Job summary
Are you an 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 is friendly, energetic, and dynamic, valuing innovation and creative ways to develop the service while always focusing on excellent, evidence-based patient-centered care.
Main duties of the job
You will hold overall management responsibility for all aspects of service delivery and operational matters for the 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 delivers against KPIs.
The responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
1. 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.
2. To be responsible for the co-ordination and management of the team in providing a safe, effective, and therapeutic clinical team.
3. To work in partnership with key agencies across Oxfordshire, regionally and nationally to ensure strong and active relationships and promote Service developments and shared outcomes for people with an eating disorder.
4. 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.
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- Academic/Skills/Professional
Essential
* Professional 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 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 contributing 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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
Employer details
Employer name
Oxford Health NHS Trust
Address
Warneford Hospital
Warneford Lane
Oxford
OX3 7JX
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