Clinical Service Manager (CAMHS Eating Disorders & Wisteria)

Job overview

Clinical Service Lead & Clinical Service Manager blended role

Band 8a

Wisteria (CAMHS Eating Disorder Inpatient) & CEDS (CAMHS Eating Disorder Community) Eating Disorder Services

1 Year Fixed Term

15 hours/week Inpatient

22.5 hours/week community

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We provide a full range of local mental health services to the Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth London boroughs, as well as specialist forensic mental health services, including specialised services such as national deaf adults and CAMHS inpatients and OCD.

We are committed to providing high quality integrated health and social care for local people with mental health problems in South West London and more specialist mental health services for people throughout the UK. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ however we aim to be ‘outstanding’

Main duties of the job

We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate nurse to join our Service Line as Clinical Service Lead for our CAMHS inpatient eating disorder service, and Clinical Service Manager for our CAMHS community eating disorder service.  The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing the clinical and operational aspects of these services, ensuring the highest quality of care for children and young people with eating disorders. This position is a 12-month fixed-term post, offering the opportunity to lead and make a significant impact within our multidisciplinary team.  This blended role will provide both clinical and operational oversight for two essential CAMHS services: Wisteria Ward and our Community Eating Disorder Service (CEDS).

CEDS is a multidisciplinary community team specializing in the provision of high quality, evidence-based eating disorders treatment for children, young people up to the age of 18 and their families from Kingston, Richmond, Sutton, Merton and Wandsworth.

Wisteria Ward is a 12 bedded national inpatient eating disorders unit for children and adolescents aged between 11 and 18.  The ward aims to keep admission length less than 12 weeks focusing on weight restoration, supportive psychological therapies, individualised care plans, key nurse session, medical monitoring, and support for parents and family interventions.  Wisteria ward encompasses our new Wisteria Annexe which provides an individualised health provision for one young person.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical  • To ensure the environment is conducive to recovery and the development of independence. To  supervise and critically evaluate the clinical management of service areas as applicable.  • To work as a member of the MDT in management of care and responses to complex case  presentations.  • To develop measures to ensure that customs, individuality, values, sexuality and spiritual beliefs,  activity are respected in supporting the individual to fulfil these.  • To develop measures to monitor the provision of therapeutic activities, emotional support, and  stability to clients to ensure effective engagement whilst maintaining professional boundaries.  • To create, develop and maintain professional supportive relationships with all members of staff with  other professionals and agencies.  • To empower clinical staff to take on a wider range of clinical roles and responsibilities.  • To lead on and participate in research and development activities as required, to improve the quality  of care.