The Eating Disorders Service at The Brownhill Centre, Cheltenham is seeking to recruit an experienced and enthusiastic Team Manager. This is a newly commissioned post as part of the wider transformation of the service and has been established to support the ongoing development of a the Eating Disorders Service.

The Service

The Eating Disorders service is highly regarded and provides specialist assessment, treatment and support for individuals who are experiencing an eating disorder and their families within Gloucestershire. There is a strong focus on specialist therapies in the service and excellent clinical leadership and supervision within the team.

The Team Manager will Lead in the operational management of the Service, providing day to day management, leadership and line management to staff including non-clinical staff. Work alongside the Service Operational Lead and Clinical Leads to oversee the clinicalleadership within the team. Alongside service clinical leads advise on specialist assessment, planning,implementation and evaluation of care in the community for service users with severe / complex mental health conditions.

Main duties of the job

Oversee clinical supervision and provide line management supervision to the multidisciplinary team to ensure that service users receive excellent quality standards of care, including non-clinical staff.

Be operationally accountable for the work delegated to other members of the team and be responsible for supervising their practice, including planning complex activities which require the formulation and adjustment of care plans alongside clinical leads.

Oversee clinical leadership and role modelling for junior staff in relation to risk assessment, management and risk taking and therapeutic clinical interventions by working alongside the service Clinical Leads.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

About us

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.

The annual NHS Staff Surveygives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:

• 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users
• 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work
• 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority
• 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative

Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our peoples skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Eating Disorders/Management Experience
• Experience of working with service users with complex care needs

Desirable

• Crisis Home Treatment Experience

Qualifications

Essential

• Professional qualification to degree level with significant healthcare experience
• Formal Teaching and Assessing Certificate/Qualification

Desirable

• Other post registration courses

Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Brownhills Unit/Eastgate House

Swindon Road/Eastgate Street

Cheltenham/Gloucester

GL50 4DP

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