Band 7 Nurse Team Lead Maternity Cover

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

The closing date is 15 May 2025

Job summary

We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Senior Nurse to take on the role of Home intervention Team (HIT) Lead and become part of the well-established CAMHS Eating Disorder Service.

This post is for a 12 month fixed term contract to cover maternity leave from August 2025 and is for 15 hours per week.

The role requires a driving license and access to a vehicle as the service operates in the community in family's homes and at the Leicester Royal Infirmary.

The HIT offer intensive intervention to young people and their families who are currently receiving support through our core eating disorders team.

The aims of the team are to prevent admission to inpatient care, facilitate early discharge from inpatient care, support patients with complex co-morbid needs and ensure safe and effective monitoring of patients who are deemed high risk due to their physical or psychological needs.

You will work within a diverse MDT alongside external stakeholders such a local paediatric teams in UHL. You will be integral in maintaining and promoting a compassionate, responsive, and enthusiastic team which is made up of Nurses, an Occupational Therapist and Assistant Practitioners.

The role will consist of many duties, including the clinical and operational supervision of the team, providing clinical oversight and ensuring a high quality and effective service is maintained.

You will be integral in leading on the HIT service development plans and connecting with wider stakeholders.

Main duties of the job

To clinically lead and manage a multi disciplinary home intervention team in providing high quality and responsive treatment and care for young people and families impacted by an eating disorder, using clinically informed therapeutic models and established guidelines.
To perform and monitor comprehensive assessments of clients/service users needs.
Take continuous management responsibility for the delivery of care needs of young people with eating disorders in their homes and on paediatric wards.
To lead on the continuing development of the home intervention team in providing and coordinating robust supervision, support, and CPD.
To liaise with internal and external stakeholders and maintain a progressive vision for the team; to ensure a collaborative and close working relationship with the wider Eating Disorder Team.
Responsible for effectively managing the financial resource, including budget management for the relevant service area, including alerting managers to resource issues and the effect of these on service delivery.
To ensure robust processes and clinical governance is in place to uphold a quality, effective and safe service.
To hold a small caseload of patients to support alignment with the evidence base and to support the cohesion of the core eating disorder service and HIT.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more details.

About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Date posted

01 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

003336

Job locations

Mawson House

Valance Road

Leicester

Leicestershire

LE3 1AR

Job description

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Please review the attached job description and person specification. This document outlines the full range of criteria that are required for the role. In your application, you can state how you meet the criteria in the job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Please review the attached job description and person specification. This document outlines the full range of criteria that are required for the role. In your application, you can state how you meet the criteria in the job description and person specification.

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.