Band 7 Waterlily Clinical Lead

Job summary

Waterlily Inpatient Prevention Programme - Clinical Lead - 0.4 WTE.

Who are we?The Waterlily Inpatient Prevention Programme is a pioneering and relatively new intensive online treatment programme for patients with anorexia nervosa, living in the East Midlands region.

The region includes Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire, working as a provider collaborative to meet the needs of this vulnerable patient group.

Who do we want? Band 7 Occupational Therapist, who has extensive experience working with patients with eating disorders.

What do we do? Deliver an online group programme, Monday to Friday, 8.30am till 4.30pm. We run educational and therapeutic groups and provide meal supervisions. There is one evening meal each week, which we are hoping to increase the regularity of as our staffing increases.

Although the majority of the treatment is delivered online, there is also some face to face work on an individual basis and community support for activities such as home cooking, visits to cafes or for shopping.

Based where? You will be based at the Bennion Centre, but will predominantly work from home or be out in the community across Leicestershire.

What will I do? The post holder will be the clinical lead, working in a job share, providing clinical oversight of the programme, providing clinical and managerial supervision and take a lead in facilitating and online groups with the support of other experienced clinicians,.

Main duties of the job

• Clinical lead of the online programme.
• Provide clinical supervision to staff working on the programme.
• Work with staff and patients to continually seek to improve standards of care for our patient group.
• Manage the potential risks of a complex group of patients.
• Liaise effectively with partner organisations and staff working within.
• Support the collection of and presentation of data and outcome measures.
• Promote and uphold Trust strategies, policies and procedures.

Please note, this role requires a full UK Driving License and access to a car during working hours. For more details, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Bennion Centre

Glenfield Hospital

Leicester

Leicestershire

LE3 9EJ

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Bennion Centre

Glenfield Hospital

Leicester

Leicestershire

LE3 9EJ

Employer's website

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

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