Job responsibilities
Potters Bar Clinic are looking for a CAMHS Clinical Services Manager to join the team. The successful applicant will be an RMN/RGN with previous experience working as a Ward Manager and will also have experience of working within a CAMHS service.
Being a CAMHS Clinical Service Manager, you will demonstrate great leadership daily and inspire the team at Potters Bar Clinic to bring out their very best.
You will be accountable for the operational, strategic, financial day-to-day running of the CAMHS Service at Potters Bar Clinical. Whilst ensuring that safe, effective, and responsive clinical care is provided to service users to support their care plans.
The Clinical Service Manager will oversee rota planning for the CAMHS service to ensure appropriate staffing levels.
As the CAMHS Clinical Service Manager, you will be responsive to referrals, ensuring that information provided is reviewed and decisions made upon receipt of the referral.
Reporting to the Deputy Hospital Director, you will drive and embed, effective clinical practice, and develop and maintain a positive culture of clinical excellence at Potters Bar Clinic. You will work in partnership with other managers and provide support and cover for Acute services, for Annual Leave, Out of Hours Visits and On-Call arrangements
Role - CAMHS Clinical Service Manager
Location - Potters Bar, Hertfordshire
Salary - £61,500
Hours - 37.5 per week, Full-Time
Your responsibilities:
- The Clinical Service Manager will oversee the rotas to ensure they are accurate and reflect reality, taking account for sickness, annual leave and training, working with the relevant Ward Managers to correct any changes required. Ensure that all staffing needs are on the electronic system for no less than 12 weeks in advance
- The Clinical Service Manager will ensure that all HR policies are adhered to by staff and take action to remedy concerns promptly
- The Clinical Service Manager will ensure that all dashboards, related to their area of accountability are maintained as up to date for reporting purposes
- The Clinical Service Manager will oversee and report that all staff within their sphere of accountability are receiving supervision in line with contractual obligations and Elysium Policy and that all appraisals are completed on a rolling annual basis
- The Clinical Service Manager will undertake audits, in line with the requirements of contractual obligations and Elysium’s Clinical audit group and ensure action plans are developed and then monitor the plan, to ensure standards are improved
- The Clinical Service Manager will monitor the day-to-day clinical operational functioning of their area of accountability, to ensure clinical standards are being met and maintained, by monitoring carenotes entries, IRIS compliance and ward round documentation, to ensure it is all-encompassing and reflects clinical activity.
- The Clinical Service Manager will demonstrate a culture of inquiry and learning from any adverse events, to ensure that staff are practising safely as new information is available
- Oversee that all patients have relevant in date plans of care, which are person-centred and promote recovery
- The Clinical Service Manager will ensure that records are at all times, contemporaneous, accurate and in line with GPDR requirements and that any risks related to patient care, are documented and address short-coming as they arise.
- Ensure that patients have clear plans of care for the physical and psychological care and that these are maintained accurately and reviewed promptly and based on the presentation of the patient
- Accurately report ward to board information within the defined timescales set by the company
- Ensure that all complaints/ internal investigations are dealt with in the timescales laid down by the company
- To always maintain compliance with CQC and Safeguarding reporting
- To provide high clinical visibility to unit staff, by visiting each ward each day, whilst on duty
Where you will be working:
Location: 190 Barnet Road, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, EN6 2SE
Join the team at Potters Bar Clinic providing care for young people with acute mental health needs and personality disorders in an established 24-hour care environment. The CAMHS Tier 4 Low Secure services are for young people aged 13–18.
Potters Bar Clinic is located in a residential area, only one minute drive from the M25 and a short bus ride from Potters Bar Train Station – with a bus stop right outside, making it an easy commute for most.
What you will get:
- Annual Salary of £61,500
- The equivalent of 33 days annual leave – plus your birthday off!
- Free meals and parking
- Well-being support and activities
- Career development and training
- Pension contribution
- Life Assurance
- Enhanced Maternity Package
There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers, and much more.
About your next employer:
You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.
Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.
Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.
