Deputy Operational Lead

Job overview

Are you a hardworking and experienced clinician looking for your next challenge?

Do you want to develop your leadership and operational management skills within a dynamic and evolving CAMHS service?

We are seeking to recruit a part-time Deputy Operational Lead to join the Buckinghamshire CAMHS Single Point of Access (SPA). This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in ensuring children and young people receive timely, safe, and effective access to mental health services. The post holder will support the SPA Operational Lead in overseeing the day-to-day delivery and performance of the service, ensuring high standards of clinical practice, governance, and operational efficiency.

Applicants may come from a range of professional backgrounds, including RMN, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist. You will support the Operational Lead by undertaking both clinical and managerial responsibilities to ensure the continued delivery of a high-quality, responsive, and effective service.

If you are a motivated team player, friendly leader, and a proactive problem solver with a passion for service development, we would love to hear from you.

If you previously interviewed for this role, there is no need for you to apply again.

Main duties of the job

• Support the SPA Operational Lead in the day-to-day management and delivery of the Buckinghamshire CAMHS Single Point of Access (SPA), ensuring a safe, responsive, and high-quality service.
• Provide clinical and operational leadership, including oversight of the screening and triage of referrals into CAMHS.
• Undertake the SPA duty supervisor role, offering guidance, risk management, and decision-making support to the team.
• Ensure the service meets national guidance, Trust standards, and local key performance indicators, including access and waiting time targets.
• Contribute to workforce development through supervision, training, and mentorship of staff.
• Work collaboratively with multi-agency partners, including health, education, social care, and the Children’s Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH).
• Support governance, quality improvement, and service development initiatives to enhance outcomes for children and young people.Deputise for the SPA Operational Lead as required.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview, and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.