A 12‑month fixed‑term position providing maternity cover within the Lambeth CAMHS Crisis Team.
Overview
The post holder will take day‑to‑day operational management responsibility in the planning, directing and management of the Rapids Team (Crisis). They will ensure efficient, effective, evidence‑based, needs‑led service access and delivery, while maintaining a focus on service users and carers.
Key Responsibilities
* Leadership – Support a culture of coaching in line with Trust standards, line‑manage and performance‑manage team leaders and managers, recruit, develop and retain staff, and demonstrate clinical competence and role‑model effective care delivery.
* Team Management – Develop and provide services of the highest standard, ensure practice meets relevant standards with the Service Manager and relevant senior staff, provide immediate advice for complex organisational situations, and establish effective working relationships with colleagues, children, young people, families and stakeholders.
* Staff Management – Safe staffing, regular appraisal and professional development, monitoring sickness absence and leave, ensure staff receive mandatory training, are audit‑compliant, and utilise electronic systems effectively.
* Financial Management – Delegated responsibility for the team budget, ensuring delivery within resources while maintaining quality, and identifying any potential adverse financial impacts.
* Performance Management – Produce and analyse reports and proposals, embed a performance culture with KPI review, develop robust clinical pathways, and provide regular feedback on progress to senior management.
* Quality – Monitor patient safety, satisfaction and outcomes, use dashboards to improve care, investigate complaints and disciplinary issues, and lead continuous quality improvement initiatives using lean methodology.
* Clinical Effectiveness – Ensure resources achieve efficiencies, measure outcomes, engage carers and families, and maintain operational effectiveness and performance targets.
* Clinical Service Provision – Provide assessments, formulate treatment plans using evidence‑based frameworks, implement therapeutic interventions, conduct risk assessment and management, act as care coordinator, and communicate treatment plans sensitively.
* Self‑Management – Stay current with legislation and practice, attend professional supervision, adhere to Trust policies, meet professional standards, and undertake additional duties as directed by the Service Manager.
Stakeholder Engagement
* Work with local commissioners, GP practices, community settings, CAMHS, and local mental health & wellbeing services.
* Attend regional and national meetings as required.
* Collaborate with partners and communities to promote systemic change, mental health equality, and narrowing of health inequalities.
Application Deadline
This advert closes on Monday 8 Dec 2025.
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