Team Manager - Kirklees Neurodevelopmental Assessment Team

Job summary

37.5 hours per week

We are looking for an enthusiastic full time Band 7 Team Manager for Kirklees Neurodevelopmental assessment team. The team offers diagnostic assessments for Autism and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ADHD) to children and young people up under the age of 18.

The post holder will lead in the operational delivery of the service and will contribute significantly to further service development alongside the clinical lead and senior management team.

This role would suit those with a keen interest in neurodiversity, who are passionate about good quality service provision for children, young people and their families but who also have a strong desire to maintain a team culture where staff thrive.

You will receive support from the wider CAMHS operational management structure and clinical lead and will be provided with supportive supervision to aid development within the role. We also offer excellent training and personal development opportunities.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.

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Main duties of the job

The post holder will be expected to provide visible and accessible clinical and operational leadership across the service and will have accountability for the delivery of a high quality neurodevelopmental assessment service. They will be responsible for the line management of staff, including supervision, undertaking appraisals alongside other HR processes including recruitment and sickness monitoring.

The post holder will lead, influence and positively contribute to service development and business planning alongside the clinical lead and service manager and will have governance responsibilities such as ensuring record keeping standards are met and auditing, monitoring and evaluating service standards.

They will also need to act as a highly specialised expert resource within the team which may involve some clinical work (diagnostic assessments) dependent on service demand and acuity.

At the time of advertising, this role does meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. We look forward to receiving your application.

Job responsibilities

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means were accountable to our members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.

We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.