Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Bexley Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services for a dynamic and motivated individual to join our leadership team in the role of Team Manager.
The post holder will be provide effective management and leadership to the Bexley CAMHS Cedar Team.
Bexley CAMHS has recently gone through a restructure, and is now working in alignment with Thrive principles. The post holder will need to ensure that clinical work within Cedar team is in accordance with the Thrive approach.
The Cedar team is part of an integrated service, and works in close partnership with Bexley Social Care, and local education providers to provide specialist mental services to children and young people with complex needs, within a THRIVE Framework.
The post-holder will work in alignment with Thrive principles and ensure that clinical work within Cedar Team is in accordance with the Thrive approach.
The post-holder will also be required to work collaboratively with other Team Managers and liaise closely with the clinical leads, to ensure consistent and equitable access, clinical effectiveness, a positive and co-produced service user experience and measurable outcomes for children and young people across Bexley CAMHS.
There may be a requirement to offer direct clinical care at times.
Main duties of the job
The Team Manager's main duties are listed below
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To provide managerial and operational leadership to the designated multi-disciplinary Team, taking overall responsibility for the work undertaken within these Teams.
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To ensure the service is delivered in accordance with CYP-MH / Thrive principles.
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To work closely with Trust and external senior management and other professional colleagues to ensure high quality and effective service provision.
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To work with system partners within the THRIVE framework to ensure CAMHS services are delivered according to local objectives and joint care strategies.
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To play a key role in formulating and implementing service objectives.
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To work as a member of the management team for the service.
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Be responsible for the implementation of and adherence to all corporate policies and procedures, including those for the management of staff, including recruitment, performance management & staff development, absence management, health & safety and equality of opportunity.
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To problem solve as appropriate, developing and implementing lasting solutions in conjunction with clinical and managerial colleagues.
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
Management responsibilities
To be managerially and operationally responsible for all aspects of service delivery for the Team.
To develop team policies and procedures to ensure safe and consistent service delivery and development.
To manage services within a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency environment, analysing complex issues and responding to them in a timely and effective manner.
To ensure the service is delivered in accordance with CYP-MH and Thrive principles.
To be responsible for Team budgets, including identification of possible development opportunities and cost savings.
To take a leading role in the development, monitoring and review of annual service/business plans.
To be responsible for recruitment in partnership with professional leads within the service.
To ensure information systems are kept up to date and comply with Trust protocols.
To manage complaints and critical incident reporting, provide management reports and ensure learning from these events is embedded.
To establish regular, scheduled team meetings and other professional forums as required.
To deputise for the Operational Manager as required.
To offer direct clinical care as required.
Leadership
To be managerially and operationally accountable to the Operational manager for service delivery.
To manage the teams performance against commissioned contracts, NICE guidance, Trust policies and activity reports.
To be responsible for team operational supervision, job planning, appraisal, and training and development.
To lead on the development, implementation and review of clinical and organisational change within the Team.
To ensure that systems for training, mentoring and coaching are in place.
Clinical
To ensure team conducts effective clinical risk assessments, use Care Pathways to enable care planning, including CPA and conform to Trust case management protocols.
To ensure referrals to the team are allocated or redirected and discharged according to Trust procedures.
To offer direct clinical care as required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Management responsibilities
To be managerially and operationally responsible for all aspects of service delivery for the Team.
To develop team policies and procedures to ensure safe and consistent service delivery and development.
To manage services within a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency environment, analysing complex issues and responding to them in a timely and effective manner.
To ensure the service is delivered in accordance with CYP-MH and Thrive principles.
To be responsible for Team budgets, including identification of possible development opportunities and cost savings.
To take a leading role in the development, monitoring and review of annual service/business plans.
To be responsible for recruitment in partnership with professional leads within the service.
To ensure information systems are kept up to date and comply with Trust protocols.
To manage complaints and critical incident reporting, provide management reports and ensure learning from these events is embedded.
To establish regular, scheduled team meetings and other professional forums as required.
To deputise for the Operational Manager as required.
To offer direct clinical care as required.
Leadership
To be managerially and operationally accountable to the Operational manager for service delivery.
To manage the teams performance against commissioned contracts, NICE guidance, Trust policies and activity reports.
To be responsible for team operational supervision, job planning, appraisal, and training and development.
To lead on the development, implementation and review of clinical and organisational change within the Team.
To ensure that systems for training, mentoring and coaching are in place.
Clinical
To ensure team conducts effective clinical risk assessments, use Care Pathways to enable care planning, including CPA and conform to Trust case management protocols.
To ensure referrals to the team are allocated or redirected and discharged according to Trust procedures.
To offer direct clinical care as required.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Management Qualification
- Educated to, or working towards master degree
- Professional Registration
Experience
Essential
- Team Management
- CAMHS Experience
- Experience of working in mental health setting
Desirable
- Worked with LDND children
- Worked with LAC
Skills
Essential
- Leadership of clinical staff
- Communication with external stakeholders
- Leading staff through change
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Management Qualification
- Educated to, or working towards master degree
- Professional Registration
Experience
Essential
- Team Management
- CAMHS Experience
- Experience of working in mental health setting
Desirable
- Worked with LDND children
- Worked with LAC
Skills
Essential
- Leadership of clinical staff
- Communication with external stakeholders
- Leading staff through change
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
