An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated Team Manager to join our well established and rapidly expanding Adult Eating Disorders team.
The role will require you to manage the team by providing great leadership, effective communication, mental health clinical experience and the ability to lead and empower teams in times of our ever-changing NHS. You will work to ensure your team is motivated, engaged and resourced effectively, whilst supporting the strategic goals of the organisation.
You will play an essential role in supporting the development and delivery of pathways within the Adult Eating Disorders Service within LPFT. The Multi-disciplinary teams provide specialist, evidence-based, NICE recommended treatments and psychological interventions for those with a diagnosis of an eating disorder, including Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge-eating disorder and/or Atypical Eating Disorders. This service is provided in the community on an outpatient basis across the county.
Another key part of this role will be supporting the development of the service as part of the mental health community transformation programme, which will make a real difference to enhance experiences for Service Users and Carers.
The service covers Lincolnshire therefore you must have the ability to travel around the county independently.
The post is full time hours worked between Monday-Friday 9-5pm.
Main duties of the job
You will continually review performance, manage and supervise staff by providing supportive leadership, with an enthusiasm for service development and a drive to provide an outstanding quality of care.
We are continually evolving our service to ensure the needs of our Service Users & their Carers/Families are at the heart of everything we do.
About us
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England, in an area heralded as a fantastic place to live and work. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!
We are also leading the way in transforming care, with multi-million-pound transformation of patient environments and radical redesign of community services.
This is the time to join and help redesign our services of the future. We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.
When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:
1. Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
2. Competitive annual leave allowance
3. Car leasing scheme
4. NHS pension scheme
5. Free eye tests
6. Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
7. Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants
Get in touch today:
Our friendly team is here to answer any questions you may have about our roles. For further information prior to submitting an application please contact Charlotte Long, Service Manager, Adult Eating Disorders Service 01522 421632 or email lpft.eatingdisorders@nhs.net
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Registered professional health qualification with current registration
* Evidence of specialised continued professional training (degree level) in clinical practice
* Evidence of specialised continued professional training (degree level) in management
Desirable
* Management training
* Masters Degree
* Mentorship Module (degree level)
Experience
Essential
* Post registration experience of working with people with mental health needs
* Experience of managing/supervising staff and good leadership skills
* Sound knowledge of the national agenda for mental health
* Sound knowledge of current guidance and legislation relating to mental health and eating disorders
* Up to date knowledge of eating disorders and related NICE guidance
* Sound knowledge of clinical/risk assessment and understanding of confidentiality
* Sound knowledge of community care issues, local health and social structures, functions and boundaries
* Sound knowledge of the Mental Health Act
Skills
Essential
* Prioritisation and resource allocation, planning and organisation skills
* Able to communicate complex and at times highly sensitive information to a variety of stakeholders
* Must demonstrate a working knowledge of health, education, social services and the voluntary sector and have the ability to work in partnership with other professionals from a range of multi-disciplinary backgrounds
* Demonstrate the application of values to mental health practice including the ability to identify, challenge and where possible redress discrimination and inequality
* IT skills
* Analyse and interpret data/or information
* Budget management.
* Self-motivated with excellent people management skills
Desirable
* Able to demonstrate knowledge of audit and evaluation methodology and contribute in the audit process
Employer details
Employer name
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Unit 4, St Georges site
Long Leys Road
Lincoln
LN1 1FS
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