Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Eating Disorders Day Programme Service for young people and their families to attend.



This leadership team manager role is open to both Occupational Therapist or Registered Mental Nurse.



The Day Programme provides an enhanced level of care in the community following specialist inpatient treatment or step-up care from the community for young people with eating disorders. The service provides a structured and time limited programme of interventions for young people and their family members delivered by a multidisciplinary team.



We are looking for someone who is compassionate, motivated and able to lead and nurture a new 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.



The post holder will be responsible for overseeing the day to day team management to ensure the smooth running of the service, including referral, assessment, patient allocation and discharge processes. You will ensure that service access and delivery is efficient, effective, evidence based, needs led and young person and family focused.



You will provide and also oversee supervision and appraisal for staff, monitor performance, manage budgets, incidents and investigations, complaints and escalations; recruitment, induction and training.



The post holder will work clinically in the multidisciplinary team to undertake and support the delivery of clinical interventions and duties.



The day programme has 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.



Arc Day Programme is at Verney House, 1B Hollywood Rd, SW10.



It is in close proximity to our main eating disorder site at South Kensington and Chelsea Mental Health Centre, London, SW10 9NG



You will be part a the wider OT and Nursing team across the ageless eating disorder service. As well as the wider CNWL Nursing and OT workforce.



Hear from our staff what it's like working with our CNWL Eating Disorders service, please CLICK HERE to watch the video"



The Post holder will be responsible for the day to day team management to ensure the smooth running of the service, including referral, assessment, patient allocation and discharge processes. You will ensure that service access and delivery is efficient, effective, evidence based, needs led and young person and family focused.



Team Management



To ensure the appropriate and accurate use of the patient information database System One



To ensure daily operational management of the service in accordance with the objectives of the service



To ensure that the service is delivered to the highest standard in terms of fair access, equality of opportunity and that uphold anti discriminatory practice



To ensure (in conjunction with the service leads, Heads of Professions and Lead Clinicians) that practice within the team meets relevant standards, is appropriate, timely, safe and follows agreed professional practice



To manage the referrals into the service and allocation of work across the team, ensuring that work which is accepted in to the service meets with the eligibility criteria and that other referrals are re-directed to other appropriate agencies



To work in conjunction with the Lead Occupational Therapist for ED to support quality assurance systems that report performance against KPIs and provide staff with feedback on their performance



To establish and maintain effective working relationships arrangements with colleagues, children and young people, parents and other key stakeholders.



To represent the service at care quality group and operational meetings in ED



To ensure that staff engage in regular meetings, training and team building with the goal of promoting a working environment that is open, honest, supportive and outward looking.



People Management



To ensure the effective use of human resources ensuring safe levels of staffing which reflect the necessary and appropriate skill mix



To ensure that all staff are in receipt of regular appraisal, training and professional development support, liaising with Heads of profession and training departments as appropriate



To provide clinical and line management supervision to day programme and support staff



To identify the training needs of junior staff and lead in the development and delivery of training initiatives; ensuring that all staff remain compliant with statutory and mandatory training requirements.



To facilitate and contribute to multi-disciplinary training initiatives including the induction of new staff.



To be an educator for students on practice placement, in line with local guidelines, ensuring that practice placement educators facilitate placements for the required number of weeks.



To monitor sickness absence, annual leave, training and study leave, taking any appropriate management action as required



To ensure all staff are trained and participate in regular audit



To ensure all staff are pro-active in contributing to team and service training initiatives.