UCARMHSS Service Manager | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 29 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £55,690 - £62,682 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 August 2025 |
| Location: | Cambridge, CB2 3PT |
| Company: | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7381488/310-MCYPF-6913185-A |
Summary
We are seeking an experienced, innovative, and enthusiastic Service Manager to join our exciting new Universities of Cambridge and Anglia Ruskin Mental Health Student Service (UCARMHSS) pilot which is set to launch in 2025.
This new service will offer multiple pathways: psychiatry, psychology, and care coordination, allowing students to access tailored interventions. The goal is to improve access to support for students' mental health, inform about available support, and guide them in managing their mental health.
Key features of the service include:
• A focus on student needs rather than diagnosis, with every referral undergoing thorough triage and, where necessary, formulation assessments.
• Proactive support to help students succeed academically and socially at university.
• Flexible access to services, with face-to-face, telephone, video, and other online options available to meet individual preferences.
• Comprehensive care coordination, encompassing assessment, case management, self-management support, and liaison with university services.
To lead and manage service delivery of UCARMHS services within Cambridge; delivering safe and effective high-quality services, within the available resources, to achieve agreed targets.
The post holder will provide leadership and expertise to the UCARMHSS Service to deliver services within the agreed service model, working with staff within the University of Cambridge and Anglia Ruskin University , and other stakeholders, maintaining effective working relationships with CPFT Service Managers within the teams and Directorate.
The post holder will work to establish and sustain effective multi-disciplinary working within and across teams and develop effective local partnerships with both the University of Cambridge and Anglia Ruskin University.
The post holder will have expertise in providing support to a diverse population that can present with complex mental health needs whilst maintaining high functioning and moving between NHS trust catchment areas.
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
1. To ensure that there are team systems and processes to provide a responsive and effective service to service users and carers.
2. To ensure that services are delivered within a robust clinical governance framework, monitoring and evaluating standards of care routinely in accordance with Trust governance arrangements.
3. To promote an ongoing process of service improvement within the team.
4. Participate in the development and redesign of the service with support from the Directorate Senior Leadership Team.
5. To provide leadership within the team, supporting and developing the team to provide effective services.
6. To maintain an appropriate working environment.
7. To investigate and respond to comments/complaints/incidents in line with the Trust policy and take appropriate action.
8. To use creative and dynamic approaches to workforce development alongside a commitment to increasing diversity and inclusion alongside the project team.
The UCARMHSS service will be hosted at the University of Cambridge Student Services Centre (SSC). The SSC is home to many student-serving departments across the University, including UCARMHSS. The SSC is in Cambridge city centre (Bene’t Street, New Museums Site, Cambridge, CB2 3PT) and ismarked on this University map. The service operates on the 3rdfloor of the building, alongside theMental Health Advice Service (MHAS),theUniversity Counselling Service (UCS), thePostgraduate Wellbeing Service (PWS)and theHarassment and Violence Support Service (HVSS).
This advert closes on Tuesday 12 Aug 2025