Bromley CAMHS Operational Manager | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

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We are pleased to advertise a new and exciting opportunity for an outstanding candidate to join our dynamic and energetic CAMHS leadership group asOperational Managerfor our Bromley specialist community CAMHS service. 

As Operational Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring the efficient and effective delivery of community CAMHS, as part of the CAMHS sub-directorate – providing high quality, safe and responsive mental health services to children, young people, parents/carers and professionals. You will work in close partnership with senior clinical, professional and managerial leads within the Trust to realise our ambitious goals for Bromley CAMHS,  and to drive a culture of continuous improvement.

Extensive experience ofoperational managementandexceptional leadership skillsare critical to success in this role - you will need to be a strong, compassionate and convincing communicator with an energy and passion for working with children and young people and in delivering transformational change. 

The purpose of the Operational Manager role is to ensure the efficient and effective delivery of specialist community CAMHS – providing high quality, safe and responsive mental health services to children, young people, parents/carers and professionals.

The post holder will provide senior leadership and management to staff within Bromley CAMHS, working with senior clinical and operational leads to design, implement and manage systems and processes to ensure that services are delivered in accordance with Trust-wide, local and national policies, priorities and regulatory frameworks. 

The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that both services are provided in accordance with the THRIVE framework and core CYP IAPT principles, working in partnership with service users, partner agencies and as a part of a multi-agency system, including as a member of the Trust-wide CAMHS Leadership Group.

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.

 

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

 

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families.  This is strengthened by our new values:

 

• We’re Kind

• We’re Fair

• We Listen

• We Care

The post holder will:

·            Provide overall management of the service

·         Ensure the effective and efficient delivery of care pathways through the service including triage, assessment, treatment, and discharge of children and young people with mental health problems and their families

·            Ensure the service is delivered in accordance with CYP IAPT principles

·           Work in partnership with Heads of Profession and other clinical leaders, to maintain a culture within the service of excellence in clinical standards and safety

·         Operate as a leader within the multi-agency network of children’s services in Bromley to ensure the service is delivered as part of an integrated system to improve mental health and wellbeing outcomes for Oxleas CAMHS children and young people

·            Ensure the service is delivered to meet key performance targets including those relating to the local Children and Young People’s Plan

This advert closes on Sunday 22 Nov 2026