Mental Health Support Team Operational Manager

We are pleased to advertise a new and exciting opportunity for an outstanding candidate to join our dynamic and energetic CAMHS leadership group as Operational Manager for our MentalHealth Support Teams (MHST) in the Royal Borough of Greenwich and London Borough of Bexley., As Operational Manager, you will be responsible for ensuringthe efficient and effective delivery of the MHSTs, as part of the CAMHS sub-directorate - providing high quality, safe and responsive mental health services to children, young people, parents/carers and professionals.You will work in close partnership with senior clinical, professional and managerial leads within the Trust to realise our ambitious goals for our MHST service, including significant expansion in 25/26, and to drive a culture of continuous improvement., Mental Health Support Teams are part of a large scale national initiative, aiming to improve the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people within education settings, address health inequalities, improve access and support education colleagues with a whole school approach to wellbeing.

The Operational Manager will lead the operational and strategic development of the service across Bexley and Greenwich. The team requires ongoing development & specific work to ensure robust integration across the school's pathway. The role will be working alongside community partners & developing relationships between the MHST & educational settings. The role will need to ensure efficient & effective delivery of the MHST, providing high quality, safe & responsive services to children, young people, parents/carers & professionals, as part of a multi-agency system.

Extensive experience of operational management and exceptional leadership skills are critical to success in this role - you will need to be a strong, compassionate and convincing communicator with an energy and passion for working with children and young people and in delivering transformational change.

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values