Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Leadership

To support the development of a culture that promotes leadership through coaching in accordance with Trust standards and protocols.

·        To line manage and performance manage team members in accordance with Trust standards and protocols.

·        To line manage and performance manage team to assist in recruiting, motivating, training, developing and retaining appropriate staff enabling them to have the skills, expertise and discretion to function effectively in their roles.

·        Provide demonstrable assurance that staff have the appropriate skills and competence to deliver high quality care.

·        To ensure the effective operational management of the CAMHS Crisis Service in providing services which are in accordance with the objectives of CAMHS, and achievement of key performance targets.

·        To demonstrate clinical competence and role model effective clinical care delivery, with at least 50% direct clinical work.

·        To be a visible leader and be accessible to clinical staff, services users and carers onsite within the clinic, with some flexible working solutions.

Team Management

·        To ensure that services are developed and provided that are of the highest standard in terms of accessibility, consistent with SLAM’s values.

·        To ensure (in conjunction with the Service Manager, Clinical Lead for Risk Support, Heads of Professions and Lead Clinicians) that practice within the team meets relevant standards, is appropriate, timely, safe and follows agreed professional practice.

·        To provide immediate advice and direction to all members of the Service, and others in relation to complex organisational practice situations as necessary.

·        To work in conjunction with the Service Manager and Clinical Lead for Risk Support to develop effective quality assurance and performance systems that support performance against CAMHS KPIs and provide staff with feedback on their performance.

To establish and maintain effective working relationships and new working arrangements with colleagues, children and young people, parents and other key stakeholders.
To ensure that staff engage in regular meetings, training and team building with the goal of promoting a working environment that is open, honest, supportive and outward looking.

Staff Management

·        To ensure the effective use of human resources ensuring safe levels of staffing which reflect the necessary and appropriate skill mix.

·        To ensure that all staff are in receipt of regular appraisal and professional development support, liaising with Heads of profession and training departments as appropriate.

·        Provide demonstrable assurance that all staff are receiving appraisal and personal development plans that include mandatory training and clinical supervision to enable the workforce to be fit for practice.

·        To provide demonstrable assurance that service lines comply with all mandatory reporting and assurance frameworks to enable the Trust to achieve compliance.

·        To ensure the effective use of human resources ensuring safe levels of staffing which reflect the necessary and appropriate skill mix. To ensure that all staff are in receipt of regular appraisal and professional development support, liaising with Heads of profession and training departments, as appropriate.

·        To establish and maintain effective working relationships and new working arrangements with colleagues, children and young people, parents and other key stakeholders.

·        To ensure that staff engage in regular meetings, training and team building with the goal of promoting a working environment that is open, honest, supportive and outward looking.

·        To monitor sickness absence, annual leave, training and study leave, taking any appropriate management action as required.

·        To ensure all staff are trained and participate in regular audit.

·        To ensure all staff are pro-active in contributing to team and service training initiatives.

·        To ensure that all staff are trained to understand and make optimum use of electronic systems that facilitate service delivery.