About this role
Job summary
Are you an inspirational leader with a passion for improving the lives of young people with eating disorders?
We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated professional to join our specialist Eating Disorder Service as an Assistant Team Manager (30 hours).
This is an exciting opportunity for a registered Mental Health Nurse, Children's Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker, or Allied Health Professional who is passionate about delivering high-quality care and supporting service development.
In this rewarding role, you will spend 50% of your time providing operational leadership and support to the team, and 50% delivering direct clinical interventions to young people and their families. This unique balance allows you to maintain and develop your clinical expertise while gaining valuable leadership experience.
The service offers Family-Based Treatment at the heart of our approach. We also provide a range of innovative individual and group interventions designed to support young people on their recovery journey.
You will join a large, supportive, and highly skilled multidisciplinary team that is committed to clinical excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement. Clinical and operational leaders work collaboratively to ensure the best possible outcomes for young people and their families.
If you are looking for a role where you can influence service delivery, support a dedicated team, and make a meaningful difference to the lives of young people, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
To be responsible and provide effective case holding and leadership for a clinical CAMHS team.
To provide a high-quality service.
To support and coordinate team functioning with particular focus on;
Management of cases including delivery of care
Clinical leadership.
Performance monitoring and management
Line Management and supervision of staff.
About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.
Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.
We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.
Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence
Job description Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Registered professional with relevant live registration with a professional body. Post basic relevant study equivalent to degree level and relevant to service area Commitment to ongoing professional development Recognised teaching qualification (e.g., ENB 998 or mentorship qualification
Experience Essential
Previous experience at a senior level (band 6 or above) within a similar speciality Extensive post qualifying experience in mental health services Able to manage a caseload of children and young people with complex mental health needs Comprehensive knowledge of interventions specific to CAMHS Awareness of service operational policy Experience of supervising staff and students Experience of leading teams To provide supervision for staff including clinical, managerial, and professional Experience of staff recruitment and selection, absence management and other staff related issues.
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 Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address Cromwell House
15 Andover Road
Winchester
Hampshire
SO23 7BT
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)