Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a substantive Band 8a Team Manager for CAMHS Crisis. Our CAMHS Crisis team are a dynamic and responsive team, serving children and young people who require immediate support to manage their mental health crisis.The team provide urgent assessment and home treatment interventions within the community.

Within the role of Team Manager you will be responsible for the operational and clinical delivery for the assessment & home treatment offer.

The team's remit includes providing urgent assessment across LLR, responding to young people and their parents/ carers who contact NHS 111; a 24 hour line which provides support and advice and liaison, providing urgent assessment within Leicester Royal Infirmary both in the emergency department and the children's hospital.

The team are well embedded within the CAMHS umbrella, working closely with other teams to provide robust packages of care to children and young people.

There are opportunities to further develop how this service can be delivered across the county and the post holder will work closely with colleagues within the team to continue to deliver high quality care, whilst shaping the service.

Within the senior leadership team learning and development opportunities are supported both through in-house training and external provision.

We provide extensive support and supervision within our team and service.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide visible, accessible and authoritative clinical and managerial leadership for CAMHS Crisis, which includes Assessment & Home Treatment, Urgent Assessment Hub, 24 hour phone support and Crisis Plus liaison service.They will ensure care quality performance and high-quality clinical activity.

• To provide visible, accessible and authoritative clinical and managerial leadership
• To ensure the delivery of a clinically effective highly specialised service which delivers effective packages of care that are reflective of individuals diverse needs.
• To set, monitor and evaluate standards to ensure a high quality of care.
• To act as a highly specialised expert resource within the field of CAMHS
• To influence the development of the service and be a change agent
• To ensure the effective management of budgets.

Please note that this role requires a full UK driving license and access to a car during working hours.

About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.