NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
Clinical Lead (Adult): NELFT Community Eating Disorders Service
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a senior practitioner with existing experience in the field of eating disorders to join the NELFT community Eating Disorders Service as Clinical Lead (Adult).
Following a change of role for the previous post holder, we are seeking a new clinical lead for the adult part of our service. The successful candidate will play a lead role in shaping the ongoing development of the team, building on the growth of recent years whilst identifying and responding to new opportunities for the team. In line with the NELFT vision, they will be committed to developing a service that provides the best possible care for service users and their families, delivered by the best people, as well as to the maintenance of the mutually supportive and stimulating working environment which our staff have valued since the team's creation.
Main duties of the job
Within the team, the successful candidate will work closely with the Service and Strategic lead, the Team Manager, the Consultant Adult Psychiatrist and the Clinical Lead (CYP). With colleagues, they will be accountable for the ongoing development and delivery of a comprehensive community Eating Disorder Service for adult patients and for the clinical standards to which the service operates. They will also play a central role in promoting the development of effective working relationships with key external stakeholders, including colleagues in primary care, from the North East London Adult Eating Disorder Provider Collaborative, the ICBs and other statutory and voluntary agencies.
Key Responsibilities:
1. To provide clinical leadership and quality control and to ensure adherence and competence to evidence based models in eating disorders.
2. To set, implement and evaluate clear, achievable and measurable objectives for EDS with the service lead, service manager, consultant psychiatrists and pathway leads.
3. To have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them, particularly safeguarding.
4. To ensure and have advanced knowledge of effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, assessing and controlling risk and ensuring residual risks are added to the Trust register.
Person Specification
Skills
* Evidence of advanced formulation and key lines of enquiry.
* Evidence of delivering expert supervision.
* Evidence of advanced training.
* Delivering training in eating disorders at advanced level.
Qualifications
* Post graduate qualifications to MSc level and above.
* Significant experience in NHS and ED service.
* Experience of managing teams.
Knowledge
* Direct eating disorders experience.
* Inpatient and community ED experience.
Experience
* Evidence of strong leadership skills.
* Evidence of MDT working.
* Experience of leading a team.
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.
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