Clinical Service Lead | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 15 Gorffennaf 2025 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £61,927 - £68,676 per annum inclusive of HCAS |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 14 Awst 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Catford, SE6 4JD |
| Cwmni: | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7291125/334-NUR-7291125-LF |
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The Clinical Service Lead (CSL) of the Lewisham CAMHS Crisis Team is responsible for the leadership of the clinical team responding to young people attending University Hospital Lewisham A&E in a mental health crisis. This is a small team dedicated to immediate, short-term, crisis assessment, risk management and discharge with 7 day follow-up or admission to an adolescent unit under a section of the Mental Health Act. The CSL will be a leader and clinician, undertaking direct work in the A&E department alongside management duties. The team is supported by Consultant Psychiatry and the Clinical Lead for Risk Support Service.
To take day to day operational management responsibility in the planning, directing and management of the Lewisham Crisis service.
· The post holder will ensure that service access and delivery is efficient, effective, evidence based, needs led, as well as service user and carer focused.
· The post holder will provide clear leadership, in partnership with the Clinical Lead for Risk Support Service to ensure access to timely treatment and intervention by well led and motivated staff that contributes to promoting safety and achievement for all children and young people.
Lewisham Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) is primarily based in Kaleidoscope, a modern and attractive multi-agency setting in Catford, and 78 Lewisham Park. Some teams are co-located with partnership colleagues.
Lewisham CAMHS provides a multidisciplinary assessment, diagnostic, treatment, advisory and consultative service for children and adolescents with emotional and behavioural difficulties, in particular those with moderate to severe mental health presentations.
The Crisis Team undertakes mental health and risk assessment on young people who attend University Hospital Lewisham Accident & Emergency Department who have severe mental health difficulties or who have self-harmed and may be a suicide risk. The team focuses on assessment, discharge and seven day follow-up, and additionally may organise Mental Health Act Assessments and hospital admission.
The Service has strong managerial and clinical leadership and is well positioned within the South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. The trust itself has a strong reputation for innovation, learning and training and a commitment to equality in employment and service provision, and staff development.
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.
This advert closes on Tuesday 29 Jul 2025