CAMHS Operational Manager

Overview

In this role you will lead the CAMHS inpatient and acute care pathway across Greater Manchester, providing strategic and operational leadership to a large multidisciplinary team. You will drive service transformation, improve equity of access, and reduce avoidable admissions, while ensuring high-quality, compassionate care close to home. You’ll work with senior NHS leaders and partner networks to shape services for children and young people with complex needs. This is a high-visibility role that combines clinical quality with system leadership in a mission-driven setting.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the CAMHS inpatient service and broader acute care pathway
• Drive service improvement, innovation, and transformation aligned with priorities
• Provide inclusive leadership across nursing, therapeutic, medical and admin teams
• Ensure quality, governance, safeguarding, patient experience and regulatory compliance
• Oversee workforce planning, staff development, performance, budgets and resource use
• Manage patient flow, bed management and system-wide capacity planning
• Build partnerships with young people, families, commissioners, local authorities and other providers
• Represent Pennine Care as lead provider and contribute to regional strategic decisions

Key requirements

• Registration as RMN or equivalent with current licence
• Experience of mental health inpatient ward management (Band 7)
• Leading multidisciplinary teams, chairing meetings and case management
• Project management and business planning
• Clinical and management supervision experience
• Experience in CAMHS inpatient unit or work with young adults
• Ability to work across organisational boundaries and balance operational pressures with strategic vision

• Relationship-building with stakeholders
• Ability to lead, motivate and empower others
• Commitment to developing services for young adults
• Clinical governance and safeguarding
• Service design and transformation
• Workforce planning and budgeting

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