Job requirements
Essential
26 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Significant experience of delivering mental health assessments and interventions
- Experience
Experience of change management
- Experience
Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience
Experience of budget management
- Experience
Experience of management in a multi-disciplinary healthcare environment
- Experience
Experience of contributing to strategic development, particularly interagency developments
- Experience
Experience of managing situations concerning safeguarding, risk management, complaints and investigations
- Personal Attributes
Smart Appearance
- Personal Attributes
Confident on all levels
- Personal Attributes
A car driver with a full current driving licence and own transport
- Personal Attributes
Willing to engage with and learn from peers, other professionals and colleagues in the service to provide or support the most appropriate interventions
- Skills and Knowledge
Excellent communication skills
- Skills and Knowledge
An ability to negotiate and influence at all levels
- Skills and Knowledge
An ability to manage and deliver on targets and work to deadlines
- Skills and Knowledge
Understand and explain diverse concepts
- Skills and Knowledge
Good presentation skills and report writing skills
- Skills and Knowledge
Ability to grasp issues in a fast paced environment
- Skills and Knowledge
Qualities essential to clinical practice eg respect, genuineness and personal integrity
- Skills and Knowledge
Communication skills to enable a helping relationship
- Skills and Knowledge
Working knowledge of legislation relevant to CAMHS and mental health
- Skills and Knowledge
Knowledge of models of consultation and supervision
- Qualifications and Training
Relevant management/leadership qualifications or willing to undertake
- Qualifications and Training
Professional qualification in a field relevant to child and adolescent mental health
- Qualifications and Training
Registration with an appropriate regulatory body
- Qualifications and Training
Degree or equivalent experience
- Demonstrates our Proud to CARE Values
Compassion, Ambition, Respect, Encouragement
Desirable
6 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience of service planning process
- Experience
Experience of service evaluation and audit
- Experience
Experience of involving users and carers in service developments
- Experience
Experience of working with a range of children and young people of different abilities and background
- Skills and Knowledge
Projects
- Qualifications and Training
Educated to or studying at Masters level
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join our established CAMHS leadership team that provides high quality CAMHS services across North Derbyshire. The service has grown over the last 5 years and has an excellent record of recruiting, developing and retaining experienced staff.
We have a strong record of supporting staff with continuous professional development and ensuring everyone has regular clinical supervision. The service is made up of 8 different CAMHS teams that feed into a Clinical Leadership Team.
There are established care pathways across the service and recently we have been able to boost the psychological therapies offer. We have a number of ongoing projects aimed at supporting capacity and increasing the quality of services provided.
Main duties of the job
The Clinical Manager will be responsible for providing a high level of professional and transformational clinical leadership and oversight of Core CAMHS services.
The post-holder will line manager the Core CAMHS Team Leads and provide professional expertise which enables the delivery of high quality, safe and person-centred mental health care through the engagement and empowerment of others.
The Clinical Manager for Core CAMHS will work closely with other Clinical Managers and Senior Leaders as part of the CAMHS Leadership Team.
They will develop and maintain strong working relationships with commissioners, other service providers and trust support services to contribute to the delivery of a safe and sustainable service that meets the mental health needs of Children and Young People across North Derbyshire. We are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced child mental health practitioner with proven strong leadership skills who is able to lead and support our service and help us achieve our vision of providing an excellent, timely service for young people and be a great place to work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job description and Person Specification in the attachments. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are along with the criteria that are required.
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Our core CAMHS team cover the North Derbyshire area from our 2 bases in Buxton and Chesterfield and provide a service predominantly Monday – Friday between 9am – 5pm. Our service has embraced flexible and remote working.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for CAMHS Clinical Manager with Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Chesterfield, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Clinical service manager role. The advertised salary is £57,528 - £64,750 pa. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 23 Oct 2026.
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