Clinical Director, Child & Adolescent Mental Health & Eating Disorders
hace 4 días
London
Main area Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Contract Fixed term: 3 years (Rotational) Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week (10 PAs or 37.5 hours per week but 50% split between the Clinical Director Role and being a Consultant Psychiatrist or Psychologist (either within CAHMS or eating disorders) or an AHP or a Nurse.) Job ref 294-CAMHS-8116897-PC-A Site Springfield University Hospital Town Tooting Salary £113,565 - £150,569 per annum plus London Zone Allowance or Band 9 plus Inner HCAs Salary period Yearly Closing 20/07/2026 23:59 We're looking for an exceptional Clinical Director to lead our Child and Adolescent Mental Health and All Age Eating Disorders Service. We welcome applications from experienced clinical leaders, as well as talented senior clinicians who can demonstrate strong leadership and are ready to take the next step into a strategic leadership role. We are committed to developing talented people and recognise that outstanding leaders come from a range of backgrounds and experiences. This is an exciting time to join us. Over the past year we've welcomed CAMHS services in Kingston and Richmond into the Trust, creating a unique opportunity to shape a single, integrated vision for children's mental health across all five South West London boroughs. At the same time, we've strengthened our All Age Eating Disorders Service, expanding community and outreach provision to help more people receive specialist support closer to home. Now we're looking for a Clinical Director who can bring teams together and help shape the next chapter for CAMHS and All Age Eating Disorders across South West London. In this role you will help shape how mental health services for children and young people and people with eating disorders are delivered across South West London for years to come. Working alongside clinical, operational, and professional leaders, you'll: • Develop a consistent, high-quality CAMHS and Eating Disorders pathway across all boroughs, • Influence and deliver strategic priorities for CAMHS and eating disorders across SWLSTG, • Continue to develop innovative, evidence-based, and digitally enabled models of care., • Build outstanding multidisciplinary teams where people feel empowered, supported, and able to thrive., • Strengthen partnerships across health, education, local authorities, primary care, and the voluntary sector., • Provide strategic clinical leadership across CAMHS & Eating Disorders services, • Ensure services are safe, effective, responsive, caring and well-led, • Lead on clinical governance, quality improvement and patient safety, • Embed learning from incidents, feedback and audits, • Develop a strong culture of multidisciplinary collaboration and clinical excellence, • Lead the development of integrated care pathways for children and young people, • Drive innovation in community, crisis, and specialist eating disorder services, • Work collaboratively across education, social care and cross‑ICS partners, • Ensure co‑production with children, young people and families, • Champion early intervention and prevention approaches, • Address health inequalities in access and outcomes, • Provide visible, inclusive and compassionate leadership, • Deliver quality, performance and financial objectives, • Support effective use of resources across complex service networks, • Influence across organisational boundaries, including regional and partnership forums, • Foster a culture of continuous improvement, learning and psychological safety We are seeking an outstanding, values-driven leader who: • Is a registered clinical professional (e.g. Medical, Nursing, Psychology or Allied Health), • Has senior leadership experience within complex healthcare systems, • Brings expertise in CAMHS, children’s services and/or eating disorders, • Has a strong track record in service transformation, quality improvement and partnership working, • Is committed to equity, diversity, inclusion and anti‑racist practice, • Can lead with credibility, compassion and influence across systems, • Is passionate about improving outcomes for young people and confident working across organisational and system boundaries., • A senior leadership role with significant influence across children’s mental health services, • Opportunities to lead transformational change in CAMHS & Eating Disorders, • A strong commitment to leadership development and support, • Flexible working and comprehensive NHS benefits, • The opportunity to make a meaningful difference to the lives of children, young people and families, • Senior level leadership experience within a complex organisation delivering clinical/social care services., • Experience of directly managing significant resources, including budgets, • Experience of multi-professional collaboration at a senior level., • Experience of working collaboratively with other organisations., • Participation in and understanding of complex organisational change., • Previous Clinical Director experience or participation in a Clinical Director development programme, • Registered Medical Practitioner or other relevant clinical qualification (eg Registered Nurse or Therapist), • Master’s degree or equivalent experience, • Leadership training (eg collaborative leadership), • Evidence of continuing professional development, • Management Qualifications We are committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Committed Employer, and welcome applications from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We are Members of Stonewall Diversity Champions and Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion. As part of the Trust's commitment to Equalities and Diversity, the Trust supports the establishment of Staff Networks groups to promote diversity in the workplace: • BME (Evolve) Staff Network, • DiverseAbility, • Mental Health Staff Forum, • Women's Staff Network, • LGBTQIA+ We are committed to supporting the Armed Forces Community and has signed the Armed Forces Covenant. We provide reasonable adjustments to the interview process for any candidates with a disability. 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr