About this role
Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Eating Disorders Team Lead to join the Children and Young People's Eating Disorder Service in Coventry and Warwickshire.
This is a full time, permanent role and within a growing and thriving CAMHS Eating Disorders (ED) day unit and outpatient service. We are keen to hear from nurses who are passionate about making a difference for children, young people, and families.
This role will primarily be based at an identified day unit for Eating Disorders and will provide both operational and clinical oversight of the day unit, while also contributing to the wider, expanding Eating Disorders service.
The Trust's CAMHS Eating Disorders are continuing to expand, with new and exciting care pathways currently in development. If you have an interest in ED, we offer a specialist and supportive environment in which to grow your career. There will be opportunities to become involved in service development and delivery across a range of initiatives, and we will support you to develop your interests across the whole eating disorder pathway (including CAMHS out patient, intensive outreach and ARFID).
Main duties of the job
Responsibility for the day-to-day operational management of the identified team, including patient, team activity, performance, quality and staffing matters.
Contribute to the delivery of the transformation programme within the Eating Disorders structure
Support the delivery of child & family focused services in line with agreed performance and quality targets and within budget, whilst delivering agreed cost improvements
Provide management of staff
Contribute to effective partnership working with key external services, including social care, the acute sector and key third sector organisations, to support the delivery of shared outcomes
About us
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more staff networks and support group We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.
Job description Job responsibilities
For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Educated to degree level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior supervisory level Relevant qualification or significant experience in clinical children's field - mental health, neurodevelopment, learning disability
Other Essential
Ability to travel
Knowledge Essential
Ability to translate and present complex information to a variety of internal and external audiences Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships across organisational and professional boundaries. Strong understanding of national policy in relation to health services for children and young people Demonstrable capability to plan over short and medium term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
Experience Essential
Demonstrable experience of driving service improvements Experience of implementing new pathways of care Experience of managing budgets, involvement in budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes Experience of addressing equality and diversity issues within a service context
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust
Address Woodend Health Centre
67A Deedmore Rd
Coventry
CV2 1XA
Employer's website https://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)