CAMHS Operational Manager

Job summary

A rare opportunity to lead, influence and shape the future of specialist CAMHS inpatient and acute care across Greater Manchester.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead one of the most innovative and developing areas of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) across Greater Manchester.

As our CAMHS Inpatient Service Manager, you will provide visible, compassionate leadership for our specialist inpatient service while playing a key strategic role in the continued development of the CAMHS acute care pathway. This is a highly influential post, offering the opportunity to shape services for children and young people experiencing complex mental health needs.

Working as part of Pennine Care's senior CAMHS leadership team and alongside the Bee Together Greater Manchester Children and Young People's Mental Health Provider Collaborative, you will help drive service transformation, improve equity of access, reduce avoidable admissions and support young people to receive high-quality care closer to home wherever possible.

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Main duties of the job

You will provide operational, clinical and strategic leadership across CAMHS inpatient and acute pathway services, leading a large multidisciplinary team and ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and compassionate care. Key responsibilities include:

• Leading and developing the CAMHS inpatient service and the wider acute care pathway across Greater Manchester.

• Driving service improvement, innovation and transformation in line with local and national priorities.

• Providing inclusive and supportive leadership to nursing, therapeutic, medical and administrative teams.

• Ensuring high standards of quality, clinical governance, safeguarding, patient experience and regulatory compliance.

• Leading workforce planning, staff development, performance, budgets and effective use of resources.

• Overseeing patient flow, bed management and system-wide capacity planning.

• Building strong partnerships with young people and families, commissioners, local authorities, community teams and other inpatient providers.

• Representing Pennine Care as lead provider and contributing to strategic decisions across the Greater Manchester system.

The breadth of this post makes it an excellent opportunity for an experienced operational leader who wants to retain a strong connection to clinical quality while developing their strategic and system leadership experience.

About us

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust is committed to delivering high-quality mental health and learning disability services and improving the lives of the communities we serve.

Our CAMHS inpatient and acute care services are entering an important period of development. There is a strong focus on collaboration, innovation and improving outcomes for young people and their families. Leaders are encouraged to think creatively, challenge established ways of working and contribute meaningfully to service design and system-wide change.

You will join a committed, experienced and supportive leadership team that values compassionate leadership, staff wellbeing, professional development and continuous improvement. You will have the opportunity to build influential regional relationships and make a lasting contribution to specialist mental health services across Greater Manchester.

Job responsibilities

Why join us?

• A distinctive leadership role spanning operational management, clinical quality and regional pathway development.

• The opportunity to influence the future of CAMHS acute and inpatient care across Greater Manchester.

• Significant scope to lead transformational change and develop innovative models of care.

• Close working with senior NHS leaders, commissioners and provider collaborative partners.

• A supportive senior management team with a strong commitment to staff wellbeing and development.

• The chance to make a genuine and lasting difference for children, young people and families.

About you

We are looking for an experienced, credible and inspirational leader with a strong background in mental health inpatient services and experience of CAMHS or working with young people.

You will bring experience of leading multidisciplinary teams, managing complex services, developing staff and delivering quality improvement and change. You will be confident working across organisational boundaries, building relationships with partners and balancing operational pressures with a clear strategic vision.

Most importantly, you will be passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people. You will lead with compassion and integrity, create an inclusive culture in which staff can thrive, and bring the energy and determination needed to guide services through their next phase of development.

Interested?

If you are seeking a challenging, rewarding and influential senior leadership role, we would welcome your application. This is a rare opportunity to shape specialist CAMHS services and help create a more connected and responsive acute care pathway for young people across Greater Manchester.