Job summary
Are you a qualified Mental Health professional with leadership experience, looking for a new challenge?
Do you have experience working within Eating Disorders and looking for a progression step in a newly restructured team?
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced and dynamic Clinical Team Manager to lead our Adult Community Eating Disorder (ACED) Service across Oxfordshire. This is a unique opportunity to shape and deliver high-quality, evidence-based care within a forward-thinking and collaborative team.
As Clinical Team Manager, you will hold overarching clinical and operational responsibility for the ACED service. You will provide strong leadership in the ongoing development of the service in line with the Oxfordshire Community Mental Health Framework, promoting early intervention and integrated community-based care.
Main duties of the job
You will work closely with the Oxon Service Manager and Head of Service, playing a key role in transformation projects, interagency partnerships, and pathway integration. A central part of your role will involve supporting a multidisciplinary team in delivering person-centred, safe, and effective treatment.
The purpose of the Clinical Nurse Lead will be:
1. Lead, support, and manage a multidisciplinary team, ensuring clinical excellence and operational effectiveness
2. Coordinate service delivery in line with Trust and national policy, including NHS Long Term Plan priorities
3. Drive service development projects and quality improvement initiatives
4. Develop and maintain robust partnerships across internal and external stakeholders, including GPs, CAMHS, AMHTs, and the Voluntary and Community Sector
5. Ensure a high standard of clinical governance, risk management, and performance monitoring
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
Date posted: 10 April 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8a
Salary: £53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum/pro-rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 267-OA6963005-3A
Job locations: Warneford Hospital, Warneford Lane, Oxford, OX3 7JX
Job description Job responsibilities
We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the supporting statement element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.
The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.
We welcome prospective candidates to contact us to discuss the role and potentially arrange a site visit prior to interview.
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
* Profession 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 contribute 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.
For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
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. Guidance can be found here.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer details
Employer name: Oxford Health NHS Trust
Address: Warneford Hospital, Warneford Lane, Oxford, OX3 7JX
Employer's website: Oxford Health NHS Trust
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