Oxford Health NHS Trust

Clinical Team Manager - Adult Community Eating Disorders

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Job summary

Are youan experienced Mental Health Nurse/OT/Social Worker with experience of working within Eating Disorders, who wants to develop or consolidate leadership and operational management skills?

There is an exciting opportunity to join the Adult Community Eating Disorder service in Oxfordshire, (OACED) as the Clinical Team Manager. The Oxon Adult Community Eating Disorder Service has been through significant transformation over the past 2- 3 years. It is a county wide service, with a team base in Central Oxford.

You will be part of a team of dedicated and experienced multi-disciplinary professionals who deliver a range of evidence-based treatments for those with an eating disorder.The team are friendly, energetic and dynamic, valuing innovation and creative ways to develop the service, always focusing on excellent, evidenced based patient centred care.

Main duties of the job

You will hold overall management responsibility for all aspects of service delivery and operational matters for Oxfordshire Adult Eating Disorder Team.

You will lead a rich multidisciplinary team with a broad range of experience, providing great leadership with enthusiasm for service transformation and determination to provide outstanding quality care. You'll be coordinating and motivating the team, having robust oversight of waiting lists and working with colleagues to ensure the team deliver against KPIs.

The responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

To take operational responsibility for the Multi-Disciplinary Team. This includes monitoring and managing workloads, caseload management, job planning, management supervision, authorising leave and expenses and implementing systems to ensure safe, effective working of the service
To be responsible for the co-ordination and management of the team in providing a safe, effective and therapeutic clinical team
To work in partnership with key agencies across Oxfordshire, regionally and nationally to ensure strong and active relationships and promoting Service developments and shared outcomes for people with an eating disorder
To promote collaborative working with the Leadership team and wider team to provide an evidence based, high quality, responsive and safe service

The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to the Oxfordshire Out of Hours On-Call Manager's Rota.

About us

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible

Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive:"Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"

Our values are:"Caring, safe and excellent"

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

Excellent opportunities for career progression
Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
Competitive pension scheme
Lease car scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Employee Assistance Programme
Mental Health First Aiders
Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

We provide a comprehensive induction programme and regular managerial, peer, clinical, and safeguarding supervision.

We encourage our team managers to lead on leadership projects, provide opportunities to attend leadership training and access to other external training as relevant to professional qualification and role.

Date posted

30 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum/pro-rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

267-OA6963005

Job locations

Warneford Hospital

Warneford Lane

Oxford

OX3 7JX

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information and a wider overview about the role, please refer to the job description attached.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information and a wider overview about the role, please refer to the job description attached.

Person Specification

Knowledge Requirements

Essential

Professional knowledge acquired through degree/diploma
Understanding of the legal and social policy issues influencing the work environment
Knowledge of eating disorder services
Knowledge of latest healthcare policy e.g. NHS Long Term Plan

Qualification- Accademic/Skills/Professional

Essential

Profession Health or Social Care Qualification
Current professional registration with appropriate professional body e.g. NMC, HCPC
Post qualification Management or leadership qualification and/or willingness to work toward this

Desirable

Teaching/mentoring qualification

Experience

Essential

highly extensive experience in experience in a mental health setting, working with adults or young people with mental illness and / or learning disabilities
Experience of leading a development or change within a service setting
Post qualification experience in a mental health setting, or Eating Disorder setting (Inpatient or Community)
Understanding of evidence-based practice and the ability to demonstrate how this influences clinical practice
Experience of Management supervision and case management in a clinical setting.
Experience of audit process at service level and a contribute to wider Trust audit

Desirable

Experience of developing practice (nursing, social work, occupational therapy, psychological therapies)

Person Specification

Knowledge Requirements

Essential

Professional knowledge acquired through degree/diploma
Understanding of the legal and social policy issues influencing the work environment
Knowledge of eating disorder services
Knowledge of latest healthcare policy e.g. NHS Long Term Plan

Qualification- Accademic/Skills/Professional

Essential

Profession Health or Social Care Qualification
Current professional registration with appropriate professional body e.g. NMC, HCPC
Post qualification Management or leadership qualification and/or willingness to work toward this

Desirable

Teaching/mentoring qualification

Experience

Essential

highly extensive experience in experience in a mental health setting, working with adults or young people with mental illness and / or learning disabilities
Experience of leading a development or change within a service setting
Post qualification experience in a mental health setting, or Eating Disorder setting (Inpatient or Community)
Understanding of evidence-based practice and the ability to demonstrate how this influences clinical practice
Experience of Management supervision and case management in a clinical setting.
Experience of audit process at service level and a contribute to wider Trust audit

Desirable

Experience of developing practice (nursing, social work, occupational therapy, psychological therapies)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Certificate of Sponsorship

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford Health NHS Trust

Address

Warneford Hospital

Warneford Lane

Oxford

OX3 7JX

Employer's website

https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford Health NHS Trust

Address

Warneford Hospital

Warneford Lane

Oxford

OX3 7JX

Employer's website

https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)