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Job summary

Main area
CAMHS
Grade
Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
050-NMR023-0125
Employer
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Employer type
NHS
Site
North Wales Adolescent Service
Town
Abergele
Salary
£54,550 - £61,412 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
27/01/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board logo

Clinical Service Manager

Band 8a

If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB)  North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and ‘Proud to Lead’ competence framework.

Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the “Disability Confident Employer” scheme. We also offer a number of family-friendly benefits, including work-life balance policies.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh.  Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

The salary scale above has been agreed as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2024/2025 and will be implemented in November 2024 backdated to 1st April 2024 where applicable. 

 

Job overview

Are you an ambitious Registered Professional? Would you like to lead and shape the future of our Tier 4 CAMHS and Regional specialist services?

Then we want to hear from you!

This is an excellent development opportunity for a professional registered person with proven leadership and management experience within mental health services.

This role will offer you a challenging but rewarding environment, with involvement in our improvement and transformation programme of work which includes inpatient, intensive community outreach and specialist eating disorder services. 

Main duties of the job

Your responsibilities will include co-ordinating, delivering and maintaining a high standard of day to day clinical care, providing support to our broader Inpatient and other regional specialist services including unscheduled care and offering strong clinical leadership to our team. 

Additionally, you'll maintain positive relationships within NWAS and CAMHS community services.  

NWAS participate in the Royal College of Psychiatry QNIC accreditation programme and the report from the last review stated ‘One of the main strengths of the NWAS team is the high morale amongst staff and good working relationships’.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Working for our organisation

If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB)  North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and ‘Proud to Lead’ competence framework.

Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the “Disability Confident Employer” scheme.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh.  Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.

 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • • NMC Registered nurse or other appropriate clinical profession with qualifications appropriate to the service area managed.
  • • Continued professional and management development.
  • Relevant MSc or knowledge equivalent to Masters level in management or willing to work towards
Desirable criteria
  • • Evidence of mentoring
  • • Assessing and/or teaching
  • • Management qualification
  • • Mental Health Measure

Experience

Essential criteria
  • • Significant management experience at Band 7 or above
  • • Relevant clinical experience
  • • Child Protection/safeguarding
  • • Service and/or policy development
Desirable criteria
  • • Evidence of financial management.
  • • Evidence of audit skills.

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Leadership
  • • Ability to prioritise work to tight deadlines
  • • Strategic thinker
  • • Effective communication at all levels and with other agencies and general public.
  • • Developed interpersonal skills
  • • Ability to communicate in a variety of media
  • • Time management.
  • • Problem solving and analysis of data .
  • • Team working
  • • IT skills – ECDL or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • • Presentation skills

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • • Familiar with Clinical Governance/risk management/patient safety.
  • • Clinically up to date.
  • • Management of change
  • • Child protection/safeguarding
Desirable criteria
  • • HR policies.
  • • Evidence of knowledge and application of consent, data protection, patient confidentiality, Health & Safety issues.
  • • Participate in evidence based practice by involvement in audit / research and development within the field of practice.
  • • Mental Health Measure

Personal Qualities (Demonstrable)

Essential criteria
  • • Be a Health Board worthy team player
  • • Act as a positive role model by influencing and sharing skills and knowledge.
  • • Initiative
  • • Resilience
  • • Credible clinically and managerially.
  • • Integrity

OTHER RELEVANT REQUIREMENTS (Please Specify)

Essential criteria
  • Committed to continuous professional development.
Desirable criteria
  • Welsh speaker.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Welsh language skills are desirable

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Cindy Courtney
Job title
Head of Nursing CAMHS Regional&Specialist Services
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07811 031 839
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