Team Manager | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
They will provide clear leadership, in partnership with the Service Manager in order to ensure access to timely treatment and intervention by well led and motivated staff that contributes to promoting safety and achievement for all children and young people
The post holder will take the lead in and actively encourage and support staff to build strong links with other providers of community resources and utilise all available resources to meet the identified needs of individual patients. They will ensure that commissioning priorities of the relevant CCG and Council are adhered to and take day to day responsibility for the management and smooth running of the referral, assessment and patient allocation processes.The post holder will work with the Service Manager and other local senior clinicians to ensure that team performance targets are consistently met by developing and implementing improvement plans as and when necessary. The post holder will offer clinical assessment and intervention in line with registration, CPD and service needs
- To ensure the appropriate and accurate use of the client information data base
- To ensure the effective use of human resources ensuring safe levels of staffing which reflect the necessary and appropriate skill mix.
- Provide assessments of children and young people referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from avariety of sources
- Communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of children and young people under their care and to monitor progress during the course of both uni and multidisciplinary care
- To ensure that as a member of CAMHS you are fully aware of current developments, legislation and practice in the care of children and young people with mental health problems
The post holder will ensure that his/her own practice and conduct and that of the members of the team adheres to the following CNWL standards
The post holder will complete the CNWL mandatory training programme annually within
directed timescales.
The post holder will work in line with CNWL policy and procedures at all times.
CNWL CAMHS offers community services across five London Boroughs, we have two inpatient units, Collingham Gardens for under 13-year olds and Lavender Walk, adolescent unit, in inner London and our specialist CYP Eating Disorders Service that sits within our all age Eating Disorders Service.Milton Keynes also provides CAMH services for CNWL.
You will be expected to support the development of all staff and a commitment to meaningful engagement with children & young people, families and other stakeholders to help continuously improve our services is essential as well as ensuring clinicians are encouraged to work in a participatory way so that shared decision making and conversations around formulation/diagnosis and ongoing care are a collaborative endeavour with the people who access our service.
To provide robust People Management, Finance Management, Performance Management, Stakeholder management and successful delivery of Service specifications to ensure Children and Young People and their parents or cares receive good quality and safe service.
This advert closes on Wednesday 23 Oct 2024