Team Manager

To be responsible and provide effective leadership for a clinical team providing a high-quality service within the resources available.

Provide evidence based high quality service

To provide effective management of young people in the community

To provide a safe, effective service that prioritises young people and their families and puts them at the centre of every aspect of the service.

To provide a service where equality, diversity and inclusion underpins care and operational policy; ensuring young people and their families cultural, religious, and spiritual needs are considered.

To provide a seamless and consistent service through the use of a multidisciplinary team.

To be able to effectively manage an emotionally demanding workload often under pressure and involving multiple stakeholders who may present with high expressed emotion and increased service pressures.

To ensure that staff maintain accurate clinical records and electronic records safely and to a high standard, and that they are stored and accessed appropriately.

To provide a well-led and responsive service that values staff, supports them through supervision, provides training opportunities and career development.

To work as a member of the senior management team for the service and to participate in working groups or service development forums to develop policies, protocols, or guidelines relevant to the multidisciplinary / multi agency clinical team.

To co-ordinate recruitment and selection of staff within the team, leading on decisions as designated by the operational and service manager.

To play a key role in formulating and implementing service objectives.

To deliver a service within the agreed financial envelope, taking responsibility for the use of resources within the team, ensuring maximum value in terms of clinical and cost effectiveness and contribute to budget setting exercises and consulting with line management regarding anticipated over/under spending.

To undertake service audit and evaluation within the team and to involve clinical and non-clinical team staff within a quality improvement framework.

To work closely with Trust and external senior management and other professional colleagues to ensure high quality and effective service provision.

To work with other partnership agencies to ensure CAMHS services are delivered according to local objectives and joint care strategies.

Deputises for operational as and when required.