Job summary
- Main area
- CAMHS
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- 12 months (Secondment and Fixed Term)
- Hours
- 37.5 hours per week (Full time)
- Job ref
- 354-CO-21769
- Employer
- Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Worthing
- Town
- Sussex
- Salary
- £55,690 - £62,682 PA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/11/2025 08:00
Employer heading
CAMHS Inpatient Case Manager Hampshire, Sussex and Kent PC
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Come and join us
We’re looking for people who share our values of compassion, accountability and optimism to help us provide high quality care for the patients, carers, families and communities we serve. We specialise in NHS mental health and learning disability services and we’re proud to make a difference every day.
At SPFT we put people first. We’ll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. You’ll have opportunities to learn, grow and gain new experiences to support your career, with access to lifelong learning and professional development.
We actively promote flexible working and understand how important work life balance is, especially in healthcare. Whether it’s part time hours, hybrid working or flexible start and finish times, we’ll explore what works for you and the role.
We recognise that AI is becoming part of daily life and you may choose to use it to help prepare your application. We welcome innovation but ask that anything you submit reflects your own abilities, experience and voice. AI can support how you describe your skills and experience, but it should never replace your own words as we want to get to know you.
We’re shaping a workplace where ideas are encouraged, technology supports you and everyone has a voice in how we improve. If that sounds like the kind of organisation you want to be part of, we’d love to hear from you.
Job overview
As a Case Manager, the post holder will work as part of the Provider Collaborative team in delivering an effective service to ensure safe and effective care pathways are in place for Child and Adolescent service users from the Hampshire, Sussex and Kent region in mental health care settings within the NHS and Independent sector.
The role is to hold and manage a defined caseload of young people in tier 4 CAMHS services which includes hospitals and alternatives to admission. The role includes supporting families and carers of those young people accessing Tier 4 services.
To provide clinical support to the Provider Collaborative in relation to the defined population, this will include projected mapping of future service use, identification of users for future service provision, planning in terms of future service needs.
The role supports the business in driving transformation as well as value for money in planning, commissioning and service the role is designed to build a combination of subject matter expertise and technical skills to develop a strong service delivery.
Travel to see young people is vital. The base is negotiable across the Hampshire, Sussex and Kent footprint.
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Hampshire, Sussex and Kent CAMHS Provider Collaborative as an inpatient case manager, supporting effective patient pathways across the footprint.
Case managers play a vital role within Provider Collaboratives, providing credible oversight and facilitator of care for patients in receipt of specialised services. They also support the commissioning function by assisting with the monitoring and reviewing of the quality of provision by observing providers in practice and monitoring and reviewing quality information and local intelligence.
Working for our organisation
The Hampshire, Sussex and Kent Provider Collaborative is a great place to work with a vibrant team. We offer regular supervision and training.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Provision of clinical expertise to the Hampshire, Sussex and Kent and Provider Collaborative.
- Ensuring effective care pathways, within and across Provider Collaborative Boundaries.
- Resolution of complex or disrupted care pathways in conjunction with colleagues across England (and within UK for service users placed in services outside England)
- Supporting the Provider Collaborative team in ensuring that services within the footprint are compliant to all specifications and
- Ensuring the delivery of high-quality services that are value for money
- Ensuring case management systems and record keeping are maintained and kept up to date
- Maintaining a caseload of young people and supporting their families/carers
- The person will be required to work as duty within office hours with admin support as part of a rota system with other case managers
- Attending clinical meetings to support alternative to admissions
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Mental Health/Learning Disability Nurse or other registered health or social care professional
- Possess a relevant additional professional qualification e.g., masters level, or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
Knowledge/experience
Essential criteria
- Detailed knowledge of legal issues pertaining to the specialist service including MHA 1983, Children's Act, S117 after care, Transforming care, Safeguarding and child protection legislation
- Detailed operational knowledge of specialised services, including risk assessment/management
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to masters level equivalent.
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
- Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this engagement
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Louise Doughty
- Job title
- Programme Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
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