CAMHS Service Manager
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
London, SE18 3RZ
Salary
£85,641 to £97,746
Contract
Fixed-Term
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
17 September 2026
13 days left
Job description
This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and supportive team, leading Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services across Bexley, Bromley and ...
Through effective leadership and management, to ensure the safe, efficient, responsive and effective delivery of CAMHS - providing high quality mental health services to children, young people, parents/carers and professionals across Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich.
To ensure the services are delivered in accordance with national and local policies, priorities and regulatory frameworks and meet all performance targets. To ensure that reporting requirements to commissioners are met.
To develop and implement CAMHS strategies and priorities and operate as a key management lead within the Leadership Team.
To act as a system leader in the provision of effective and responsive mental health services to children and young people, working in partnership with external organisations.
- To support the transformation of services.
- To have managerial responsibility, accountability and lead service change for CAMHS services in Bromley, Bexley and Greenwich.
- To contribute pro-actively to the strategic development of the Directorate and Trust.
- To build effective networks and working alliances internally and externally.
- To ensure appropriate clinical and professional leadership and advice is in place for the directly managed and associated services.
- To provide expert advice to the Directorate, the Trust and external agencies in respect of the post holders area of responsibility.
- To have the designated lead for individual strategic/operational work streams on behalf of the Directorate/Trust.
- To be accountable for service delivery and implement key national and local requirements.
- Work in partnership internally and externally to deliver evidence based, high quality care and treatment.
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:
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Education
Essential
- Masters or equivalent
Desirable
- Management or Leadership Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Managing resources at middle management level
Desirable
- Relevant professional experience, with knowledge of relevant national policy
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication and relationship/interpersonal skills
- Experience of change management
- Experience of direct line management
Effort
Essential
- Ability to provide inspirational leadership
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
3 September 2026
Last checked
4 September 2026
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