Operational Team Manager | 306 North London NHS Foundation Trust

The Operational Team Manager for Enfield CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Service (NDS) and Servicefor Children and Adolescents with Neurodevelopmental Conditions (SCAN)is responsible for overseeing the daily operations and management of the CAMHS NDS team. This role ensures the efficient delivery of high-quality services to children and young people with neurodevelopmental conditions, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or both. The post-holder will provide leadership, guidance, and support to the multidisciplinary team, ensuring that services are delivered in line with clinical standards, organizational policies, and national frameworks. · Under the direction of the Service Lead to be responsible for leading and managing a modern, efficient mental health community service for a defined population in accordance with commissioned services. · With the support of the: Leadership team; Senior Practitioners; and the Medical Consultant Lead, to lead and manage the delivery of high-quality effective evidence-based interventions which lead to positive outcomes for service users and carers. ·To lead by example, motivating and empowering others and promoting positive attitudes, mutual understanding and collaboration between all services involved in the care process. ·To line manage all staff within the multi-disciplinary team ensuring effective processes where this is delegated To manage the performance of all designated care clinicians within the team in line with the requirements of case management / care co-ordination to ensure that consistent clinical and quality standards are maintained. ·To ensure close working relationships and protocols with other internal and external services, encouraging their involvement in the planning and provision of the care plan, through effective liaison roles between Trust services and the commissioners. Oversee and manage the day-to-day operations of the CAMHS NDS/SCAN team, ensuring the smooth running of clinical and administrative functions.,

• Oversee and manage the day-to-day operations of the CAMHS NDS/SCAN team, ensuring the smooth running of clinical and administrative functions.
• Provide strong leadership and supervision to a multidisciplinary team, including psychologists, therapists, nurses, and administrative staff, ensuring they are supported and able to deliver high-quality care.
• Ensure that all services are delivered in line with national and local CAMHS guidelines, meeting the needs of children, young people, and their families in a timely and effective manner.
People Management · To ensure appropriate compliance with Trust policies in relation to people management activities. These include recruitment and selection activity, effective sickness and attendance management and the application of standards in relation to conduct and performance at work as well as undertaking regular practice and management supervision. · To be responsible for ensuring ongoing completion of staff appraisals and that all team members have a job plan and appraisal in line with Trust Policy. · To provide and ensure an effective learning environment for student placements across all professions. · To ensure that all staff fulfil the requirements of statutory & mandatory training · To maintain a skill mix within the team which provides effective agreed services which can respond to statutory requirements, in line with relevant professional guidance and norms established by the Trust. · To undertake investigations into complaints from service users and carers, untoward incidents and staffing matters, preparing reports as needed and working in partnership with others to meet required deadlines. · Demonstrate responsibility for developing own practice in line with professional qualifications and for the development of others, both practitioners, and those in training by making use of and providing, effective feedback, coaching and appraisal.

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT)is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people. Our Five-Year Strategy: 1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home. 2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all 3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care. 4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology. Why NLFT? · We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities. · We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives. · NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme · Excellent internal staff network In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.