Job summary
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 CAMHS portfolios
across Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
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.
This role is a cross county role, with bases across Herefordshire and
Worcestershire. 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.
Main duties of the job
The CAMHS Locality Services Manager role will support the review,
development and implementation of the projects alongside the operational
management of the service. You will provide leadership and will be involved in
the development of the service 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 or transferrable
skills in clinical 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 such as the NMC or HCPC.
About us
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. Its why we were named Large Apprenticeship Employer of the Year award at the 2022 Worcestershire Apprenticeship Awards. 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 staff networks such as LGBT+ and ENRICH (Equality Network for Race Inclusion and Cultural Heritage)
Health service discounts and online benefits including excellent cycle to work and car salary sacrifice schemes
Health and wellbeing opportunities
If you would like to know more, please visit our careers website.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full details of the duties and criteria
for the role please refer to the job description and person specification
attached.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of NHS or social care policy environment
- Knowledge of Trust policies and procedures both clinical and organisational
- Understanding of the performance and governance arrangements of the Trust
- Knowledge of safeguarding children/vulnerable adults
Desirable
- Knowledge and experience of audit
- Knowledge and experience of research and development
Skills & Abilities
Desirable
- Analytical approach to problem solving
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Ability to travel independently across the county to meet the demands of the post
- Ability to prioritise work and meet deadlines
- Ability to liaise across a wide range of interests and professions
- Good time management skills
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience working within a health or social care environment (as demonstrated by 5 years post registration experience or equivalent)
- Previous experience of managing
- a health or social care service
- Experience of developing and implementing contentious change management programmes
- Working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of leading audits and clinical quality reviews
- Experience of providing clinical supervision to staff
- Experience of managing HR issues
Desirable
- Previous experience of supervising/managing multi-disciplinary staff groups
- Experience of providing clinical supervision across different disciplines
- Experience of providing management supervision
Qualifications
Essential
- Post Graduate Diploma in relevant Heath and Social Care field
- Professional clinical qualification and current registration within a health or social care profession
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer
Desirable
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 .
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 .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
Address
2 Kings Court
Charles Hastings Way
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR5 1JR