for someone passionate about mental health and community care.

Benefits

Generous Pay

Flexible Working Options

Career Development Opportunities

NHS Discounts

Counselling Services

Wellbeing Events

Cycle to Work Scheme

Season Ticket Loan

Long Service Awards

Keyworker Housing

Qualifications

• Degree level qualification or equivalent experience in health-related subject.
• Extensive knowledge and expertise acquired through training and experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead effective governance structures and relationships with stakeholders.
• Promote innovative care pathways integrating physical and mental health.

Skills

Leadership Skills

Management Experience

Data Analysis

Problem Solving

Collaboration

Education

Degree in Health-related Subject

Management Qualification

Job description

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South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.

We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good'.

We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone's potential as change makers.

The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.

Our Values

We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I'm going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you'll be part of something special.

As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.

Job overview

For CAMHS, the operational directorate will provide core services within the 0-18 age range including:
• Community Mental Health Services
• Liaison Mental Health Services based at Croydon University Hospital, University Hospital Lewisham, King's College Hospital and Evelina
• Early intervention services including those delivered within schools and through families
• Complex Care Services
• Inpatient services
• Home Treatment Team and Response services
• Crisis Line
• National & Specialist Outpatient Services which operates the widest range of outpatient services for children and young people in the UK and internationally covering very specialist or complex needs

The operational directorate has over 1000 staff, and budget of ~£70m, with community services working within each of the four SLaM boroughs - Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark - and the National & Specialist portfolio reaching across the country and internationally.

See JD for full details

Main duties of the job
• To lead, with the medical and nursing lead and wider leadership team, the effective working of governance structures, roles and responsibilities
• Ensure effective relationships with the Integrated Care Boards (particularly SWL and SEL ), Integrated Care Systems, "Place" commissioning and services for Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, the South London Partnership, NHS England, local authorities, schools (including the hospital school) and external stakeholders
• Ensure mechanisms in place to involve key stakeholders in service planning and delivery, to develop culturally sensitive services acceptable to an ethnically diverse inner city population and to ensure fair access to services irrespective of gender, sexuality, religion, culture, race or disability.
• To host Trust-wide and National Specialist services . All hosted services will be managed by the Director with the same responsibilities as all other Operational Directorate teams, ensuring the portfolio hosted is reviewed and in line with organizational development processes.
• Through KMP promote the development and adoption of innovation into existing and new service approaches focusing on existing workstreams for digital, schools and equalities. To develop the strategic vision for young children (<5 yrs) and parental mental health in line with KMP

Working for our organisation

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you valued and appreciated therefore have a comprehensive benefits package on offer

Some of our amazing benefits are highlighted here:-

Generous pay, pensions and annual leave

- Work life balance and supportive of a range of flexible working options

- Work life balance and supportive of a range of flexible working options

- Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes

- Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars- Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites

- NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.

Other benefits include:

• Counselling services
• Wellbeing events
• Long service awards
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Staff restaurants

Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• To implement the Operational Directorate's Strategy in such a way as to integrate research, teaching and education and service delivery activity and to reflect the needs of the Trust and Kings Health Partners.
• To promote the delivery of innovative effective care pathways.
• To promote the integration of physical and mental health and wellbeing, employing physical, psychological and social approaches with an emphasis on social inclusion, recovery and the interface between acute and mental health services.
• To ensure that there is an appropriate focus on training and education, including professional and personal development for all staff, alongside aims for research and service delivery.
• To consult widely to ensure that staff within the Operational Directorate and other stakeholders are supportive of the Operational Directorate and wider Trust strategy and contribute to its effective delivery.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Degree level qualification or equivalent experience in health related subject.
• Management qualification and/or extensive knowledge and expertise acquired through training and experience up to doctoral level

Knowledge/Skills

Essential criteria

• Evidence of excellent leadership and management skills
• A deep understanding of health care provision together with awareness and appreciation of current NHS policy and priorities, particularly in relation to mental health
• Analyses, interprets and evaluates complex data and draws logical and sound conclusions. Grasps complex problems, understands immediate and long term implications of decisions and has creative approach to problem solving.
• Is self-motivated, confident and outcome orientated. Maintains performance under pressure, resilient, contains emotions, and demonstrates an ability to work creatively with conflict. Ability to reflect on emotional competence i.e. self-awareness, social awareness, self-management, relationship management

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of research and higher education

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant experience of management at senior level, meeting objectives and performance management targets
• Experience of contributing to the development and implementation of strategy.
• A proven track record of managing large budgets and resolving conflicting priorities.
• Experience of change management and the development of new initiatives
• Experience of delivering in a large and complex organisation and working collaboratively with other organisations
• Experience of collaborative leadership arrangements at a senior level including leading a multi professional management team

Personal Characteristics/other requirements

Essential criteria

• Strong leadership skills with an open, participative management style. (
• Ability to work collaboratively with academic, research and clinical colleagues and to promote and encourage a multi-disciplinary leadership team approach focussed on outcomes, research, teaching and training
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to influence, persuade, enthuse, negotiate and to inspire confidence and respect from staff at all levels. Strong sense of fun and good humour
• Strong and competent business management skills with a high level of work organisation, self-motivation, resilience and drive for personal and team performance and improvement.
• Capable of leading substantial organisational and cultural change, being able to generate commitment to change, understand change management process and build local change management capability

The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:

• Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice
• Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment
• We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity

Please note:

• That all applications for this post will need to be made online
• That you read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria
• That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible
• That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs
• That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not successful
• That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
• That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
• That we are a smoke-free Trust

SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion , Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe'

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Documents to download

• CAMHS SD JD (PDF, 208.4KB)
• CAMHS SD PS (PDF, 152.4KB)
• SLaM Staff Benefits (PDF, 1.1MB)
• Happy to Talk Flexible Working (PDF, 680.1KB)