CAMHS Locality Service Manager

Job summary

This post is only open to current employees of the Trust.

Are you a passionate and dynamic Leader seeking to develop and manage a service? An exciting opportunity has arisen within our cross county CAMHS service to work as a Locality Service Manager. You will manage various portfolios.

Within recent years CAMHS services have received additional investment. Locally, significant service developments have been undertaken within our CAMHS Crisis and Home Treatment Team, CAMHS Eating Disorder Service, Mental Health Support Teams in Schools (WEST) and the CAMHS Youth Team. These developments have led to an increase in service offer to children and young people across Herefordshire and Worcestershire and have received positive feedback from Children, Families and Partner agencies. We continue to review and develop our offer across all CAMHS services, the Locality Service Manager will play a pivotal role within this.

The successful candidate will be sited at a base most convenient for them with travel expected, travel expenses are claimed back through the trusts travel expenses policy.

This is a fixed term post due to time limited nature of the project which will end in 12 months. We reserve the right to end this contract sooner with appropriate notice.

You must have read and understood the terms of the Trusts secondment policy and gained permission from your Line Manager to undertake the secondment before applying.

Main duties of the job

The CAMHS Locality Services Manager role will support the review, development and implementation of quality improvement initiatives alongside the clinical leadership of the service. You will provide operational leadership and work alongside other senior colleagues and in conjunction with Adult Mental Health colleagues across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire. You will form part of the Herefordshire and Worcestershire senior leadership team.

We seek to appoint an enthusiastic and dynamic service manager who is passionate about CAMHS. A demonstrable track record of CAMHS and leadership experience is a must. You will have experience of supervising clinicians and be able to evidence operational leadership skills and abilities, as well as being able to gather, analyse, report and act upon data. You must be registered with a professional body.

This is full time post, but we would consider applicants looking for part time.

Job responsibilities

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer;

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities

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