CAMHS Pathway Lead - Band 8a

This role will focus on service innovation and development and growing our offer to meet the needs of the population. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in shaping and overseeing the development and implementation of clinical pathways that enhance service delivery and service user outcomes.

It will be based primarily across the early help part of our pathway (Mental Health Support Team & Primary Intervention Team/Single Point of Access) but will have links across all pathways in the service.

The postholder will have a key role in developing the right access and pathway developments in the service to ensure that young people and their families have the smoothest journey with minimum waits. The role will require local and National representation for Mental Health Support Team and to work closely with the Service Manager and General Manager.

This role will have line management responsibility. This will ensure a robust and seamless approach and ensure clinical effectiveness and a joined-up approach across teams and disciplines which is crucial to improving the experience of young people and their families., The post holder:

• Would have line management responsibilities.


• Work closely with stakeholders, including commissioners and partner agencies to align pathway initiatives with strategic objectives.


• Leading projects and changes in the service


• Writing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Pathway documents


• Lead, design and develop clinical pathways within the service, using evidence-based practice


• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to streamline processed and improve service efficiency


• Monitor and evaluate effectiveness of clinical pathways


All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.

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We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means were accountable to our members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.