Job summary
Children and Young Peoples (CYP) Eating Disorders Intensive Pathway Team Manager
We have an exciting opportunity for a registered mental health nurse to join our intensive pathway for our young people and their families.
This pathway has two teams:
The Day Programme is a unit which is still in its first 12 months of being open. The day programme is a allows 8 young people and their carers to attend together. To offer an enhanced level of care in the community to support families to avoid needing inpatient eating disorder care or provide a step down into a specialist environment from a paediatric refeeding admission. The programme is between 4 to 6 weeks of a time limited programme of interventions for young people and their family members delivered by a multidisciplinary team.
The CYP intensive community pathway will be a service development. To support design and implementation of the pathway and skill up the multidisciplinary team working in this team. Alongside the Consultant and Service Manger.
We are looking for someone who is compassionate, motivated and able to lead and upskill the multidisciplinary team to deliver this exciting service. You will have the support of an amazing senior Eating Disorders team for supervision, reflective practice and development.
Main duties of the job
The core 3 components of this this role
- Team Management
- Specialist clinical intervention for the young people and their families
- Service evaluation and development
There is a further breakdown of the duties in the job description and person specification.
About us
The Eating Disorders team is a strong and supportive team and has excellent structures with regular supervision. This is a great opportunity to join our team to support in the delivery of high-quality eating disorders services for North West London. We are looking for exceptional individuals with the right attitude, skills and knowledge who share our passion to deliver the best quality care experience for children and their families.
Hear from our staff what it's like working with our CNWL Eating Disorders service, please CLICK HERE to watch the video"
Job description
Job responsibilities
The team manger will be responsible for the day to day team management to ensure the smooth running of the intensive pathway, including referral, assessment, patient allocation and discharge processes. You will ensure that service access and delivery is efficient, effective, evidence based and family focused on the needs of the young person and their family.
A more detail break down of the components of the are
- Team Management and Leadership
- Team management
- People Management
- Supervision and appraisals
- Resource Management
- Service Development
- Specialist Nursing and family focused interventions
- Nursing Leadership
- Professional Development
- Build partnerships within the national ED Nursing Services
Again, these can be found within the JD and PS attached to this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The team manger will be responsible for the day to day team management to ensure the smooth running of the intensive pathway, including referral, assessment, patient allocation and discharge processes. You will ensure that service access and delivery is efficient, effective, evidence based and family focused on the needs of the young person and their family.
A more detail break down of the components of the are
- Team Management and Leadership
- Team management
- People Management
- Supervision and appraisals
- Resource Management
- Service Development
- Specialist Nursing and family focused interventions
- Nursing Leadership
- Professional Development
- Build partnerships within the national ED Nursing Services
Again, these can be found within the JD and PS attached to this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered with the NMC
- Diploma/Degree qualification in Nursing- mental health
Desirable
- Leadership Course- 21 CLP
Experience (paid/unpaid)
Essential
- Interest in working with Children & Young people with Eating Disorders
- Experience of caseload management and throughput
- Experience of managing a clinical team including recruitment, supervision and management of staff
- Experience of training staff
- Experience of effective partnership working, with external providers
Desirable
- Experience of working in CYP Eating Disorders service
- Experience of working in a Day Programme
- Experience in providing a family focused intervention
- Experience in using FBT, FT-AN or multi family therapy
Skills, knowledge, abilities
Essential
- Demonstrates an appropriate level of skills and knowledge for the job banding as an Nurse
- Ability to assess complex health & wellbeing needs/conditions & develop, monitor & review care plans which facilitate the individual's recovery
- Demonstrates ability to assess and manage risk
- Understands safeguarding responsibilities policy and procedure
- Good interpersonal skills enabling therapeutic alliances to be developed & maintained with patients who have multiple & complex needs and their families
- Able to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team, actively engaging in and managing and supporting duty rotas, training and skills development
- Demonstrate the ability to build strong partnerships with external agencies and develop joint planning and support arrangements
- Able to confidently and safely plan for and manage change and transition
- Demonstrates strong leadership skill and qualities and ability to support others through periods of change
Desirable
- Experience of leading on investigations i.eformal complaints procedure
- Experience developing pathways or service development projects
- Experience of connecting with a CAMHS and other trusts
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered with the NMC
- Diploma/Degree qualification in Nursing- mental health
Desirable
- Leadership Course- 21 CLP
Experience (paid/unpaid)
Essential
- Interest in working with Children & Young people with Eating Disorders
- Experience of caseload management and throughput
- Experience of managing a clinical team including recruitment, supervision and management of staff
- Experience of training staff
- Experience of effective partnership working, with external providers
Desirable
- Experience of working in CYP Eating Disorders service
- Experience of working in a Day Programme
- Experience in providing a family focused intervention
- Experience in using FBT, FT-AN or multi family therapy
Skills, knowledge, abilities
Essential
- Demonstrates an appropriate level of skills and knowledge for the job banding as an Nurse
- Ability to assess complex health & wellbeing needs/conditions & develop, monitor & review care plans which facilitate the individual's recovery
- Demonstrates ability to assess and manage risk
- Understands safeguarding responsibilities policy and procedure
- Good interpersonal skills enabling therapeutic alliances to be developed & maintained with patients who have multiple & complex needs and their families
- Able to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team, actively engaging in and managing and supporting duty rotas, training and skills development
- Demonstrate the ability to build strong partnerships with external agencies and develop joint planning and support arrangements
- Able to confidently and safely plan for and manage change and transition
- Demonstrates strong leadership skill and qualities and ability to support others through periods of change
Desirable
- Experience of leading on investigations i.eformal complaints procedure
- Experience developing pathways or service development projects
- Experience of connecting with a CAMHS and other trusts
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.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
