Directorate Manager, CAMHS

Job overview

The Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (ABUHB) CAMHS service is seeking an exceptional Band 8b Directorate Manager—a dynamic, strategic and people‑centred leader ready to shape and elevate specialist mental health services for children and young people across Gwent.

This is your opportunity to step into a senior leadership role with the autonomy and influence to drive meaningful service improvement. Like other senior leadership posts, you will oversee multidisciplinary teams, deliver complex services, and support ongoing development in diverse environments—you will bring vision, clarity and compassion to a service committed to excellence.

Why ABUHB CAMHS?

You’ll join a service driven by a passion to improve outcomes for children with mental health struggles, through innovate thinking, creativity and a commitment to collaboration with a vision to transform service to meet the needs of our local children. CAMHS at ABUHB, has won awards for transformational work & is leading on many innovations. We’re looking for a values driven individual to help the service to flourish and maximise its local service delivery.

Main duties of the job

• Provide senior strategic leadership across a complex, multi‑disciplinary service, ensuring high‑quality clinical practice, robust governance and effective delivery across pathways.
• Inspire, develop and unite staff, using your excellent interpersonal and team‑building skills to nurture a positive culture and empower clinical and non‑clinical teams.
• Lead on service transformation, driving innovation and overseeing strategic developments aligned with national and local priorities for children and young people’s mental health.
• Build strong relationships with partners, promoting integrated, cross‑agency working to enhance the accessibility and effectiveness of CAMHS.
• Oversee operational performance, managing resources, budgets, staffing structures and risk to ensure the highest standards of safety, effectiveness and experience.
• Be a visible, credible leader, supporting staff across multiple teams and fostering a culture of compassion, accountability and continuous learning.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac

In conjunction with the Clinical Directors, direct, lead and motivate the relevant Directorates, ensuring a high standard of professionalism, efficiency and effectiveness in the delivery of services and that activity is fully aligned to the business of the HB, and is in line with local and national policy.

To promote good communication with the Clinical Directors and Senior Nurse for the Directorates and to promote effective communication within this Management Team to ensure clear and effective leadership for the Directorates.

To exercise judgment involving highly complex data and situations which require the analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options in order to ensure the effective daily management of the Directorates.

To work closely with the Divisional management Team, Clinical Directors, Senior Nurses and Service Managers in the development of strategic and operational plans for the relevant services. To formulate and contribute to long term strategic plans which involve uncertainty, and may impact on the entire organisation and to ensure that they fit within the ABUHB’s strategic plans and local and national policy.