An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Surrey Adult Eating Disorders Service for a highly motivated and experienced individual to transform the intensive community provision for adults with eating disorders. As a highly motivated clinician with proven leadership skills, you will be required to operationally manage the Daycare service and develop a new intensive outreach pathway, working closely with your teams, and liaising regularly with the other eating disorders Service Managers in CEDS, AEDS and AEDimhs (Children Eating Disorders Services, Adults Eating Disorders Services and Adults Eating Disorders Integrated Mental Health Services). You will be working with clinicians across two sites in Guildford and Epsom, supporting adults who are living in the community and are suffering with an eating disorder.

Main duties of the job

You will be ready to support the service with its expected exciting transformation throughout 2024/25 and supporting staff through this clinical change, involving them in this work, supporting improvements in both quality and performance indicators. You will need to be confident in your leadership ability and organisational skills and be able to work well in a sometimes clinically pressurised but very rewarding environment.

You will be responsible for developing and maintaining good day-to-day clinical structures and maintaining close operational oversight, with colleagues and senior leads within AEDS and the wider system. You will be linking regularly with the Associate Director all-age and attending necessary local and national forums to support the continued development of all-age service delivery and quality standards.

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Home Working Contract Only - Eligibility to high cost area supplement is conditional upon candidates residence and will be discussed on offer.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job.

If you would like to speak to a member of the team about the service or your application, please contact Dr Caroline Foster (Consultant Psychologist) and Claire Baxter (Service Manager) on 01483 448020.

We reserve the right to close this advertisement early. Please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible to ensure that it is considered in the selection process.

Person Specification

Qualifications required

Essential

• RMN qualification to degree level or equivalent - NMC Registration as RN3 or RNMH
• Have a significant experience working with Mental Health needs
• oHave a minimum of significant relevant management/leadership experience in community mental health.

Experience required:

Essential

• oHave a good understanding of the landscape across CYPS and eating disorder services.
• oDemonstrate a proven track record of effectively managing performance and leading quality improvement initiatives.
• oDemonstrate confidence in leading in partnership with a range of stakeholders and people with lived experience and their carers

Employer details

Employer name

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Farnham Road Hospital

Farnham Road

Guildford

GU2 7LX

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