This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated, performance driven individual to be part of our Croydon Leadership Team.
Post holder will hold responsibility for the New Croydon Neurodevelopmental Service and play a significant role in developing this Team.
The role would suit a clinician experienced in Neurodevelopmental presentations with strong knowledge in ASD and a passions for service development. We welcome applicants trained in Clinical Psychology, Child Psychotherapy, Family Therapy, Social Work, or Nursing.
This role includes performance managing the quality of the Neurodevelopmental Service as it develops, having oversight of neurodevelopmental waiting list, holding clinical and management supervision, investigating and monitor SUI’s, to have responsibility for the team budget, ensuring that practice within the team meets relevant standards, be responsible for ensuring high levels of operational effectiveness, and evaluate and make decisions about treatment options.
To take day to day operational management responsibility in the planning, directing and management of Croydon’s Neurodevelopmental Service.
Provision of strategic and operational leadership.
The post holder will ensure that service 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 Service Manager to ensure access to timely assessment and crisis intervention by well led and motivated staff.
There will be opportunities to liaise with wider networks and colleagues in other services, working together to ensure optimum patient outcomes.
To hold clinical responsibilities including assessing and holding a caseload of young people.
We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It’s important to us that you feel valued and appreciated and that is why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.

OTHER BENEFITS INCLUDE:

Counselling services
Wellbeing events
Long service awards
Cycle to work scheme
Season ticket loan
Childcare vouchers
Staff restaurants
Leadership
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.
To ensure the effective operational management of the CAMHS service in providing services which are in accordance with the objectives of the CAMHS / and achievement of key performance targets.
Team Management
To ensure (in conjunction with the Service Manager, Heads of Professions and Lead Clinicians) that practice within the team meets relevant standards, is appropriate, timely, safe and follows agreed professional practice.
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
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 monitor sickness absence, annual leave, training and study leave, taking any appropriate management action as required.
Financial Management
To have delegated responsibility for the team budget within the service, ensuring that the team works effectively within the allocated financial framework.
Performance Management
To provide and/or contribute to the production of reports, information and proposals that support effective delivery of care and an integrated approach to work with colleagues at local level or through external agencies.
To work with the Service Manager and key senior staff to develop robust clinical pathways.
Quality
To performance manage the quality of the clinical services, including patient safety, patient satisfaction, clinical outcomes and compliance with the clinical pathways and associated protocols.
To investigate and monitor SUI’s, complaints and disciplinary issues and ensure adverse outcomes are reported and action taken. Produce high quality, timely reports and action plans to ensure recommendations are implemented and lessons are learnt.
Clinical effectiveness
To measure outcomes to demonstrate achievements against care pathway. standards.
To promote the engagement of carers and families in the care pathway.
Clinical Service Provision
Provide assessments of children and young people referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources.
Communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of children and young people under their care and to monitor progress during the course of both individual and multi-disciplinary care.
Self Management
To attend regular management/professional supervision. Through supervision and appraisal, acknowledge own limitations and discuss/identify/access training as appropriate. Be aware of and reflect on own practice as a manager/clinician.
To be aware of and adhere to all Trust polices, acting as a role model to other staff.
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