The closing date is 28 June 2026
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust are excited to be expanding their Mental Health in Schools provision to 100% coverage over the next three years and looking to strengthen our leadership team through recruitment to a Head of Clinical Service role dedicated specifically to MHST.
The Head of Clinical Services will provide strong, compassionate leadership and operational oversight of the MHST portfolio across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Ensuring the development of the service is clinically led and responsive to the needs of children and young people, with governance and performance that is aligned with the national protocol. The role will ensure the maintenance of the excellent practice and outcomes of our currently existing teams, whilst working collaboratively with our ICB and system partners to mobilise 17 new teams over the next three years. To achieve this, we are seeking to recruit a values based leader in line with the Trusts CARE values (compassion, accountability, respect and excellence) with experience of successfully leading in large organisations and through periods of change.
We welcome conversations about this role. If you are interested please get in touch with Chantal Homan, Associate Director, Chantal.homan2@nhs.net.
This is a key role in providing strong and visible leadership within the CAMHS subdivision, of the Children & Families Division and, as part of the CAMHS senior leadership team, will work to ensure the delivery of high quality, safe care.
Be accountable for the operational delivery of clinical services across the CAMHS subdivision. Working as part of the Senior Leadership Team, and under the supervision of the Associate Director, managing the associated integrated clinical, operational, staffing, governance and financial performance.
Support the Associate Director(s) and Associate Clinical Director to translate the vision of integrated management and governance into safe, effective and efficient service delivery. Using their leadership skills, they will be a visible, accessible and professional presence, providing leadership and supervision.
Lead in new ways of working and change across the service, and with partners, will ensure the services can deliver the care our children, young people and families need and want. This will include adapting to the changing requirements emerging over time and supporting changes to both the service delivery model and staffing structures.
Have a close working relationship with the Associate Director, particularly with regards to the delivery of integration and transformation plans. They will also work closely with the Associate Clinical Director and the Head of Quality Governance for clinical safety and effectiveness across CAMHS.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.
Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.
We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.
Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence.
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
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.
Adelaide Health Centre, Western Community Centre
Permanent
Full-time
348-CFS-11521
Adelaide Health Centre, Western Community Centre
£66,582 to £77,368 a year. Please note for part time hours the salary will be pro rata.