Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services within the London Borough of Enfield as CAMHs Service Lead following the internal career development move of the previous post holder.
CAMHs in Enfield is facing an exciting and key point in its development; embracing the development and delivery of high quality evidenced based treatment models and care pathways to help address the needs of children and young people in Enfield in a responsive and timely manner. The team is committed to an inclusive approach to these changes to get the best and most effective help for the most vulnerable children, and young people in Enfield.
The CAMHs Service Lead has overall management responsibility for operational and service matters for community based CAMHs Teams and providing strategic and organisational leadership for the service.
Main duties of the job
This post is part of the local borough CAMHs Senior Leadership Team and key members of the divisional management group. The post holder will be responsible for the highest standard of care and services for children and young people with mental health problems and their families. The post holder will contribute fully to the operational, management and governance structure of Enfield CAMHS, including borough services, Services for Adolescents and Families (SAFE), Getting Help and More Help ITHRIVE pathways, the service for Children and Adolescents with Neuro disability (SCAN), Mental Health Support Team (MHST) and Community CAMHs.
About us
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.Our Five-Year Strategy:
1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
Why NLFT?
We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
NHS Discounts, generous annual leave, and NHS pension scheme
Excellent internal staff network
The postholder will be aligned with our Values:
We Are Kind
We Are Respectful
We Work Together
We Keep Things Simple
We Empower
We Are Proudly Diverse
Job description
Job responsibilities
The multi-disciplinary team consists of highly motivated and skilled professionals with innovative ideas about service development, and the post holder will have an active role in service improvement, strategic development, performance delivery, project management and promoting innovative practice.
Working in partnership with the team managers, support managers, professional leads, external partners, Clinical Lead and Lead Psychiatrists the post holder will support robust leadership of multi-disciplinary clinicians to ensure effective, evidenced based assessment and treatment, equity of access and a culture of continuous quality improvement.
This advert may close early.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The multi-disciplinary team consists of highly motivated and skilled professionals with innovative ideas about service development, and the post holder will have an active role in service improvement, strategic development, performance delivery, project management and promoting innovative practice.
Working in partnership with the team managers, support managers, professional leads, external partners, Clinical Lead and Lead Psychiatrists the post holder will support robust leadership of multi-disciplinary clinicians to ensure effective, evidenced based assessment and treatment, equity of access and a culture of continuous quality improvement.
This advert may close early.
Person Specification
Other Requirements
Essential
- An enthusiastic can-do attitude. Flexibility and ability to travel.
Desirable
- Must have ability to undertake. own transport e.g., bicycle, use public transport and able to travel efficiently across boroughs.
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to work autonomously at a senior level.
- Ability to enable and influence multi- professional team working and problem solving.
- Ability to work as part of a team and independently.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to work effectively with others at all levels and maintain sound working relationships.
- Able to prioritise and work under pressure.
- Ability to respond to competing demands and to complex and stressful issues with empathy, tact and sensitivity but with ability to manage staff and others through difficult situations.
Experience/ Knowledge
Essential
- Significant experience in a post-registration or senior management role Demonstrable experience of managing services within health/social care including service delivery, quality, performance and staff.
- Experience of leading successful service change.
- Experience of providing supervision.
- Experience of implementing and sustaining measures to improve productivity.
- Partnership working within and across organisations.
- Excellent track record of financial budgetary management.
Skills/ Abilities
Essential
- Ability to apply quality improvement methodology to improve services.
- Motivational skills to lead staff to deliver operational objectives and standards.
- Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to operate effectively in clinical operational environment.
- Demonstrate an ability to communicate service-related information to senior managers, staff and external agencies/partners.
- Demonstrate ability for operational planning and business planning.
Qualifications/ Registrations
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent level of experience
- Registered Health or Social Care Professional
- Evidence of working at senior level within the NHS in either child and adult services.
- Evidence of continuous personal and professional development.
Desirable
- Experience of working in CAMHs services.
Person Specification
Other Requirements
Essential
- An enthusiastic can-do attitude. Flexibility and ability to travel.
Desirable
- Must have ability to undertake. own transport e.g., bicycle, use public transport and able to travel efficiently across boroughs.
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to work autonomously at a senior level.
- Ability to enable and influence multi- professional team working and problem solving.
- Ability to work as part of a team and independently.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to work effectively with others at all levels and maintain sound working relationships.
- Able to prioritise and work under pressure.
- Ability to respond to competing demands and to complex and stressful issues with empathy, tact and sensitivity but with ability to manage staff and others through difficult situations.
Experience/ Knowledge
Essential
- Significant experience in a post-registration or senior management role Demonstrable experience of managing services within health/social care including service delivery, quality, performance and staff.
- Experience of leading successful service change.
- Experience of providing supervision.
- Experience of implementing and sustaining measures to improve productivity.
- Partnership working within and across organisations.
- Excellent track record of financial budgetary management.
Skills/ Abilities
Essential
- Ability to apply quality improvement methodology to improve services.
- Motivational skills to lead staff to deliver operational objectives and standards.
- Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to operate effectively in clinical operational environment.
- Demonstrate an ability to communicate service-related information to senior managers, staff and external agencies/partners.
- Demonstrate ability for operational planning and business planning.
Qualifications/ Registrations
Essential
- Educated to degree level or equivalent level of experience
- Registered Health or Social Care Professional
- Evidence of working at senior level within the NHS in either child and adult services.
- Evidence of continuous personal and professional development.
Desirable
- Experience of working in CAMHs services.
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).
