B8a Clinical Lead/Project Manager

Job summary

We are offering an exciting opportunity with the Adult Eating Disorder Service for an experienced leader to take on the role of Clinical Lead/Project Manager in a brand new service, targeting patients with deteriorating weight in an intensive virtual programme on a part time basis (two days a week).

The new Waterlily Inpatient Prevention Programme (IPP) will be offering patients an adjunct to their ongoing therapy. This will include a range of individual sessions and groups including: CBT, Psych-Ed, Body Image Group, Anxiety Management amongst others. The Waterlily IPP will also support patients with meal supervision, trips to coffee shops/supermarkets and low-key fun groups.

This role will be responsible for supporting/ leading the implementation of the Waterlily IPP pilot which is a joint venture between Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust and Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, before rolling the service out to the wider East Midlands Collaborative (which includes Derbyshire, Nottingham and Lincolnshire). This will be a 6-12 month fixed term contract.

The service will comprise Occupational Therapists, Assistant Psychologists, Healthcare Support Workers and Business Admin support.

Main duties of the job

• Provide clinical leadership to all staff
• To lead and support on control of management plans and submitting monthly progress reports of pilot
• To support management of budgets, as required, and communicate financial position accordingly
• To lead and coordinate work of different work streams within the pilot
• To lead and support with the overall pilot duration, when activities and events are planned, including their dependencies taking into account requirements and availability of resources.
• To lead and support the development of the pilot in readiness for transition into wider collaborative
• To lead and support with the management of the pilot risk log

About us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serves over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Here at LPT, our values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Trust, which we keep at the heart of everything we do.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information are contained in the attached document titled Information for Applicants.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Forest Grange Outpatients

The Bennion Centre, Glenfield Hospital Site

Groby Road

Leicester

LE3 9DZ

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Forest Grange Outpatients

The Bennion Centre, Glenfield Hospital Site

Groby Road

Leicester

LE3 9DZ

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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