Clayfield's Operational Lead | Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£49,387 - £56,515 pro rata (per annum for part time)
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Stapleford, NG9 8GU
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	19 Oct 2026
Closing date:	20 Nov 2026

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Summary

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.

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

#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.

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.

This advert closes on Monday 2 Nov 2026

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