Clinical Lead - Eating Disorders

Job responsibilities

Job Description

To provide effective leadership within Eating Disorders, overseeing clinical activity within the team and holding day-to-day clinical management responsibility for the service working alongside our nurses, nutritionist and peer support workers within PEDS.

The Postholder will be responsible for the day to day team management to ensure the smooth running of the service, including referrals, assessment, patient allocation and discharge processes. You will ensure that service access and delivery is efficient, effective, evidence based and meets the needs of the person and our community.

You will provide and oversee supervision and appraisals for staff within Band 3-6 whilst supporting our Service Manager clinically with managing and reviewing the risk register, recruitment and induction training. You will also work with the Service Manager and Service Director to review data and demographics, patient and family journeys (based on their feedback) as well as supporting with managing incidents and complaints in accordance with PEDS policies.

The post holder will work clinically in the multidisciplinary team to undertake and support the delivery of clinical interventions and at times, may hold a small caseload.

Primary Responsibilities

Clinical

1. To be responsible for the coordination and management of the clinical team in providing a safe, structured and therapeutic environment for service users and their loved ones.

2. In collaboration with the Founders, Board of Trustees, Service manager and other senior colleagues within PEDS, the post holder is expected to contribute to the development and expansion of PEDS.

3. To take the lead in ensuring effective joint working with our statutory and voluntary partners and colleagues to ensure collaborative and appropriate service delivery to service users, carers and loved ones.

4. To chair the weekly Clinical Team meetings with our NHS colleagues and our internal MDT meetings.

5. To support and oversee our professional partnerships with our educational organisations such as Cambridge University, ARU and our local schools and colleges. To support our training and education team in delivering clinical teaching sessions where required.

5. Demonstrate commitment and passion to work alongside our patients and their families/ carers/ significant others, whilst ensuring their views are included in all aspects of care planning.

6.To work alongside our partners at REDCAN (Regional Eating Disorders Charities Alliance Network), leading and participating in national meetings which focus on improving eating disorder services across the country, sharing good practice and VSCE and NHS collaboration.

7. Ability to assess needs, ensuring the wishes of children, young people, adults and their families and loved ones with eating disorders are heard.

8. Shows commitment to provide consistency of care through the care delivered to patients including relapse prevention.

9. Delivers the PEDS manual in collaboration with patient need and with an individualized approach.

10. Able to make a systematic and comprehensive assessment / re-assessment of patient need, incorporating appropriate assessment tools, whilst developing and implementing shared care plans with service users.

11. Demonstrates effective skills and knowledge essential for developing risk management plans, and timely review of the risk management plan identifying opportunities for positive risk where safe to do so.

12. Respond to the needs of people sensitively with regard for age, culture, race, gender, ethnicity, social class, and disability to optimise therapeutic relationships.

13. Ensures that there is a full and comprehensive range of information regarding support options and resources available to patients and carers.

14. Has up to date knowledge of the role and responsibilities of Safeguarding within the organisation and how to escalate this to the Safeguarding lead where there are concerns.

15. Works to develop effective multidisciplinary relationships through skilled communication with our local NHS Eating Disorder colleagues, stakeholders and other VCSE partners.

16. Shows ability to effectively evaluate, coordinate and implement care plans in collaboration with the patients as an ongoing process, making recommendations for changes in the care plan.

17. Actively engages in reflection on own practice as an ongoing process and through regular clinical supervision.

18. To regularly review through audit plans, the effectiveness of PEDS service in collaboration with the Service Manager and Director to ensure action plans are put into place where action to improve services is required.

19. Demonstrates clear, effective, up to date and accurate record keeping.

20. Effectively leads the clinical response to crises.

Leadership Skills

1. Demonstrates a sound understanding of NICE Guidelines and up to date eating disorder care & mental health issues and is able to articulate a clear vision for service development.

2. Shows a willingness to receive feedback on own performance both informally and through the CPD process demonstrating the ability to implement the resulting action plan.

3. Demonstrates clinical skills by acting as a role model in the clinical area, for all staff.

4. Lead the Team through accreditations programmes.

5. Is confident in managing a clinical team

Management Skills

1. Demonstrates the efficient use of staff resources whilst maintaining the overall containment and sense of safety within the service and our NHS collaborative pathway

2. Demonstrates the skills of managing care effectively in conjunction with the Multidisciplinary Team taking account of each members contribution to the care package.

3. Demonstrates the skills of effective time management and the ability to prioritise competing demands.

4. Shows effective skills in managing sickness, absence, leave and the disciplinary process and works alongside the Service Manager in monitoring this

5. Demonstrates the attitudes and skills required to undertake supportive effective clinical supervision and appraisals for nursing staff.

6. Able to work positively with patients or carers who express verbal concerns or complaints about the service and attempt early and effective resolution.

7. Is able to follow the policy and procedural guidance following a Serious Untoward Incident and able to prepare a clear and concise report according to the protocol guidelines.

8. To supervise and manage the workloads of students and junior colleagues, within the framework of the team/services policies and procedures, as appropriate to the post holders own level of experience.

Safeguarding

1.To recognise that promoting the welfare and safeguarding children, young people and adults is everyones business and access training and supervision as appropriate to the role.

2.To support the organisation in ensuring service users are protected from abuse or the risk of abuse and their human rights are respected and upheld.

3.To ensure concerns are responded to appropriately in line with PEDS Safeguarding policy and procedures.

4.To comply with recruitment and other checks as requested by the organisation including undertaking an Enhanced Disclosure via the Criminal Records Bureau.

Knowledge and skills

Essential

• Experience as a clinical supervisor.
• Sound skills in clinical risk assessment and management.
• Understanding of contemporary issues in mental health care.
• Knowledge of the Mental Health Act 1983.
• Experience of facilitating therapeutic groups
• Demonstrates skills in working with Eating Disorder patients
• Understand the importance of evidence based practice
• Broad knowledge of clinical governance
• Ability to record accurate clinical notes
• Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure

Desirable

• Demonstrates background of leading audit and developing care in response to findings
• Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
• Awareness of issues within the wider health arena
• Experience with clinical risk management

Teaching and Facilitation

Essential

• Has been a mentor/practice assessor for student nurses for students and holds a mentors qualification.
• Demonstrates the ability to facilitate the learning environment.
• Able to lead on education and training programmes
• Presentation skills

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in the field of Eating Disorders

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Mental Health Nurse or equivalent ie OT, Social Worker or Psychologist
• Can demonstrate clear evidence of continued professional development.

Desirable

• Degree in nursing related studies or equivalent
• Training/Qualification in clinical supervision.
• Holds training in clinical risk assessment and management.
• Appropriate specialist training (CBT, DBT, MET, SSCM, MANTRA, Family Therapy, Groupwork etc)

Personal Management

Essential

• Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
• Strong IT skills
• Clear, polite telephone manner
• Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
• Effective time management (planning and organising)
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
• Good interpersonal skills
• Problem solving and analytical skills
• Flexible and demonstrates initiative
• Values charity ethos and PEDS mission
• Excellent communication / interpersonal skills
• Has clear vision for specialist care
• Demonstrates the ability to manage change.
• Demonstrates ability to lead nursing in the context of MDT working.

Management Skills/Knowledge

Essential

• Demonstrates skills in leading and managing staff.
• Handle complaints sensitively and effectively.
• Compiles succinct and clear reports following complaints and SUIs.
• Able to implement findings of investigations following complaints and SUIs
• Contributes towards the development of policy and procedural guidance

Desirable

• Management training/qualification
• Root cause analysis training

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).