CAMHS Deputy Ward Manager

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South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Are you ready to take the next step in your leadership journey within CAMHS? Do you want to work in a team where you feel empowered, supported, and proud to make a difference in young people’s lives? If so, joining the CAMHS Inpatient Units as a Deputy Ward Manager could be the opportunity you’ve been looking for.

We are committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centred care across our adolescent inpatient services, including general and PICU wards. Our patients are at the heart of everything we do, and we strive to create a safe, therapeutic environment that promotes recovery and resilience.

As a Deputy Ward Manager, you will play a key role in supporting the clinical leadership of the ward, ensuring safe staffing, effective care delivery, and a positive team culture. You’ll work closely with the Ward Manager and multidisciplinary teams to uphold clinical standards, drive service improvements, and mentor junior staff.

We believe that providing excellent care starts with recruiting exceptional people. We’re looking for compassionate, motivated leaders who are ready to go the extra mile for our patients and colleagues. Whether you’re stepping into your first leadership role or building on existing experience, we’ll support your development through structured training, coaching, and career progression opportunities. At SLaM, there’s always a place for you to grow.

Please note vacancy can be closed early once maximum applications received.

During this role you will have the opportunity to learn new specialist skills through our excellent learning and development opportunities which will include leadership and managerial skills alongside clinical interventions. It is important to show through your application and interview, what transferable skills and experience you have.

As well as our inhouse development programme, we also have our CAMHS Nursing Academy which is a training and development program which is based on the four pillars of advanced nursing practice.

This oppertunity is based within our CAMHS Bethlem Adolescent Inpatient Unit on the beautiful grounds of the Royal Bethlem Hospital site, based in Beckenham.

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team ’s important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer

Some of our benefits are highlighted here:

• Generous pay, pensions and leave,we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
• Work life balance,flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
• Career development,There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
• Car lease,our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars
• Accommodation,our staff benefits fromkeyworker housing available which is available on selected sites
• NHS discounts,with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.

Other benefits include:

• Counselling services
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan

Working with young people in CAMHS is both demanding and deeply rewarding. As a Deputy Ward Manager, you will have the opportunity to support young…