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Band 8a
Full-time substantive post working across Coventry & Warwickshire.
Are you a registered professional with a passion for improving children’s mental health services?
We are welcoming applications for the post of CAMHS Matron: Front Door & Urgent Care within our Integrated Children’s Directorate, supporting us with our Trust strategy for delivering high-quality care consistently across our services.
We’re looking for someone who is confident in their clinical knowledge to play an instrumental role in policy and practice development, including risk assessments and audits. You’ll support with assurance reporting, preparation for CQC and other external assessments or inspections.
This role is suited to an inspiring leader with an innovative and creative approach to problem-solving. You will be responsible for providing professional and clinical leadership that supports evidence-based child-centred intervention to drive development within our children’s specialist mental health service.
This is a brilliant opportunity for the right individual to be part of the continued transformation and development of CAMHS Urgent Care & Front Door. This post is suitable for a Nurse or Allied Health Professional with relevant knowledge, experience, and skills.
You will need to demonstrate the aptitude to be an optimistic, resilient and visible leader, who can identify and harness the opportunities for cycles of change that enable sustainable transformation and deliver quality co-produced services which are responsive to the needs and circumstances of young people.
You’ll work within a Quality and Safety team who support the development and implementation of systems, structures, and processes to promote high-quality clinical services that make a real difference.
Role
The Matron will work in collaboration with the Service Manager/s with responsibility for ensuring the delivery of the clinical pathways within the Urgent Care and Front Door. Included in this role, the post holder will:
* Have specialist knowledge of the range of young people's mental health problems.
* An awareness of recent changes and current issues in mental health service provision.
* Contribute to complex case work embedded in evidence-based practice.
* Provide clinical advice to colleagues within urgent care services and external agencies.
* Oversee and contribute to expert clinical practice as a professional lead.
* Influence quality and safety standards and practice through evaluation and monitoring.
* Support changes in practice and service delivery through role modelling and leadership.
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
These Include
* Generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us.
* Excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more.
* Salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more.
* Discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes.
* Wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more.
* Staff networks and support groups.
We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Nicola Evans
Job title: Head of Nursing (CAMHS)
Email address: nicola.evans@covwarkpt.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 02476 961 368
Name: Jade Stanley
Job title: Service Manager - CAMHS Urgent Care & Front Door
Email address: jade.stanley@covwarkpt.nhs.uk
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