SLP Clinical Director - Adult Eating Disorders

SLP Clinical Director - Adult Eating Disorders Band 9 Main area: Clinical Director

Grade: Band 9

Contract: Secondment: 1 year (Opportunity for fixed term contract)

Hours: Part time - 15 hours per week

Job ref: 334-NCL TA-A

Site: SLP Central Hub, Old Lewisham Town Hall, London

Salary: AfC Band 8c-9 indicative according to experience

Closing: 06/03/:59

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links, and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth, and Richmond.

We are committed to providing high-quality and specialist care to our service users, recognized for the care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission rates our services as 'good'.

We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021, together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes, and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will have the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported by learning and development to harness everyone's potential as change makers.

The trust recognizes the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.

Our Values

We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen, and do what I say I'm going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you'll be part of something special.

As a Trust, we are happy to talk about flexible working.

Job Overview Please note this position is advertised as an opportunity for either a Consultant Grade (4 PAs) or an Agenda for Change Grade (0.4 WTE Band 8c-9 indicative according to experience) to encompass the prospect of applications from differing professional backgrounds and has therefore been advertised in both Medical and AfC TRAC systems.

The post is for an initial 1-year fixed-term contract.
Are you an experienced, passionate, and dynamic senior clinician looking to lead transformational change in Adult Eating Disorder (AED) services? We have an exciting opportunity within the South London Partnership AED Provider Collaborative for a Clinical Director to lead a high-impact programme that transforms AED services in South London, improving patient experience and outcomes.

Main Duties of the Job As the Clinical Director of the Adult Eating Disorders Provider Collaborative, the post holder will work as part of a dynamic team leading the development of services as part of the South London Mental Health and Community Partnership (SLP).

The Clinical Director will provide senior strategic clinical leadership to the AED Provider Collaborative, overseeing the clinical aspects of its development and driving innovation and service development.

Working alongside senior leaders, the Clinical Director will shape the future of South London AED services by:

1. Leading the development of an integrated AED pathway across community, day services, and inpatient care
2. Addressing health inequalities and enhancing clinical delivery
3. Ensuring service user and carer involvement in programme development

Applications are welcome from senior clinicians from all professional backgrounds. You should have:

• A strong background in clinical leadership and service transformation
• Experience working collaboratively across organisations
• A passion for improving patient care and reducing health inequalities
• The ability to establish new projects and initiatives effectively

Working for Our Organisation The South London Mental Health and Community Partnership (SLP) is a collaboration between Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, and South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust, delivering mental health services to a population of more than three million people. The partnership brings together clinical expertise, experience, and innovation, aiming to improve quality, use resources most effectively, and deliver best practice consistently to all patients.

Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities Please refer to the job description and person specification for detailed information on main responsibilities.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Full registration with the General Medical Council with a license to practice, or
• Registered Mental Health/Learning Disability Nurse or other registered social care qualification, or
• Postgraduate doctoral qualification in clinical psychology (or equivalent), or
• A nationally recognised psychotherapy training / Registered and accredited with Health Care Professional Council (HCPC)
• Live registration
• Management and/or leadership experience

Experience

• Holds a senior clinical role within one of the partner organisations' acute and urgent mental health clinical services, with a track record of leading these services and embedding change
• Holds a senior clinical role within one of the partner organisations' adult eating disorders clinical services, with a track record of leading these services and embedding change
• Experience of policy, guideline setting, strategy and clinical pathway development
• Change management experience related to the planning and delivery of work in a clinical setting
• Active experience leading and delivering quality improvement in a clinical setting
• Experience of collaborative working as part of a senior management team and working across complex health, social and criminal justice systems (where relevant)
• Experience of holding and handling communications with a wide range of stakeholders, including media
• Experience in a senior management role
• Track record in leading clinical staff through complex health transformation projects
• Experience in engaging a wide range of stakeholders including a variety of provider organisations and commissioners, local authorities and private sector groups
• Experience of working in an adult eating disorders clinical service
• Experience of working at Trust Board level or equivalent
• Experience of leading pan-Trust lead role for specific responsibilities

Knowledge/Skills

• Understanding of the evidence base and NICE guidance relevant to the SLP Clinical Programme
• Information skill: able to critique and interpret aggregate information, based on an understanding of clinical, data and information processes and analytical skills
• High level influencing and negotiation skills
• Excellent communication skills both verbally and in writing
• High level presentation skills
• Experienced in managing change across teams and in a multi-professional environment
• Ability to work collaboratively with clinicians, carers and service users to improve outcomes for the patients
• Credible in multi-professional environment
• Resilient: able to cope with difficult interpersonal situations, competing demands and tight timescales
• Passionate about patient safety
• Approachable
• Ability to work and liaise with individuals and groups at a wide variety of levels and professions
• Understanding of the local, regional and national commissioning environment and standards expected by commissioners
• Attained national Clinical Safety training for clinicians

The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, and we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics.

Please note:

• All applications for this post will need to be made online
• Read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria
• The closing date listed is a guide only and the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible
• Once you have submitted your application, you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs
• If you have not heard from us within three weeks from the closing date, your application has not been successful
• Priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
• If successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
• We are a smoke-free Trust

SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi, and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe.

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