Main area Nursing, allied health professional, social worker Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time – 37.5 hours per week (on call) Job ref 186-943-26-MH
Employer Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Clayfield’s House Secure Unit Town Stapleford Salary £49,387 – £56,515 pro rata (per annum for part time) Salary period Yearly Closing 02/11/2026 23:59
Clayfield’s Operational Lead
NHS AfC: Band 7
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Job overview
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Operational Lead to lead the day-to-day operations of the CAMHS Clayfield’s Health Team, supporting the mental health and emotional wellbeing of children and young people within a secure care environment.
Working collaboratively with Clayfield’s House leadership, healthcare partners and the East Midlands FCAMHS team, you will provide strong clinical and operational leadership to a multidisciplinary team, ensuring the delivery of safe, high-quality, child-centred mental health care. You will oversee team performance, provide managerial supervision, and drive continuous service improvement.
Based at Clayfield’s House, a national secure children’s home accommodating up to 20 young people aged 10-18, you will play a key role in developing innovative and integrated approaches to care, strengthening partnerships across health, social care and local authority services to improve outcomes for vulnerable young people.
The role also includes participation in the health team rota for new admissions and clinical escalation, supporting the delivery of responsive and effective mental health services within the secure setting.
Main duties of the job
Lead and manage the CAMHS Clayfield’s Health Team.Provide supervision, support and performance management to a multidisciplinary workforce.Ensure delivery of high-quality, safe and effective mental health care.Develop collaborative partnerships across health and social care services.Drive service innovation and continuous improvement.Participate in admission assessments and clinical escalation arrangements.
For full details please see the job description
Working for our organisation
#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.
We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire’s biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.
The health and wellbeing of colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.
The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Lead and manage the day-to-day operational delivery, performance and governance of the CAMHS Clayfield’s Health Team, ensuring high-quality, safe and effective mental health care for children and young people.Provide leadership, supervision, support and performance management to a multidisciplinary team, fostering a positive, inclusive and high-performing culture.Work collaboratively with Clayfield’s House, Nottinghamshire County Council, FCAMHS, Youth Justice Services and other partner organisations to improve outcomes for young people in secure care.Develop and implement innovative models of care, integrated working practices and service improvements aligned with national and local mental health priorities.Monitor team performance against quality standards, key performance indicators and operational targets, implementing action plans where improvements are required.Ensure effective safeguarding, risk management, clinical governance and compliance with Trust, local authority and statutory requirements.Lead workforce planning, recruitment, retention, appraisal, absence management and staff development, supporting continuous professional development across the team.Manage delegated budgets and resources effectively, ensuring services are delivered safely, efficiently and within available resources.Build and maintain strong partnerships with health, social care, education and youth justice providers to enhance service delivery and care pathways.Oversee service audits, quality improvement initiatives, data monitoring and reporting to support evidence-based practice and continuous service development.Participate in the Clayfield’s Health Team rota, including new admissions and clinical escalation responsibilities.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £20.00 (standard) or £41.00 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £15 per year applies.
A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
Person specification
Physical Requirements
- Has the physical ability to perform the full range of duties
Qualifications
- Core Allied Health Professional Qualification or Current Professional Registration. (NMC, HCPC etc.)
Training
- Evidence of further degree or higher level training
- Management training
- Leadership training
- Staff supervision training
Skills
- Highly developed verbal and written, influencing, negotiation and communication skills
- Ability to network and liaise with a wide range of other people and services
- Skills in clinical and managerial leadership of others
- Skills in planning, development and implementation of services relevant to this post
- Specialist and Sound assessment skills including risk assessment and management.
- Ability to manage complex cases, analyse complex information and offer sound clinical guidance advise and make effective decisions
- Skills in managing serious untoward incidents
- Ability to act on own initiative to resolve clinical or managerial issues
- Ability to create effective team working Good time management
Values and Behaviours
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust’s expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation
Experience
- Extensive experience of working in Mental Health Services.
- Knowledge and experience of leadership and the management of staff within these fields.
- Extensive post registration experience, including experience of working as a senior clinician in mental health services within CAMHS or Mental Health services.
- Experience of the management, development and leadership of staff.
- Experience and skills in Supervision and Appraisal of staff. Experience of leading Multi-disciplinary teams and supporting effective team working.
- Experience of caseload management, including working with clients with a wide range of mental health difficulties.
- Experience of leading service change and service development
- Experience of developing and delivering training packages regarding mental health and risk.
- Excellent knowledge of and experience of working within Child and Adolescent Mental Health services with young people.
- Experience of working with young people from a Youth Justice background.
- Experience and skills in Clinical audit, research and evidence based practices
- Experience of the clinical and operational functions of specialist child and adolescent mental health services, working in partnership with Acute hospitals and other health, education and social care providers,
Knowledge
- Knowledge of current Mental Health policy and Legislation
- Knowledge and experience of Safeguarding Adults and Children practice
- Knowledge of policy drivers for CAMHS service
Contractual Requirements
- A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
- To be part of the Clayfields Health Team Rota for new admissions.
Additional Information
- We reserve the right to close the post early once we have received a sufficient number of applicants.
- The Trust believes in treating everyone with dignity and respect and encourages applications from all sectors of the community. We guarantee an interview to candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum essential criteria.
- For eligible posts, DBS disclosures are mandatory before commencement of employment. If you are in a position that is deemed a regulated adult and/or child care role, you will not be able to start your employment until we have received a satisfactory DBS Disclosure. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Convictions which would otherwise be considered as ‘spent’ will also be checked as part of an Enhanced DBS Disclosure.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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 the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Rhian Cope Job title Interim Operational Manager Email address rhian.cope@nottshc.nhs.uk Telephone number 07443717225
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