About this role
Job summary This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and supportive team, leading Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services across Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich. It is a 12 month fixed term role, which will work alongside the existing post holder at a time of significant transformation and development. As Service Manager, you will be part of the Directorate Management team, working closely with the senior operational and clinical teams and external stakeholders, to operationally manage and develop a diverse portfolio of services. You will be responsible for providing strong and visible leadership across the boroughs of Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich. The Children's and Young Peoples Directorate is committed to meeting the needs of our service users and their families and developing our services to evolve and adapt to ensure positive outcomes and foster a supportive and well lead environment for our workforce. This post would suit an excellent leader who will ensure strong operational oversight whilst supporting strategic direction. The Trust is committed to equality and promoting diversity. Flexible working arrangements will be considered on request. This role comes with on-call responsibilities.
Main duties of the job
Through effective leadership and management, to ensure the safe, efficient, responsive and effective delivery of CAMHS - providing high quality mental health services to children, young people, parents/carers and professionals across Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich.
To ensure the services are delivered in accordance with national and local policies, priorities and regulatory frameworks and meet all performance targets. To ensure that reporting requirements to commissioners are met.
To develop and implement CAMHS strategies and priorities and operate as a key management lead within the Leadership Team.
To act as a system leader in the provision of effective and responsive mental health services to children and young people, working in partnership with external organisations.
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
To support the transformation of services. To have managerial responsibility, accountability and lead service change for CAMHS services in Bromley, Bexley and Greenwich. To contribute pro-actively to the strategic development of the Directorate and Trust. To build effective networks and working alliances internally and externally. To ensure appropriate clinical and professional leadership and advice is in place for the directly managed and associated services. To provide expert advice to the Directorate, the Trust and external agencies in respect of the post holders area of responsibility. To have the designated lead for individual strategic/operational work streams on behalf of the Directorate/Trust. To be accountable for service delivery and implement key national and local requirements. Work in partnership internally and externally to deliver evidence based, high quality care and treatment.
Person Specification
Education Essential
Masters or equivalent
Desirable
Management or Leadership Qualification
Experience Essential
Managing resources at middle management level
Desirable
Relevant professional experience, with knowledge of relevant national policy
Skills Essential
Excellent communication and relationship/interpersonal skills Experience of change management Experience of direct line management
Effort Essential
Ability to provide inspirational leadership
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.
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Employer details Employer name Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Address Memorial Hospital
Shooters Hill
London
SE18 3RZ
United Kingdom
Employer's website http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)